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Leigh. — On July 1st I went in compan}^ with two friends to Leigli 

 (Essex) to see if Uesperia lineola was yet out. We did not see one, 

 although H. thaumas and Arge galatea Avere in fair numbers, the latter 

 being very tattered. Of Rhopalocera we saw a few Lijccvna teams, 

 including one female ; Pieris brassicce and P. rapoe ; a few Vanessa 

 urticce round the castle ; traces of the larvae of V. cardui on the sea wall ; 

 Epinephele janira in considerable numbers, but no bleached ones among 

 them, this being the place where so many have been taken ; one or two 

 E. tithonus ; and Camonymplia pamphihis, large and pale ; The Sphingidge 

 were represented by that frequenter of ruins, Macroglossa steUatarum, 

 of which one specimen was captured, and innumerable cocoons of 

 Zygcena JiUpendulce. Among the Bombyces, I took a female Lithosia 

 complana, which has laid a good batch of eggs, and one Cdix glaucata. 

 Euclidia mi, a single specimen, with a number of Hypena prohoscidalisy 

 also showed up. Of Geometers, Uropteryx sambucata ; Angerona 

 prunaria, a couple of males ; several Heuiithea strigata, a female of 

 Avhich has laid a good batch of eggs ; Acidalia bisetata, A. trigeminata ^ 

 A. iiiterjectaria, A virgularia, A. remutaria, with a nice banded ^4. 

 aversata, which has laid a fair number of eggs ; A. immutata, strange to 

 say, was absent ; Abraxas grossulariata, one, with plenty of Campto- 

 gramrna bilineata, very Avorn ; a specimen of Cidaria ftdimta, and some 

 very dark Eubolia limitata put in an appearance. The Pyrales taken were 

 Cledeobia angustalis, Scoparia dtibitalis, Pyrausta purpuralis and P. ostrin- 

 alis, plenty of Herbtda cespitalis, and a single Endrotricha flammealis, Eur- 

 rhypara urticata, Scopida olicalls and *S'. prunalis, whilst Botys ruralis and 

 Ebtdea crocealis were the Botyda3 taken. Two species of Pterophori, 

 Aciptilia pentadadyla and Platyptilia ochrodacfyJa (?) appeared in single 

 specimens. Crambus eidmeUns with C. perlellus were exceedingly common. 

 1 only saw a few Mychopeila cribrum, and not a single Homceosoma 

 hinmrella, which I had hoped to get. I netted but few Tortrices, although 

 they were abundant, as well as the Tineina. It has been stated that ento- 

 mologists have repeatedly been expelled from the fields round Hadleigh 

 Castle ; however, we rambled where we thought fit without interrup- 

 tion. It may have been that a visit to the fine refreshment room of 

 the Booth colony, of which the ground forms a part, was of service to- 

 ns. — Hy. J. Turner, Hatcham, S.E. Jidy 2nd. 



Wiclcen. — I went to Wicken on the 14th June, and had, we were 

 told by the local men, about the best week of this season. The 

 first night I was there was the best for light they had had the whole 

 season, and I took 10 Nascia ciliaUs among a lot of other things. 

 Sugar, too, was very good. Aplecta advena continued abundant during 

 all our stay, and I could have taken any number ; it was almost the 

 commonest Noctua at sugar and on hop leaves in Mrs. Phillips' garden.. 

 Leiicania piidorina was in swarms, and in perfect condition. Agroiis 

 ravida came to sugar, two, the first night, and several were taken on 

 future evenings. Surely this was very early for a July and August 

 moth. Several Macrogaster arimdinis came to light, and Herminia 

 cribralis, Collix sparsata, Epione apiciaria abounded all over the Fen. 

 On the 22nd we went to Hunstanton, Avhen on the Friday afternoon 

 (the 23rd) I beat out 4 2 Eupithecia extensaria from the same ditch in 

 which I found the larv^ so freely in 1889 ; all deposited a few eggs. 

 — Gno. T. Porritt. July 5th, 1893. 



Isle of Wight. — After my very unsuccessful exjieriences at Wicken,. 



