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absolutely swarmed at rest on the stems and branches. I find on 

 referring to my note-book, that in the only place I take the moth near 

 Reading, there is some chestnut growing but no hornbeam. 

 Argyrolepia hartmanniana too, what is it supposed to feed on ? 

 At Swansea last year I got this moth commonly by brushing Scabiosa 

 succisa, wherever the plant grew. I mentioned this to a friend the 

 other day, and he brought in hartmanniana a day or so after from 

 his place, Basingstoke, where he had never seen it before. He brushed 

 it out of the Scabious in the same way. The larvae of Cidaria 

 silaceata, which I have just brought home, how like they are to the 

 capsules of the Epilobiiini on which they are feeding ! — W. Holland, 

 Reading. July 2']th, 1892. 



Norfolk Broads. — I have just returned from the Norfolk Broads, 

 where I cannot say I have found the season a good one. The 

 weather was, however, much against collecting, and almost the whole 

 time I was there the weather was cold and dull with a N.E. wind. 

 Only a couple of Leucania brevilinea rewarded my efforts, exactly the 

 same number as I obtained last year. Nonagria canncz were scarcer 

 than last year. Lithosia muscerda and Nonagria neurica I never saw. — 

 A. Robinson. August, 1892. 



Szvanage, Ringwood and Neighbourhood. — Night work during a stay 

 in the above named locality from July i8th to August 2nd was very 

 disappointing, owing no doubt to the general prevalence of N.E. 

 winds and cold nights. Day work, however, was more satisfactory. 

 Argynnis paphia, A. adippe and Limenitis sibylla were very plentiful, and 

 in good condition at the beginning of my stay there, but they very soon 

 became chipped and worn. A. paphia var. vales inay^'i.?, fairly common. 

 It has a habit of resting with closed wings on the tree trunks, to which 

 it bears a striking resemblance. The type paphia does not appear to 

 rest like this, but goes among the leaves. Gonepteryx rhanmi, Fanessa 

 io, V. atalanta, V. eardui and the autumn brood oi Parargeczgeria were 

 just appearing by the end of July. I took Theda quercus in the forest, 

 and a nice freshly emerged lot of Lyccena ccgon on the heath on July 

 2 1 St. Among the moths I took Calligenia miniata, Lithosia comp'ana, 

 Calliinorpha dominula (worn), Cilix spinula, Cuspidia psi, Calyninia 

 trapezina, Folia flavicincta, Metrocampa niargaritaria, Tephrosia 

 crcpuscularia^ Thera variata and Melanippe hasiata, at rest ; Anarta 

 myrtilli, flying over heather ; Bupalus piniaria, flying round pine ; 

 Heliothis dipsaceus, disturbed among grass in a meadow, and Ellopia 

 fasciaria, Eupisieria obliferata, Macaria liturata, Eubolia mensuraria 

 and E. plunibaria by beating. Then as to night work, flower blossoms 

 were the most productive ; Lithosia mesoinella, Leucania lithargyria, 

 Xylophasia polyodon, Caradrina alsines, Agrotis porphyrea (common), 

 Noctua trianguluni, Triphcena subsequa (i), T. orbona, T. pronuba, 

 Pachyneniia hippocastanaria, Eubolia plunibaria, Endotricha flanunealis 

 and Ebulea crocealis, on heather ; Caradrina blanda and Apamea 

 didynia, on bramble; Eupithecia absynthiata, on ragwort; Lithosia 

 coniplanula, LLepialus hectus, Xylophasia lithoxylea, Apamea didyma, 

 Miana furu)tcula, Acidalia emarginata and Anticlea rubidata, flymg at 

 dusk in lanes. Treacle only produced Cymatophora duplaris (i), 

 Leucania lithargyria (i), Noctua brunnea (i), Nvnia typica (2), 

 Orlhosia ypsilon (2) and one or two Triphcena pronuba and Boarmia 



