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writes on October 18tli : — " Sugar in tliis neighbourhood is a complete 

 failure this autumn ; the last time that I tried it I did not get a single 



insect, although the night was very mild.'' ]\[r. Beadle (Keswick) 



writes on October 22nd : — " Lithomia solidaginis has been very fine this 

 year. I have also taken a very long series of Celaena haworthii, which, 

 with L. solidaginis, took very kindly to sugar during August. First 

 dates wei'e : — Di/scJiorisfa suspeda, Aug. 10th; Hadcna oleracea, Aug. 

 14th ; Noefna dahlii, and L. solidaginis, Aug. loth ; Hadnia jyrotea, 

 Aug. 16th. I have also taken Agrotis agathina for the first time. On 

 Aug. 28th 1 took Nonagria fnha and Noctna gJarcosa. Cidaria testata 

 was abundant and very fine. I could have taken hundreds on Skiddaw, 

 many of which showed a great deal of brown colour on the forewings, 

 those taken on Ullock j\Ioss being larger and tinged with pink colour. 

 Since September came in we have had grand weather, but the 



east winds have made collecting a failure." Mr. Moberly 



(Southampton) writes on October 24th : — " In this neighbourhood the 

 season has ended much as it began and has continued throughout. 

 Neither sugar, light, nor larva-beating seems to produce any profitable 

 results. Three or four hours work at Portland a fortnight ago resulted 

 in two Epunda lichenea and two Anchocelis lunosa, and a sugaring night 

 in the New Forest last Saturday week produced a considerable number 

 of Miselia oxyacanthae and nothing else. I hear from Heading that not 

 a single Xanthia aurago or X. gilvago has been taken there this season." 

 Forfarshire. — Having worked the neighbourhood of Montrose for 

 the past fifteen months with my friend Mr Duncan (the curator of our 

 museum). I wish to record the following captures of \octili<: last year 

 from July 27tli to October 3rd : — Lcncania rouigera, L. lifJian/i/ria, L. 

 impnra, L. pallens, L. comma (I believe not taken in Aberdeen), Hi/drorria 

 iiictitans, H. viicacea (very common), Xylopliasia lithoxi/Iea, X. poh/odon 

 (var. aethiops, several), Apamea didiinia, Miana strigiUs, M. literosa 

 (abundant), Charaeas graminis var. rufa, Luperina testacea var. x-no- 

 tala, Celaena hawortliii, Mamestra brassicae, Caradrina quadri punctata, 

 Jiusina tenebrosa, Agrotis vestigialis, A. saucia, A. nigricans var. fuliqinea 

 A. suffnsa, A. praecox, A. cursoria vars. brnnnea and sagitta, A. tritici 

 vars. vaUigera and albilinea, Triphaena ianthina, T. fimbria, T. p)romd)a, 

 T. orbona var. comes, common, Noctiia castanea (only one at sugar), 

 N. baia, N. glareosa (dark grey varieties and about a dozen var. snffnsa), 

 N. c-nigrum (abundant), N. augur, N. brnnnea, N. /estiva, N. confina (a 

 few), N. xanthographa, N. plecta (first taken August 26th), Orfhosia lota 

 (three at sugar), Anchocelis pistacina (a few), A. litura (most abundant), 

 Xanthia fiav ago, X.fulcago(vsiY. fiavescens), Mellinia circellaris, Cahpnnia 

 trapezina, Polia chi (rather dark), Epunda nigra (fairly common), Hadcna 

 oleracea, Calocampa vetusta (thousands), C. e.rolcta, Lithomia solidai/inis 

 (one), Flnsia gamma, Amphipji/ra tragopogonis, Naenia typica, and Aqriopls 



aprilina. This year the list has been increased by Taeniocampa i/othira 



(and one var. gothicina) Pachnobia rubricosa (slate colour), 1\ stabilia, 

 T. instabilis, Panolis pyiniperda, Thyatyra batis, Cymafophora duplaris, 

 Byrophila perla (common on many of our walls), Acronycta jisi, Leu- 

 cania littoralis, Tapinostola elymi (fairly plentiful), Chorfodcs arcunsn, 

 Miana bicoloria, Tapinostola fulru, 3[aniestra albicolon, Apamea basiliuea, 

 A. gemina, Xylophasia rurea, Agrotis exclamationis, A. corticea, A. striijula, 

 Hadena adiista,H. dentinn, H. thalassina, H. rectilinea, Miselia oxi/arauihae, 

 Aplecta 2Ji'<tsina, Chariclea ui)d>ra, I'lusia interrogationis, Gonopitera liba- 



