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have to add as new specimens taken tliis autumn Leucania comma and 

 Taphustola fulvu. The chief features of this autumn season have 

 been the abundance of Hadena j)^'otea and Xylina rhizolitha and 

 the great variety of the former species. Altogether we have taken 

 152 specimens of H. protea (and k'ft pretty nearty as many more) and 

 it is hardly too much to say that no two specimens are alike. The}' 

 vary from almost Avhite to very dark blackish-green — some being 

 lu'iglit green, some dark green and some almost red — and among them 

 there are more than twenty specimens of the variety described in Tlte 

 Varieties of British Nocfuce as var. variegata, and figured No. 3 in 

 Newman's British Moths. One specimen is especially noticeable. The 

 forewings, besides being of an extremely dark green colour and almost 

 unicolorous, are long and narrow, very unlike the usual type of the 

 species. We also took 215 specimens of X. rhizolitha, and there is 

 hardly any variation at all to be seen in all these specimens. Some are 

 rather darker in the forewings and some rather lighter, the hind wings 

 of the former being also of a darker colour, but the markings and 

 coloration are very similar in all the specimens. Other species Avhich 

 varied very greatly and occurred more freely tlian usual this year, are 

 Anchocelis pistacina and Orthosia niaciJenta, on the other hand Scopelo- 

 soma sateUitia was very scarce. There were fewer Xylina petriiicata, 

 and we only took one each of Anchocelis lunosa and L. comma (but the 

 Eev. G. M. A. Hewett, Avho sugared the ride on one very wet night,, 

 was fortunate enough to take one E. nigra, two A. lunosa and one X. 

 j)etrificata). Among the specimens of Miselia oxyacanthce which were 

 taken was one var. capncina. The dates of first appearances are very 

 similar to those of last year. The hot dry season does not seem to have 

 affected the autumn insects much in this respect. X. rhizolitha appeared 

 for the first time on September 7th ; A. litura and Cidaria psittacata on 

 September 11th; Xanthia cerago and X. silago (which was unusually 

 scarce) on Septem])er 13th; A', petrificata, A. pistaciaa, A. rufina^ 

 S. sateUitia and Thera firmata on September 18th ; M. oxyacanthoi and 

 0. macilenta on September 22nd ; L. comma and A. lunosa on September 

 25th and 0. lota on October 5th. — J. C. Moberley, Southampton. 

 October ISth, 1893. 



Guernsey. — An exiDerimental visit to ivy blossom about October 14th 

 on a very suitable, mild evening, resulted in the capture of single 

 specimens of the following species : Epunda nigra, E. lichenea. Folia 

 Jiaoicincta, Xylina petrificata and Caradrina snperstes. There were 

 plenty of Anchocelis pistacina, but few of anything else ; but we con- 

 fined ourselves to a radius of a very short distance from the house. The 

 occurrence of C. superstes so late in the year is interesting. I have now 

 taken them here from the end of June to the middle of October. — 

 Albert J. Hodges. October 21st. 



3Iorpeth. — I sugared on the 7th and 14th October, and I found 

 common moths jilentiful, but I was surprised to see some of the trees 

 which I sugared on the 7th were still on the 14th attracting moths. 

 I saw at the sugared trees the following: — Agriopis aprilina, Phlogo- 

 phora meticulosa, Agrotis svffusa, Anchocelis rufina, A. litura, Scopelosoma 

 sateUitia (plentiful), Orrhodia vaccinii (ver}^ plentiful), Miselia oxya- 

 canthce, Orthosia macilenta (common), Cahcampa exoleta, Hadena protea, 

 and Mellinia circellaris. This is rather late for the appearance of the 

 last two species in this locality. — J. Finlay. October 'SOth, 1893. 



