88 THE entomologist's record. 



and the box in which the pupre were kept had been in the shade all 

 the season. The pup^B of such autumn insects as Hadena protea, 

 Agriojiis aprilina, and Brotoloinia melicnlosa have' been tolerably 

 plentiful. My friend, Mr. T. Greer, of Bath, tells me how common 

 Aplecta advena was at the flowers of Silene this summer, in a field 

 near Bath. They were, unfortunately, past their best when he dis- 

 covered them, but he managed to take a few good specimens. A fine 

 larva of Acherontia atropos was brought to me last week by a market 

 gardener ; it was almost full-fed. I have not heard that the imago 

 has ever been taken in this locality, although both larvte and pupae are 

 occasionally found. — J. Mason, Clevedon Court Lodge, Somerset. 

 September ith, 1895. 



DoNCASTER. — Sugaring continued good until the last week in July, 

 when there was a great falling off. One of my last captures in July 

 was Ai/idtis ohscura var. hiijraiinna. This is a very rare species here, 

 and the only specimen that I have seen. Since then nothing of note 

 has come to the sweets. Sugaring to-night (Sept. 5th), I found the 

 autumn insects coming on, whilst some old friends of the summer still 

 continue with us. The species seen were — Asphalia diluta, Tnjpluwna 

 pronuha, T. fimbria, Nadna j-ajithographa, AiiijJiipyra traiiopugonis, 

 Anrhocdis lituia, ticupelosniiia satdlitia, Xanthia fiavago, Calymnia 

 affi,)us, Gdn-hia populella, (Ecophdra pscudimprdvUa, and Endronis 

 fenedrella. — H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 9, Hallgate, Doncaster. 

 September Qth, 1895. 



Seamer Moor. — I have recently had two or three days beating for 

 larvii3 on Seamer Moor, and secured a fair bag, including Notodonta 

 dromedarius, N. camelina, N. dictaeoides, Cuspidia aim, ('. leporina, 

 Platgpteryx falcula, Cymatophora dupJaris, AmpMdasys betularin, 

 &c., all from birch. I found oak most unproductive. Sweeping the 

 heather produced larvtB oi Eupitheclananata, E. minutata, and Anarta 

 myrtilli. Angelica (in the woods) gave larva) of E. trisignaria. None 

 of these larva^ except the heath feeders, were at all plentiful. Sugar 

 produced Noctua dahlii, Dyschorista suspecia, Hydroecia nictitans, 

 and others, mostly in very fine condition. — T. Maddison, South Bailey, 

 Durham. September IStJi, 1895. 



Whitchurch, Salop. — With me it has been anything but a good 

 season, though it may be that for this the locality is to blame. Sugar 

 has been a failure throughout, with the exception of one fortnight at 

 the end of June and beginning of July, when moths swarmed at it, 

 but were mostly of the connnonest species. I counted seventy on one 

 tree one night, but fully fifty of these were either Xylophasia potyodon 

 or Tryphaena pronuba. Larva?, too, have been far from abundant, 

 with the exception of those of Mellinia circellaris, of which I took 

 over a hundred one day from a single wych elm, and reared nearly all 

 of them. I was glad to find among them a very few Xanthia gihago, 

 which has not hitherto, I believe, been taken in this district. Pyrameis 

 atalanta is still very common, and shews a marked penchant for the 

 sugared trees, as well as for fallen fruit. I have taken one Grapta 

 c-album feasting on a fallen plum, and yesterday I saw a Fyramcis 

 cardui. — (Uev.) C. F. Thornewill. September Idth, 1895. 



Li'UGH District, Essex. — Lithosia cotnplana does not occur here 

 freely. I generally get one specimen, rarely more, each season near 

 the river wall ; as also Hydroecia paludis, of which I get an occasional 



