NOTES OF THE SEASON. 159 



Glasgow. — It is exactly ten years since I started collecting insects, 

 and, without exception, the present year has heen the most productive 

 in my experience. Since the beginning of May up to the present date 

 my boards have been always well filled. Sugar has always taken well, 

 especially in September, when I spent a fortnight at the head of Loch 

 Lomond. Orthosia macilenta, MeUinia circellaris, Epunda nigra, 

 Iladena protea, and Calocampa vetusta were all very common. Noctua 

 glareosa, Orthosia lota, Orrhodia vaccinii, Xanthia fulvago and 

 X, Jiav ago oeiine Iveelj. Hi/droecia nictitans was very common on 

 the flowers of scabious ; whilst of insects that came to sugar in 

 smaller numbers were Hydroecia micacea, Agrotis ypsilon [suffusa), 

 Noctua dahlii, Anchocelis helvola (ru.fina), Calymnia trapezina, Miselia 

 oxyacantliae, IHchonia aprilina, Brotolomia metindosa, Calocampa 

 exoleta, as well as several specimens of Cidaria siterata, (J. miata, C. 

 immanata and TJiera variata. — A. Adie Dalglish, Pollokshields, 

 GlasgOAV. October dth, 1895. 



Southend. — Common things are now showing up well at sugar. I 

 found a fresh specimen of Chesias spartiata in the house on Monday 

 night, and a larva of Cerura bifida on a fence on the 12th inst.— F. 

 G. Whittle, Southend. October nth, 1895. 



Clevedon. — Sugar was very productive throughout September, 

 even after the ivy was fully out. Insects at ivy, excepting on one or 

 two occasions, have not been so numerous as usual. The most 

 plentiful species were Anchocelis pistacina in great variety, A. maci- 

 lenta and Brotolomia meticulosa. 1 took Dichonia aprilina at ivy for 

 the first time this autumn. The insects most common at sugar in 

 September were Xanthia citrago, A. lunosa, Mellinich circellaris, whilst 

 A. pistacina was as abundant as at ivy. There were also a fair 

 number oiHadena protea, B. meticulosa. Folia flavicincta, Amphipyra 

 pyramidea, A. tragopogonis and Agrotis saucia. Plusia gamma 

 has been wonderfully abundant this autumn, revelling in the sunshine. 

 —J. Mason. October IHth, 1895. 



CoxHORNE, Swansea, &c. — As far as my experience goes this has 

 been a fairly good season. I was in Swansea off and on from the 

 beginning of March to the end of April, but had very little time to 

 work for moths while there. Tephrosia crepuscidaria was decidedly 

 scarce, especially the dark form, of which I only took one or two ; I 

 also came across Lobophora carpinata and Eupithecia ahbrevicda. I 

 worked at the sallow here when I was at home for a few days 

 on leave, and took Taeniocampa gothica, T. pulverulentn, T. stabilis, 

 T. instabilisjPachnobia rubricosa (va,ve), T. gracilis (rare), Anticlea 

 badiata, L. carpinata, &c. During the whole of May I was down at 

 Milford Haven, and did nothing in the entomological way, except 

 taking some larvfe of GUsiocampa neustria, which produced very dark 

 imagines, and one ? Spilosoma mendica, from which I got a quantity 

 of eggs, and now have a good many pupa^. In the beginning of June, 

 at Swansea, I took Hydrelia uncula, MeUtaea an^-inia, Argyuuis selcne, 

 Melanthia albicillata, EucUdia mi and E. glypJilca. On my return home, 

 on June 15th, I started working in earnest, and sugared and lit up my 

 moth trap on every favourable niglit up to the present date, and took by 

 both means some really good insects ; besides those mentioned [ante, 

 p. 89) were Xylophasia hepatica, Gonuphora derasa, Cymatophora 



