182 THE entomoi.ooist's reoorp. 



uublnsliiiig- preseii tilt ion of an acconni M'liicli would jiossiMy not 1 e out 

 of place at a fasbionaLle watering-place during the season, but which 

 is certainly someAvhat of a surprise to many of the visitors to this 

 hostelry. It is with pleasure we learn that some of the more enter- 

 prising villagers are now offering accommodation to entomologists, and 

 I would recommend sjieciall}^ the small and comfortable rooms of Mr. 

 W. 0. Bullman, where ever}' attention is lavished on the fortunate 

 visitor. 



A visit, replete with pleasant adventure, genial society, and gratify- 

 ing success, closed on Saturday the 1 Gth June, and will, I trust, be the 

 means of inducing many who have not yet been introduced to Fenland, to 

 spend a few days in scenes which are a complete and pleasant change 

 from the better-known woodland haunts of the active lepidojjterist. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON 1894. 



Vanessa pohjcldoros was exceedingly abundant again this spring in 

 the New Forest, from the middle of March until about the 20th of 

 April.— Ed. 



Lydney, Gloucestershire. — Collecting here has been very intermittent 

 owing to unsettled weather. Sesia formic if ormis turned up, but I only 

 had one day at it, taking eleven specimens. Larvae of Thecla w-alhum 

 were very scarce both here and at Gloucester, but those of Melifaea 

 anrinia, Nemeophila plantaginis and Aciptilia galactodactyJa were abun- 

 dant. Amongst other captures have been the following : — Macroglossa 

 homhyliformis (rare), hio sUdices, HepiaJns hecttts (rare), Drepana 

 faJcataria and D. binaria, Hypena rosiralis, Tephrosia ptinctidaria, 

 Ejjhyra punctaria, E. linearia and E. pendnlaria, Asthena sylvata, Ihipta 

 temerata, Macaria vidata, Fanagra pjetraria, Minoa rnurinata, Abraxas 

 sylcata, Ligdia adnstata, Emmelesia decoJorata (rare), Thera variata, 

 Aidicha rnbidata, Oidaria corylata and C. trnncata, Anaitis jdagiata, 

 Aniyrolepia baiimawniana. Siigar has not been successfiil, the NocTU^ 

 being evidently behind time. The only sj^ecies taken at it have been : 

 — Graiinnesia trigrainvtica, Agrotis segetnm, A. exclamationis, A. nigricans, 

 Nocina triangiduin, N. brimnea, Triphaena orbona, T. pronuba and 

 Mamestra brassicae. — M. Stanger Higgs. Jtine 20th, 1894. 



J^ath. — The weather here has been rather unpropitious for collect- 

 ing, but 1 have managed to pick up the following among other insects. 

 May tith : Heliaca tenebraia, Hemerophila abriqdaria, Ephyra anmdata, 



Ligdia adnstata and Cidaria silaceata. May 14th: Coremia ferrvgata, 



C miidentaria and Abraxas sylvata. May 17th: Emmelesia affinitata, 



E. decolorata and Anadis plagiata. June 3rd: Sesia tipulif ormis and 



Grammesia trigrammica. June 15th : Ephyra linearia, Macaria 



litnrata, Btipahs piniaria and Thera variata. Larvae have not been very 

 abundant, but nests of Eriogaster lanestris are fairly common in haw- 

 thorn hedges. — T. Greer. June 11th, 1894. 



Aberdeen, etc. — The weather is very unfavourable for day-collecting, 

 but sugar is fairly successful when the early summer frosts are absent. 

 The following are some of my captures. Sand Hills, Tain, Eoss-shire, 

 June 14th (wind W., cloudy, very warm). At sugar: Hadena dentina, 

 abundant ; I boxed about lOU sjiecimens and left probably double that 

 number ; H. oleracea, H. adnsta, Btisina tenebrosa and Xylophasia rurea 

 (the latter all of the typical form) abundant ; Hadena thalassina, Apamea 

 gemina and Noctua plecta, common ; several hybernated (? Ed.) Agrotis 



