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Hedges, from a late round, I noticed my friend hit out with closed fist 

 at Avhat to me seemed an imaginary object ; however he persisted he 

 had felled a moth, and after a little searching we picked uj) a quite un- 

 conscious specimen of Luperlna cespitis. I don't know if this is the 

 orthodox way of getting L. cespitis. Mr. Hodges said this was almost 

 the first time he had taken the insect at Freshwater, and I inwardly 

 thought, from the treatment this sj^ecimen received, it would be the 

 last ; but was agreeably surprised to take one at rest on the unsugared 

 side of a fence the following night. My nephew distinguished himself 

 by taking the first specimen of Epmnda lutnlenta in fine condition, and 

 shortly after my Avife took another ; this also is new to Freshwater — in 

 my experience. Mr. Tait, Jun. of Manchester joined us, therefore 

 more fresh ground was ti'ied by the enterprising and untirable members 

 of the party, but without much success, the best record being a few 

 worn Tryphaena snhsequa ; it has evidently been a snbsequa year at 

 Freshwater, judging from the number of worn specimens (80) captured 

 between us in a week. Larva-beating, which was by no means neg- 

 lected, yielded absolutely nothing, but searching by night with the 

 lantern, we discovered some gorgeous larvae feeding on the flowers of 

 devil's-bit-scabious ; their emergence next year in the imago state is 

 looked forward to, as none of us could identify them. LarvtB of Agrotis 

 ripae were found on the sand hills, though not so abundantly as in former 

 years. The week's work between iis jaelded 8 C. avibigua, 2 L. alhi- 

 puncta, 2 E. hUiilenta, and aljout 30 2\ snhsequa, besides a good series of 

 Agrotis ohelisca and of Aporophjla australis ; this success, coupled Avith 

 the fine weather which obtained throughout our stay, made this the 

 most enjoyable entomological excursion of the season. — P. W. Abbott, 

 Four Oaks, near Birmingham. Od. 1894:. 



Sussex and Hants. — I have no cause to grumble at the past season, 

 as will be seen from the following list of some of my cajjtures. I be- 

 gan work in February by collecting stems of Dauctts carota for 

 Argyrolepia zepliyrana. The moths began to come out in the first 

 week in July (together with 4 Conchylis frandllonana) the emergence 

 continuing into August. Taeniocampa instahilis, Hybernia rupicapraria, 

 and Larentia midtistrigaria were fairly plentiful. On March 17th, 

 I obtained five larvae of Sesia spliegiformis in alder stems, but 

 only managed to breed one moth. I attribute my non-success to 

 my having exposed the stems too freely to the sunshine before the 

 larva3 had quite done feeding ; the sap dries out and this renders the 

 wood so extremely hard that the larva is unable to bite its way to the 

 bark before pupating ; the moth I bred Avas in pupa when I cut the 

 stem. On the same day I took Aspltalla flacicornis, Xylocampa areola, 

 and Semioscojms avellanelJa. On March 23rd Brephos parthenias was 

 fairly })lentiful but flying high ; larvae of Deprcssaria assimilelJa Avere 

 found feeding in broom. On the 26th Chrysoplianm jjJdoeas and larA-se 

 of Arctia caia and A. villica Avere obtained, and on tlie 31st Phoxopteryx 

 comptana (very jilentiful), Herhida eespitalis, and Elachisfa rvfocinerea ; 

 toAvards the middle of April this latter insect Avas out in dozens, sitting 

 about on the grass stems. BetAveen April 1st and 6th A. villica spun 

 uj) ; on the 2nd Biston liirtaria was out, and I bred one Coccyx scopa- 

 riana; on the 7th Epigraphla steiiil-ellneriana, the eggs of Avhich are of 

 a beautiful bright scarlet coloui", Selenia bilmiaria, Hcmerophila abniptaria 

 and hybernated specimens of Deprcssaria alstroemcrietla were taken, and 



