NOTES ON COLLECTING, ETC. 43 



company with A. Iimiyera. which was in fine condition. It woukl 

 appear that, under favorable circumstances, a few immigrants of the 

 first brood may prove the parents of a brood appearing towards the 

 end of September, as is the case with these now recorded. — Albeut J. 

 Hodges. Oct. 1«U4. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON 1894. 



EnnishiUen. — Possibly, as my collecting has hitherto been in good 

 localities, viz. Portland, New Forest and Folkestone, I may expect too 

 much, but in my opinion this place is a very unproductive one, and the 

 present season is the worst in my experience. It may be of some 

 interest if I give a general idea of this season's captures. Lakva-beating, 

 in May (alder, birch, hawthorn), produced only Himera pennaria, Mi- 

 selia o.vyacanthae, Oporabia dilutaria, Cheimatohia hruinata and other 

 common " winter " moths. In August I tried again, but only tilled the 

 beating-tray with dead leaves, earwigs and bugs of different kinds. — 

 Searching for larv^ at night, in March, produced only a few 

 Hadena oleracea and Boarmia repandata ; in June a series of Tethea 

 subtusa off aspen, and raedisca ophtliahiiicana ; in July, on mountains, 

 off sweet gale, a few Satumla cdrpini, Melanippe hastata and Calocampa 

 cetusia ; in September, off dwarf sallows in a bog, a few each of Ce- 

 rura vinida, Smerinthus ocellatus, Notodonta ziczac, Acronycia rumicis, with 

 Pygaera curtula, P.piyra, Anarta myrtiUi {1) ; and Bombyx rubi off aspen, 

 a few Cymatophora or and Smerinthns populi. In July, a few Dianthoecia 

 ciicidiali and D. conspersa off Lychnis flos-cuculi. Pupa-digging in August 

 produced two Cirrhoedia xerampclina, Noctua xantJiographa (22), Cidaria 

 siterata (3), and Aijriopis aprilina (about 50, of which, however, I only 

 set five, there being no good varieties as last year), 0. dilutaria, and 

 about 3UU yet to emerge, which will probably produce C. brumata, 

 Taeniocampa stabiliti, T. instabilis, with a few T. mimda, and odd speci- 

 mens of other species. — Sallows in Sinking. I saw only six Taenio- 

 campa ijraciUs, and a few T. stabilia, T. (jothica and T. instabilis. Sugar. 

 Here are a few nights fi'om my diary : " May 18th, nothing ; saw one 

 M. fluctuata, one Rnmia lafeolata, two Eupitkecia vtdgata, on wing." 

 " June 26th, two Leucania comma, one Noctua rubi, seven Miana/uruncida 

 (saw two Agrotis exclamationis, three Grammesia trigrammica, one N. 

 plecta, one T. pronnba, all worn)." " July 18th, one Acronycta rumicis 

 (and saw two A. exclamationis, two X. monoglypha, one T. pronuba).''^ 

 "August 4th (saw only three X. monoglypha and one N. augur, all worn)." 

 " Oct. 4th, nothing whatever." — Flowers. Scabious, ragwort and 

 rushes. Have seen only a few worn H. nictitans, N. xanthographa, 

 Tapinostola /ulva, and one Cidaria imtnanata. — Gas Lamps produced 

 two good C. xerampclina (several others seen inside the lamps), 

 and M. fluctuata with one Evimelesia albulata (2nd brood). Butter- 

 flies have been very scarce, with the exception of Epinephele 

 ianira and E. hyperanthus. As regards NocTU^aj, see sugaring note above. 

 Geometers have also been very scarce. The following list of Tortrices 

 comprise what I believe I have met with : — Fcnthina ochroleucana, 

 Stigiuonota pierlepidana, Cnejihasia mnsculana, Fhoxopteryx lundanu, Teras 

 contaminanu, Argyrolepia hartmanniana (3), Sericoris lacununa, Ephippi- 

 phora pflugiana, I'aedisca corticana, Carpocapsa pjontonana (3), Symaethis 

 oxyacanthclla, Uichrorhampha plumbana (ulicana), Grapholitha pcnlderiuna, 

 Dictyoptcryx bcrgmanuiaua, Aphelia osseana, Rhacodia caudana, iSciaphila 



