94 THE Entomologist's record. 



irctiliiica, but during this time sugar was an utter failure in the 

 woods and we only got four H. nrtiliuea, and nothing else. Still, all 

 this time, the coast was yielding splendidly, and wo took the following 

 in great numbers : Lcwania conii/rra, L. lithargyria, L. littoralia, L. 

 comma, L. impura, L. palleiifi, XijlnpJuma rurca (and var. combtVita ; 

 also some very whitish forms), X. Utho.ryh'a, X. j^oh/odnn, Mamestra 

 alhicolon, M. brasfticac, Apamca basilinea, A. gemina, A. did;/))ia (in 

 endless varieties), Miana striiiilit, M. literosa, Rusina tenebrosa, Aumtia 

 rfstii/ialin, A. sct/rtum, A. exclamationis, A. corticea, Noctua aiujur, 

 N. jilecta, N. c-nitirnm, X. /estiva, N. rubi, Hadena admta, H. doitina, 

 H. oleracea, H . t/ntlassina, Cucnllia umbvatica, THanthdi'da coiisjx'isa, 

 Chocrocampa purcdhix, ri/rrha 7i)nbra (very plentiful), Caradrina 

 quadripnnctata ; and now (July 28th), Tapinostnla di/uii, which occurs 

 all over the sand-hills, was coming out, and the nights were hardly 

 dark at all, so that very little could be done before 11 o'clock. 

 T. dipni seems to be a very late insect ; a few are seen early in the 

 evening on the wing, but the greater number are found about 12 o'clock 

 on the heads of the marram grasses, from which they can be easily boxed, 

 and I find they travel very well in ordinary chip boxes. In the beginning 

 of August sugar began to play up again in the woods, and kept us well 

 employed until the end of September. Throughout August, ]>i/srJiorista 

 sunpccta and XocUia dahlii were out in hundreds, together with 

 Tri/pJiaciia pronuba, T. orbona, T. fimbria and T. ianthina, XnctiM 

 um-brosa, X. baia, X. brunnca, X. castanva (and var. neglecta), X. 

 xanthographa, Xanthia fulrago, X. flarago, Mdlinia ciirellaris, Agrotis 

 praecn.r, A. nigricans, LitJiomia solidaginis, (Jalgmuia trapezina. On 

 the coast the ragwort was out rather early, and produced (Jdaena 

 hawnrthii, Miana literosa, Charaeas graminis, some fine varieties of 

 Argrotis tritici and A. cursoria. September sugaring was decidedly 

 good, and the following fell to our boxes : K))unda nigra, Polia c/ii, 

 Hgdroeria nictitans, H. micarea, X. glareosa (with a few of the black 

 variety), A. suffnsa (one of which is almost a mahogany brown), Miselia 

 o.ryacanthae, Diehonia aprilina (which has been fairly abundant this 

 year), Hadena protea, (Jalocavipa retusta and C. exoleta ; one Anchocelis 

 hdrola ( I was greatly pleased to take this insect in Craigs Wood, 

 because I have sugared here regularly for three years, and this is its 

 first appearance) ; A. litura, the latter in great numbers, as in 1898 — 

 last year there were none ; Drthosia viacilenta (very abundant, but 

 not varying from the type), (>. lota, Orrhodia vaceinii and Scopelosoma 

 satellitia. We have chiefly confined ourselves to the NocTumES, and on 

 reference to my catalogue I find we have turned up lOG species thereof 

 in the immediate neighbourhood. We have almost dispensed with 

 rum, using methylated spirit instead. In a broom field, close to my 

 house, I have taken several Chesias rnfata, and C. spartiata is very 

 common here in the autumn. On the whole, 1895 has been a splendid 

 year, and almost every insect has turned up in great numbers, with the 

 exception of Hgj)]ia rectilinea, but I believe this has been the same 

 everywhere, as Mr. Home, of Aberdeen, tells me he has taken none 

 this year. I wish to mention this particularly, because I made a 

 lot of rash promises last year and I am not able to carry them out, so 

 that I am afraid I shall disappoint many of my correspondents this 

 autumn. — Montague Gunning, M.D., The Mall, Montrose, N.B. 

 October 5tli, 1895. 



