232 THE entomologist's record 



Enthemonia russula just appearing ; whilst on this date I saw my last 

 E. cardamines, a male ; Epinephele janira was already common, and 

 Hesperia sylvanvs swarmed, and was in dozens everywhere. Etididia 

 (jlyphica began to get common again, and Eiibolia pnhmharia and 

 AspiJates strigiUaria were moderately abundant. C. corylata and L. 

 aureola made their exit this week, as also did Corycia temerata, but 

 C. taminata lasted out another week yet. A few brilliantly tinted 

 Jodis ladcaria w^ere taken, and about seven in the evening I captured 

 the finest series of Aathena hdeata it has ever been my lot to fall across. 

 Toririx sorh'ana, Penfhinn sellana, Stigmonota nitidana and S2)ilodes 

 cinctah's made a first appearance, and I got another specimen or tAvo of 

 C. bistriga, but the Tortices appeared to be on the wane, although the 

 ElachistidcB were fairly abundant. Angerona p)ninaria again put in an 

 appearance. The next Saturday, June 10th, X. cegeria was very abun- 

 dant as also was Eiibolia palumbaria, and EntJiemom'a rusitida males occa- 

 sionally occurred. Nemeoph'la plantaginis and a few female Scoria dealbata 

 turned up, as also another Angerona jnunaria ; Erastria fuscida, two or 

 three beaten out ; another Spilodes cinctalis, and a tine Sy rich thus 

 malvoe. Enclidia glyphica was very worn, a few only being fine of a 

 large number netted. H. sylvamis was getting over, as well it might 

 being constantly on the wing. Zygcena lonicerce was hanging in lovely 

 condition on the vetch blossoms. P. lecheana swarmed round the oaks. 

 E. punctaria, worn, was knocked out of the oaks; I saw only one good 

 sj^ecimen this year, P. barbalis made a last appearance, as well as A. 

 suhsericeata. This latter would have been abundant enough had I stayed 

 to " dusk," but I did not, and got back to London as soon as I could. 

 A few Asthena hdeata only appeared where I took a good number the 

 previous visit. Eupithecia satyraia occurred sparingl}', and I was very 

 pleased to capture two specimens of Ebulea stachydnlis, the first time I 

 ever met with the species alive. I got two more beautifully tinted lodis 

 lactearia, and a few very fine A. ceneana. Psyche pulla was still out, and 

 small ixy still abundant, but they were chiefly of the species I had 

 met with before. 



This brings me to the end of the early part of the season, and 

 the species we get about midsummer in ordinary years. At the 

 beginning of June, it will be seen, insects were still about two weeks 

 in advance. The most striking feature about many species this 

 year is the way they have lasted out, some being in good condition for 

 five or six weeks, which are usually over in a fortnight. On the other 

 hand many other species — butterflies and active day-flying moths 

 particularly — have been quickly over and disappeared, some to produce 

 a second brood in a very short time. These second broods began 

 to appear rapidly after the beginning of June, and I have ended here 

 just before their aijpearance. 



For a series of holiday Saturdays, where work did not begin till 

 noon and ended, on the average, at 6 p.m., and where not a single 

 night's work is included, I think the above list shows a fairly satis- 

 factor}' state of affairs in North Kent. — J. W. Tutt. July, 1893. 



York and Scarborough. — There is every indication of a good collect- 

 ing year, and thus far I have made one or two good "bags." The dry 

 weather has had the effect of allowing us to wander freely over one of 

 the best gi-ounds near this city, viz. Askham Bog, it being perfectly 

 dry and safe. With a continuance of the present weather conditions, 



