66 THE entomologist's record, 



sugar, and that, as it appeared to be shaping for a favourable night, 

 we would start at once. So a little later we tramped down to our 

 favourite ground, and put on a plentiful supply of sugar. On going 

 round with the light we took one Catomla sjionsa, and saw several 

 Aiiij>hij)!/ra jiyraitiidea and Calynniia trapezina, so we went home to 

 bed. The rest of our visit was little more successful, though, later 

 on, sugar yielded some more C. sponsa, three Noclua stigmatica, one 

 Tri/jihaena siibsequa, one T. fimbria, and one Agrotis jmta. We got 

 absolutely no larvae, and found that some one had already dug round 

 most of the likely trees, and had only left a few pupas of Agriopis aprilina, 

 Hyhcrnia defoli aria, and [ichncuinoncd) Taeniocaiiipa pnlverulenfa for us. 

 After our experiences in the New Forest, we arrived at Wicken without 

 hopes of doing much better there, and, on going to see Mr. Houghton 

 to arrange for a fen light, etc., we were met by another tale of 

 failures. Tnjphacna intcrjecta had not been seen, Mcliana fiawinca only 

 occasionally, and only a few of such insects as Agrotis ohscura, 

 A. nigricans, Ajdecta advena, Leucania impudens, etc., which generally 

 occur freely. We had become used to getting nothing by this time, 

 so merely emitted a few slight grumbles. It looked like being a good 

 night for light, however, so we thought it just possible that we might 

 get a few to set the next day — and we did ! Directly it was dark, moths 

 began to come, and until 1 a.m. we were hard at work boxing ; indeed, 

 our boxes were soon filled, and one of us had to sit under the lamp and 

 bottle the moths as they were caught, returning the emptied boxes for 

 fresh temporary inmates. The following is the list of that night's 

 take: — Viminia alhovenom, Tajiinostola fnlva, T. helhiianui, Comohia 

 rnfa, Lcncaiiia pliragmitidis, Hclotrojiha Imcostignta, Nocfua ruhi, 

 N. umbrosa, Hydroccia iiiiraci'a, Phihalajdcryx vittata, ('omnia 

 nnidcntaria, Cidaria testata, Cataclysta Icmnata, Parapony.r stratiotata 

 — all in numbers — beside six Notodonta ziczac, one Cerura bifida 

 (presumably an instance of a 2nd brood, as it was a perfectly fresh 

 specimen), three Eugonia tiliaria, two E. fuscantaria, and several 

 Arctia caia, Spilosorna fuliginosa, Cilix glaucata, Ne^tron^a popidaris, 

 Charaeas graminis, Agrotis tritici, Epione apiriaria, and other 

 commoner species, including many ToRTRicmEs, which we could not 

 accommodate. Houghton said they had not had such a night this 

 year, so for once we went home satisfied. During the rest of our stay 

 the nights were not so favourable ; but moths generally came fairly 

 well, even on clear nights, and before we left we took many more of 

 most of the species mentioned above, and in addition, PtcrostoDia 

 jialpinn, Crocallis dinguaria, Strenia clathrata, Saitasia rlianinata, etc. 

 The " locals " seemed especial pleased with the abundance of 

 T. hcllmanni, C. rnfa and P. vittata. Bats as well as moths seemed to 

 appreciate our light, and we saw many moths ruthlessly snapped up by 

 them. One, unfortunately for itself, made for a moth exactly as I 

 struck at the same, and to its surprise found itself in my net. It got 

 the moth first, however, but, as I got the bat, and the greater 

 included the less, I suppose I got the moth too. I took the 

 bat home, intending to see how many moths it had caught, but I 

 had not time to carry out my intention. Sugar did not pay par- 

 ticularly well, but some nice things turned up, including fine 

 specimens of L. phragmitidis, H. viicacfa, N. uvihrosa, Srolioptfryx 

 lihatrix, Plusia fcstncae, etc. Only a few J. /r/V/r/put in an appearance, 

 though this species usually swarms. In the lane, outside the fen, we 



