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fuUfjinosa, a few females taken in Sketty Park and Peullergare, from 

 which I got several eggs, and bred some very nice forms; some of the 

 larvffi ceased feeding in Sept. (the same batch from which I obtained 

 imagines in August), and all died during hybernation ; Hepialus 

 sylvinus, several came to moth trap in Park, the males going inside, the 

 females preferring to stop outside at the edge ; Bomht/x neaatria, several 

 larva} beaten off white-thorn at Oxurch Bay ; B. querciis, seven or eight 

 males taken by Rev. A. Nash at Langland Bay, some " assembling " 

 round a female which was discovered in a hole in a rocky hedge ; Drejjana 

 lacertinaria, scarce at light, Sketty and Puellergare ; Staurojms fngi, one 

 (J at moth trap. May 14th ; a few at rest at Port Talbot, May 9th, 

 from which I obtained eggs and bred some very nice darkish forms, 

 not however equal to the Reading ones. Mr. Vivian took a very nice 

 melanic form of Cijmatophora duplaris in his moth trap, at Port Talbot, 

 in May ; I have never been fortunate enough to take this moth. On 

 March 3rd, I took a single specimen of Asphalia fiavicornis, but although 

 I hunted hard for more, I failed to find any ; Acronycta inegacephala was 

 not rare at rest on trees in Park ; one Leiicania impndens came to light 

 on 10th June ; Coenohia rufa came also on the same date, and again a 

 few days afterwards ; })upjB of Nonagria arnndinis were to be obtained 

 in reed stems, on lakes at Peullergare; Axylia putris occasionally put in 

 an appearance at sugar, but was decidedly scarce ; Mamestra sordida, one 

 only at sugar, on sandhills, June 1st ; I also took one Apamea unanimis 

 flying over flowers ; Agrotis puta came to sugar now and then, and A. 

 cinerea only once to light, on May 11th ; one A. lucernea was taken at 

 light, by Rev. A. Nash, at Langland Bay, on 7th July, and I took one 

 Nortua depHucta at sugar, at Sketty Park, on 25th of same month ; Try- 

 phaena fimbria came pretty regularly to sugar about the same date. Among 

 the sallows I added Taeniocampa opima and T. popideti to the list, but 

 neither was common ; Orthosia upsilon came to sugar on sandhills. 

 The larva? I collected from various l^'chnis, only produced Dianthoecia 

 nana, in addition to those already mentioned, but D. carpophaga came 

 into the trajD on May 14tli, and D. capsophila on Aug. 26th, Mr. Vivian 

 took several Hadena glauca at light, at Port Talbot, during May, but I 

 have never turned it up at Swansea. A single specimen of Cucnllia 

 chamomiUae came to light on April 16th, and I took one Brephos par- 

 thenias at Clyne, on 28th March, and saw several at Peullergare 

 afterwards, but they flew too high for capture. Among the Geometers, 

 Ephyra pmnctaria was scarce at light at Sketty Park, as also were Aci- 

 dalia iiaitaria and Macaria notata. 31. liturata was taken sjiaringly in 

 fii'-woods, at Peullergare. At Port Talbot, Aspilates citraria was fairly 

 common on sandhills ; Cheimatohia horeata I forgot to record in the 

 last list ; it was rather scarce ; Larentia mnltistrigaria and Emmelesia 

 affinitata both came to light, the former commonly. Of the genus 

 Eupithecia, I added eight more species, namely E. nanata, E. indigata, 

 E. lariciata, E. exignata, E. coronata, E. virgaureata, E. albipnnclata (and 

 var.), E. assivu'Iata — the last three, kindly identified by Mr. S. Webb. 

 Hypsipetes rnberata occasionally came to light, and was netted at dusk. 

 Triphosa diibitata (hybernated specimens) were atti'acted by the moth- 

 trap, and Cidaria corylata was taken at rest in woods below Park, and 

 at Peullergare. This finishes my list, but I am sure that if the place 

 was properly worked, it would yield much better results, as, except 

 when accompanied by Mr. Holland, I very seldom tried beyond the 

 immediate neighbourhood of Sketty Park. — R. B. Robertson, Coxhorne, 

 near Cheltenham. 



