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and other common species. April began witli Pachiohia ruhrkoaa and 

 other l^eniocamps common at sallow Itlooni. On April 10th one speci- 

 men of P. leMcoijrnpha was taken, and on the U*th, a tine freslily- 

 emerged specimen of Asplidlid rklens was found on the liark of an 

 oak tree, while Eiipithec/'a <ibhreri<ita and L. carpinata were common. 

 Heather-feeding larvte were also very common ; hut, strange to say, 

 many of tlie common Noctuid larv;\? that feed on low plants \vere re- 

 markabty scarce. During May Eupithecui lariciata and Hadeua (jlmiai 

 put in an apjiearance, but were scarce ; but most other species were as 

 common as usual ; in June, however, there was a great change, the 

 Aveather was liad and insects were very scarce. Sugar was a complete 

 failure, the only species that visited it at all were HyJophila prasinana, 

 linshia tenebrosa, common ; Hadeua adnsta, H. ghinca, H. denU'na and 

 n. thalassi'na, all scarce. Heather-feeding larva? were still plentiful 

 and mostly well-fed ; the best specimens taken being Plusia intcrro- 

 (jationis, Noctna castanea and Agrotis agathina, the latter very plentiful ; 

 while larva? of Zygae.na lonicerae, which are usually in great abundance, 

 were exceedingly rare. A single larva of Hylopltila hicolorana was 

 beaten from an oak tree, this species being new to the district. July 

 continued much the same as June, sugar being of little use. The best 

 species taken were Nemeopliila russida, Macaria lilurata and Mamestra 

 furva, scarce ; Venusia camhrica, Acidalia dimidiata, Eupithecia tahmtata, 

 E. nanatn, Cidaria populata and Chortodes arcnoifa, all common. Ova of 

 the following species were more or less common throughout the month : 

 Notodonta dictaeoides, N. dromedarins, N. eameUna, on l)irch ; Smerinthus 

 populi, N. dictaea and N. ziczac, on poplars and sallows. August was 

 but little better than July luitil the end of the month, when Hi/droecia 

 nictitavs, Agrotis agathina and Nocttia daldii were common, flj'ing over 

 heather bloom and at sugar Dyschorista snspecta was common, and Noctna 

 castanea, scarce. Hepiahis hectns was taken on August 10th, which is 

 very late for this species. Larvae of Saturnia carpini, Eugonia tiJiaria, 

 E. erosaria, Dicrannra bifida, D. furcnla, Notodonta trimacida and Thya- 

 tyra batis could now be found, and some of them were common. Sep- 

 tember was a much more favourable month, and larvt« of many species 

 were in great abundance. N. daJdii, in company Avith N ghtreosa, were 

 still to be taken on the moors ; and the best larvfi? taken during the 

 month were E. dolobraria, S. Imiaria, E. erosaria, E. obliterata, E. trisig- 

 nata, N. cliaonia, N. dictaeoides, N. dromedarins, C. dnjdaris, A. fiavi- 

 cornis and A. ahii. October broiight the usual autumn species, such as 

 Anchocelis helvola, I), aprilina, itc, commonly to sugar ; but nothing 

 rare turned up. Larva? of B. rubi. S. fvliginosa, Buj^ahis j>/(i/(fr/rt, E. 

 nanata, E. minutata, A. strignla and A. myrtiUi were all very common, 

 but E. trisignata and E. absinthiata were very scarce, and E. albipunctaia 

 was not to be found at all. Nothing worthy of note turned up during 

 November and December. The most notewt)rtby records of the year 

 are : — Asphalia ridens and Hylophila bicolorana, both new to the 

 district ; Dicrannra bifida, Pachnobia lencograplia and Hadena glancu, 

 which have not been recorded for Scarborough for the last twenty 

 years or more ; Eupithecia albipnnctata var. angelicata ; the dark varieties 

 of L. nmltristrigaria ; the scarcity of Z. lonicerae, total absence of E. 

 albipnnctata,, and the great aliundance of A. agathina larva? ; the late 

 appearance (August 10th) of H. hcctus ; and the second appeai'ance of 

 S. luhricipeda, two specimens having emerged in September from larvae 



