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virgin female on the ground, and was thus able to try "assembling" 

 for the first time with this species. The result was twelve males on 

 the first afternoon. Scsia foniiicifoniiis was scarce, and I only took 

 two poor specimens. I noticed that the larv83 of I'liifiaUa prdaria 

 were very plentiful on alder, birch, oak, etc. Sugar did not pay until 

 July, when Ave tried for ('ahjiimia puralina, and succeeded in taking a 

 few. ( '. ajfJiiis was common, but C r////7'«/.s' scarce, jh/ndis triticixar. 

 aquilina a few, and most of the common species due at this time were 

 all fairly numerous. Xactua sti;/i)iatica was to be taken by sugaring 

 foliage and twigs outside a beech wood ; but it was not plentiful. I 

 put up nearly all I took for ova, and the larvae are now full-fed and 

 going down. I find them very easy to rear, as they feed readily 

 on most loAV plants — perhaps chickweed, narrow-leaved plantain, 

 and dandelion are preferred. This year has proved a complete failure 

 for the Xanthias ; for although Xanthia citra;/o, Xantliia fiaraf/o 

 [dlaijo) and A', fulcai/o [(■crcuio) were fairly plentiful. A'. ;/ilraii<) was 

 scarce and A'. anrcKjo came to the sugared twigs and foliage but very 

 sparingly. Mdlinia riirrllaris was abundant. Of Kpumhi lutulenta 

 I got two or three, a few Xylinn seniibrunnea, and most of the 

 common autumnal species were all fairly abundant, except Tiyyliaena 

 orhona and Noctua xanthoijrajjJia, which were conspicuous by their 

 absence. — A. H. Hamm, 24, Hatherley Road, Eeading. Nocemher 

 4th, 1895. 



Tenby. — I was at Tenby in August, but rather too late for the 

 sandhill insects. I got Ai/mtis rcstii/ialiK, A. cwsoria, A. tritici and 

 Actehia i>mn-<i.i-, off ragwort blossoms, but only sparingly. I took one 

 C'olias ediim feasting on burnet-rose, the only specimen I have seen 

 this year. I visited the habitat for Stilhia aiionmla on one evening, 

 and took ten specimens, but they were rather worn, so I did not 

 trouble to go after them again. — E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Myddelton House, Waltham Cross. October 7th, 1895. 



Waltham. — The ivy in my garden is nearly over. I visited it last 

 evening, and got one Mi><i'lia oAnjacanthar var. cajnichia, and Anchocdu 

 liistacina appeared remarkably abundant. — Ibid. 



Aberdeen. — My collecting has been all done in the neighbourhood 

 of Aberdeen, and chiefly confined to sugar, and until the end of June 

 the results were very poor. On the Kincardineshire coast, At/rotis 

 liurrnea was fairly plentiful at heather-bloom during July, and a few 

 A. pyropMla where also taken ; whilst Manu'stra furra and other 

 common species came freely to sugar. In the woods during August, 

 DysiJiorinta smpecta and LitliomiasuUdiuiinis were exceedingly abundant. 

 Noctua ca.stanca ab, nef/lecta was taken in some numbers, and a few 

 N. mhrina put in an appearance. Aplecta <icculta and Kpunda lutulenta 

 were taken sparingly ; whilst E. nii/ra was fairly common. The 

 autumn species have been more abundant than I remember having 

 seen before. — A. E. Cannon, Mannofield, near Aberdeen. October 

 2-dnl, 1895. 



King's Ltnn. — The season here has been quite an average one, 

 although a few species, especially of the larger ones, have been less 

 abundant than usual. Thus Ci/matajiJidra Jiaricarnis did not turn up 

 in its usual numbers ; but BrepJuts partJienia^s was particularly, abun- 

 dant. I'anolis pinijierda swarmed at sallow bloom, as I had expected 

 they would do, for pupa? of the same species were found in numbers 



