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atmosphere very warm, with an entire absence of that chilly i.i^ht 

 feeling that so often troubles us. On the same niglit, light was m )st 

 attractive, also flowers ; indeed, light has been more or less attracti c 

 for the last three or four weeks. — E. C. Dobree Fox, Cas le Moreto;), 

 Tewkesbury. Ai/gust, 1892. 



Doncaster. — What little time I have been able to give to collecting 

 has been fairly profitable, but sugar has been a com|jltte failure. 

 Numerous earwigs and spiders, and a few very worn Noctua xantlio- 

 grapha being the only things attracted to the sweets. Searching tree 

 trunks has produced a nice series of Fa'cilia jiivea and several other 

 Gelechidce, of which I do not know the names. Seeing Poecilia nivea is 

 one thing, and catching it is quite another. They sit in the crevices of 

 the baik of oak trees, and when a pill box is brought near them they 

 either fly away or run over the hands of the would-be captor in a most 

 annoying manner. PcBdisca coriicana was a perfect pest on the tree 

 trunks. I never saw this abundant species so abundant. One single 

 specimen of Calymnia diffinis I found on an elm trunk, but sugaring 

 failed to produce any more. A wall on the way to my favourite wood 

 has well repaid searching; on the morning of the 21st ult. I counted 

 18 species of moths upon it. These included Folia chi in varied forms, 

 Bryophila peria, Cidaria ntssafa very variable, and some Scoparias 

 which I think are angustea and mercurella. Last week I took Pyralis 

 glauchialis on the same wall. This species is not recorded for Don- 

 caster in "The Yorkshire list." Autumn larvae are beginning to show 

 up. Abraxas sylvata is abundant, and Asychna terminella is busy 

 mining the leaves of Circea. I shall hope to get many larvae, both 

 macros and micros, before the next month's notes are due. — H. H. 

 CoRBETT, ig, Hallgate, Uoncaster. 



Hampshire. — It may be of interest to note that Colias ediisa made 

 its appearance at Christchurch as early as the middle of July, and soon 

 became extremely abundant ; but during the first fortnight or three 

 weeks the specimens consisted chiefly of males. Those friends who 

 have been successful are, firstly, Mr. Brameld, who obtained a large 

 number, including four of the well-known variety helice on the cliff, not 

 far from High Cliff; Mr. Uruitt found it very plentiful in meadows by 

 the river, and captured several of the variety helice ; whilst Mr. McRae 

 and myself succeeded in taking an unusual number at the same place 

 in one morning (August 6th), finding the species in extraordinary pro- 

 fusion, unparalleled since the year 1S77. We managed to secure a fine 

 specimen of Colias hyale, and missed two others. On the following 

 morning I visited the same field, and caught another specimen of this 

 latter in fine condition. Since that date I have taken 6 fine helice, and 

 Mr. McRae has just shown me a long and beautiful series of this 

 variety with intermediate forms, also 4 more C. hyale. Most of these 

 were taken nearer Bournemouth. — J. M. Adye. Sept. ^fh, 1892. 



The Excursions of the North London Natural History Society 

 during 1892: On May 21st, Epping Forest; June 4th-6th, New 

 Forest; Juno 25th, Polegate ; and July 23rd, to Leigh, Essex, were 

 attended by the following gentlemen : — Messrs, S. Austin, A. U 

 Battley, Hawes, Hicklenton, Horton, E. Joy, L, B. Prout, C. Nichol- 

 son, R. W. Robbins, J, A. Simes, C. B. Smith, L. J. Tremayne and H. 

 A, Tremayne, The insects taken were as follows : — 



