NOTES ON COLLECTING, ETC. 2(U 



Phorodesma bajularia, Calligenia miniata, Lithosia rubrkollis and 

 L. mesomella. — S. Walker, York. August Zth, 1892. 



JVew Forest. — On August 30th, my son and I began sugaring a ride 

 in the New Forest, quite apart from the usual haunts of entomologists 

 in that locality. Between that day and October ist we sugared four- 

 teen times from twelve to twenty trees on each occasion, and we took 

 474 insects and saw forty-six different species. Amongt those we took 

 were the following : — Triphcena siihsequa (i), Epimda nigra (3), Xylina 

 petrificata (7), Noctua neglecta (14), Thyatyra batis (4), Agrotis sufftisa 

 (20), A. saiia'a (34), Asphalia diluta (75), Hadena protea (31), Xyliiia 

 rhizolitha (57), Anchocelis rufifia (23), A. liinosa (2), Calocampa vetusta 

 (2). It was interesting to note the days on which the species appeared 

 at sugar for the first time ; for instance, A. litura, X. silago, N. proiea, 

 X. rhizolitha, X. petrificata appeared for the first time on September 

 1 2th; A. lu?iosa on September 15th; E. nigra on September i6th ; 

 X. cerago, A. rufina Sind pistacina on September 19th; Gonoptera 

 libatrix, Agriopis aprilina and Scopelosoma satellitia on September 

 20th; C. vetusta SLud Cerastis vaccinii on September 22nd j Orthosia 

 macilenta on September 26th; O. lota and Miselia oxyacanth<z on 

 September 28th. Catocala sponsa was present at first in large numbers, 

 and occasionally C, proniissa, but they were much worn. Both C. 

 sponsa and Amphipyra pyramidea finally left us after the first chilly 

 rains on September 28th. One T. subsequa was taken on September 

 20th in very fair condition. A. lunosa puzzled us by appearing on 

 September 15th for the first time, and never again 3 on that night we 

 took 2 A. lunosa, one specimen being the red variety. The chief point 

 of interest was, however, in the very great variation which the specimens 

 captured, showed. Besides taking the red varieties of A. lunosa and 

 N. neglecta and an ochreous form of O. lota, we had a greatly varied 

 series of A. suffusa, A. saucia, S. satellitia, C. vaccinii, X. petrificata, 

 and A. rufina in two varieties. We took a series of A. segetuni, which 

 presented an extraordinary amount of variation. I may add that we 

 found the best time was from early dusk for about an hour and a 

 quarter. After that the insects almost entirely disappeared. So eager 

 were they to get on to the sugar at dusk that when we were a little bit 

 late (owing to the lateness of trains) my son went on before I sugared, 

 and we frequently found that he got more insects off the old sugar than 

 we did after I had put on fresh sugar in any single round. — J. C. 

 MoBERLY, Southampton. October 2nd, 1892. 



Lytidhurst. —I was too late for Colias edusa this year, being in the 

 Orkney and Shetland Islands when they were out at their best. I am, 

 however, able to add one or two more specimens to this year's records. 

 I took three females at the beginning of August at Lyndhurst, one 

 being the variety helice, and I also took three others (two males and 

 one female) on the 27th August at Broadstairs, where I understand 

 they have been very numerous this year, and where I also took two 

 specimens of Colias hyale. I have also one female Colias edusa taken 

 by a friend at Tenby, Wales, in the spring, and two females taken this 

 autumn on Hampstead Heath, where several others have been seen. 

 I have also been informed that one has been seen in Bishopsgate 

 Street, City. — Henry A. Hill, 132, Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, 

 N.W. October e^th, 1892. 



