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situation. On May 27tli I went to a spot near Lakeside, Windermere, 

 wliicla I have worked for years, and which is productive of Argynnis 

 euphronyne, selene, aglaia and adippe also Nemeohius liicina. I found 

 cHphrosyne over and selene fully out and in swarms, and as hicina was 

 absent from its accustomed spot, I concluded it was over. A subsequent 

 visit to this place on .June 7tli showed selene to be practicall}^ over, and 

 aglaia reigned in its stead. On June 8th I went to a large moss betAveen 

 Ulverston and Haverthwaite, and found Chortohins davus fully out. These 

 were very dark forms, with the ocelli showing distinctly on the ujjper 

 surface. They much resemble the forms taken at Heysham, being, if 

 an3'thing, a trifle darker. Aapilates striijillata was excessively abundant 

 here, also Nemeophila rnssula and an occasional N. plantaginis. On the 

 borders of this moss, in grassy places, Hydrelia unca was out in fair 

 quantity and perfect condition. Among other things, I took a good 

 series of Anaitis plagiata near Arnside, and was surprised to notice 

 Zt/gcena jilipendidie fully out on the railway banks near Grange on 

 3rd June. — B. H. Crabtree. The Oaklands, Grange Avenue, Levens- 

 hulme. 



Oxfordshire. — Insects are all a month early here. Sugar is a 

 complete failure. I have only taken two Agrotis exclamationis and one 

 Gonoptera lihatrix this season at it. Evening netting and beating by 

 day produce a fair number of Geometers. My moth trap has been doing 

 Avell. Thanks to it, I have secured nice series of Neuria reticulata, 

 ApAeda advena and Nudaria nmndana, together with a host of others. 

 Anticlea ruhidata and Coremia quadrifasciata have turned up in one 

 hedge. Melanippe procellata is in good condition among Clematis. 

 Scotosia vetidata is getting worn, but is still present in some numbers. 

 I have only taken one Chcerocainpa elpenor this year at honeysuckle, 

 but have had five or six Sjyhinx ligustri and a C. porcellus from Berkshire. 

 Butterflies appear to be scarce in this neighbourhood. — J. H. I). Beales, 

 Kiddington Rector3^ Woodstock. June 23rd, 1893. 



Wicken. — A couple of days at Wicken on the 17th and 18th June, 

 produced rather better results, so far as sugar was concerned, than my 

 former visit in May (Ent. Rec , iv., p. 176). I was fortunate enough to 

 take on the first evening a very tine specimen of Cymatopliora octo- 

 gesima at sugar. Common Noctu.e were out in fair numbers, though 

 not so numerous as one sometimes finds them on the Fens. Amongst 

 those which came to sugar were, Acronycta fridens (or psi ?), A. mega- 

 cephala (1), Leucania impudens (common), L. comma, L. j^ all ens (common), 

 Xylophasia lithoxylea, Mamestra sordida (?), Apamea gemina, Miana 

 strigilis and var. athiops (common), M. fusciitncula, Caraclrina morpheins, 

 C. quadrijmnctata, Biisina tenehrosa, Agrotis segetum, A. exclamationis. 

 Noctua augnr (common), N. pilecta, N, c-nigrum, N. /estiva, Triphcena 

 pronuha, Aplecta advena (a few, but it was over and they were worn), 

 Hudena oleracea (common), and H. pisi (1). Of the Geometk.^ I took 

 very few, viz. : — Epione apiciaria, Metrocampa margaritaria, Pericallia 

 syringaria, Emmelesia alchemillata (1), Enpithecia rectangtdata (common), 

 ColUx sparsata, Camptogramma hilineata (very common), Scotosia 

 rhamnata (1), Cidaria fulvata and C. dotata. Beyond picking wp a 

 few larvaj of Papilio machaon (which were well forward and are 

 now beginning to piapate), one afternoon, I did no day work. — 

 Henry A. Hill, 132. Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, N.W. Jme 30ih, 

 1893. 



