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beneath moss in the Scotch fir woods during the previous autumn. 

 KupltJiecia jii/i/inacata must have once again shifted its quarters, for I 

 did not observe a single specimen during the season. I have known 

 I\. pijfimacata change its quarters two or three years in succession, but 

 previous to this year I have traced it, and found it within a mile of 

 the spot in which it occurred the year before. Both To.nxrniipa 

 jiastinKiii and Lohojiliora scvalata have been unusually plentiful. 

 Ayroth cursaria, A. jiracro.r, and, of course, A. trltki were common on 

 the coast sandhills ; of At/mtis cujathina I secured four specimens 

 only, but it is difficult to get here by sugaring, hence a search had 

 to be made for it at dusk at the flowers of ling {Calluna vulf/aris), 

 or an odd specimen or two can be netted just before dusk as they fly 

 over the ling. No doubt larvffi might be swept, and some day I 

 may be tempted to try it. I have given Ejim-hnia farrella a holiday 

 this year. However, I succeeded in finding Cramhus salindbos at 

 home on our salt marshes, quite close to the town, although it was 

 surprisingly local. C. latutrim did not turn up at all, but ( '. hnvuiliiH 

 Avas as plentiful as ever. Ph>/ns ahictdla was not uncommon at night 

 flying on the outskirts of Scotch fir woods. — -E. A. Atmore, F.E.S., 

 King's Lynn. Xoronhrr 12tJi, 1895. 



OxTON. — The early part of the season here was most disappointing. 

 In April and May, Li/cama an/iolus was fairly plentiful ; but Si/rirhtlius 

 vialrar, which I always persecute for ab. taras and intermediate forms, 

 was very scarce. Tlicda iicJii, also usually a very common insect, was 

 almost entirely absent. Hnhernia leiinip/iamria was scarce at light. 

 Sallows, in April, were fairly productive in Taeniocamps, and on one or 

 two evenings KapitJiccia jnunilata swarmed at them. In May and 

 June light did very fairly well, but during the greater part of July, 

 all August and the first part of September, I did practically no 

 collecting. In September I had two specimens of Spldnx mnrolndi 

 brought to me, taken by villagers, and much damaged ; but though I 

 tried Nicotiana for several evenings, I saw none. (Jolias nlma has not 

 occurred, so far as 1 know, in this immediate neighbourhood, but 1 

 saAV a few one day when shooting, between Exmouth and B. Salter- 

 ton, on the clifl's. Pyramcis rardni was very scarce. Sugar and ivy 

 answered well during October, and gave a few Ayrotl'^ saiiria, Calocampa 

 crolcta, Xi/liiia ornithopus and Anc/Kxrlis rufina, besides a quantity of 

 commoner things ; but I have been unable to meet with r>a.si/rai)iiia 

 ruhif/inm this season. — E. F. Studd, M.A., B.C.L., F.E.S. Oxton. 

 Xurniihcr lOtli, 1895. 



York. — On Saturday last (November 9th) I found numbers of 

 < 'liciiiiatohia horcata on the leafless birches, plenty of Hi/bcrnia anran- 

 tiaria and H. defoUaria in less numbers. I obtained two of the latter 

 with the dark band, the rest being more or less of the brown 

 unicolorous form. I took fourteen fine Cahirampa r.nilrta irom sugar 

 the same evening. Last night (November 15th) my younger daughter 

 brought me a fine male I'ot'ciloraiiipa populi, evidently newly emerged. 

 — S. Walker, 23, Portland Street, York. Xoveiiilwr 16th, 1895. 



Bury 8t. Kdmunds. — (h-rJiodiavaccinii, O.lu/nla, OrtJiosia inacilenta, 

 and all the usually abundant moths seem very scarce at sugar here this 

 autumn as compared with last.— F. Norgate, 98, Queen's Eoad, 

 Bury St. Edmunds. 



