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September sugar produced a good series of Agrotis saticta, an insect 

 not previously met with here. The following also came in fair 

 numbers : — Agrotis siiffnsa, A. segetum, Nodua c-7iigrum, N. xatitlio- 

 grapha, Tryphcena pronuba, Orthosia lota, O. macilenta, Anchocelis 

 rufifta, A. pistacina, A. litura, Xanthia citrago, X. fulvago {cerago), X. 

 flavago {silago), X. circellaris {ferruginea), Agriopis aprilma, Phlogophora 

 vieticulosa, Scopelosoma satellitia and Hadena protea. On September 

 23rd a fresh specimen of Leucania pallens came to light ! At the 

 flowers of Tritoma tivaria I took nineteen species, most of them being 

 present in good numbers. Beating sallows produced a fair number of 

 larva; of Smerinthus ocellatiis, S. popiili, Dicrafiitra fjinuia, Lophopteryx 

 canielina, Notodonta ziczac and Phalera bucephala. Vanessa io and V. 

 atalanta were particularly abundant, frequenting dahlias ; only the 

 lighter coloured varieties of these flowers appearing to attract them. I 

 often watched them, but never did I see them settle on the darker (red) 

 blossoms. Ivy has been fairly prolific, but no rarities have turned up. 

 Although my trap has not done quite so well this year, considerably 

 over 100 different species of macros besides a large number of micros 

 have been taken in it. Altogether 1892 has given me plenty of hard 

 work, and has been a great improvement upon 1891. — J. H. D. Beales, 

 West Woodhay Rectory, Newbury. 



Liverpool. — Yesterday I went to Simmonswood Moss. Ccelena 

 haivorthii was flying freely, but in very bad condition. Larvae were 

 backward and scarce, but we found Notodonta droniedariiis, N. cainelina, 

 N. didcEoides, Drepana falaila, Asphalia Jlavicornis, Cuspidia leporina, 

 together with a few odd imagines of Tapinostola fulva and Enno/nos 

 tiliaria which were flying around ; but on the whole things were worse 

 there than they have been for two or three years. — Geo. A. Marker. 

 September it^th, 1892. 



Warrington. — I have given a little attention to collecting the 

 Eupithedx this season, and have taken E. niinutata, nanata, absynthiata 

 and virgaureata at Delamere. In July I succeeded in taking a nice 

 lot of Eupithecia valerianata, which are now in pupae. I have also got 

 Eupitheda pukhellata. — Joseph Collins. Odober i/^th, 1892. 



Abundance of Amblyptilia acanthodactyla. — This season is the 

 turn of A. acanthodadyla, which of late has been becoming annually 

 more scarce, if not absolutely rare ; more noticeable last autumn but 

 throughout the present year, whether as hybernated examples or freshly 

 emerged broods, abundant throughout the district, and often buzzing 

 (the only word I know which aptly describes its flight) all around one. — 

 S. Webb, Dover. September i()th, 1892. 



Sphinx convolvuli. — I have the pleasure of recording the capture of a 

 fine (female) specimen of Sphinx convohndi, at Upper Clapton, about 

 the end of September. — E. C. Brooke. 



A fine female specimen of S. co?ivolvuli was taken at Brockenhurst, 

 on September 6th. — J. M. Adye, Brockenhurst. Odober, 1892. 



Sphinx convolvuli turned up at Lirsadel (Sligo), Hovvth and Water- 

 ford, and one Colias edusa (type form) at Howlh. — W. Y . dk VKane. 



Deilkphila celerio at Halifax. — On Saturday, October the ist, 

 I had brought to me, alive, a fine specimen of D. celerio. It was taken 

 at rest, by a joiner, on some scaffolding erected in front of a shop in 

 one of the principal streets in Halifax, and although brought in a 



