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was taken among Atrvplex. During August I took one Aylossa 

 cuprealh and two Cirrhoedia .verampelina. During October, Calamia 

 liUom swarmed in a reed bed near here, and the specimens vary very much 

 in size and colour. — F. G. Whittle, 3, Marine Avenue, Southend. 



Cumberland. - The season of 1896, at Keswick, was a very moderate 

 one. My first excursion was to Watendlath for Emwelesia adaequata 

 {hlandiata) on May 23rd, when I also captured a few freshly emerged 

 Larentia salicata, Fidonia atoniaria, Bombi/x rubi, Melanippe montanata, 

 Epliippiphora cirsiana, Catoptrla cana, and Eupithecia nanata. On the 

 26th, I went again and took about thirty E. adaequata, several pairs in 

 cop. On June 8th, I captured a fine lot of Melampias epiphron, also Cram- 

 b2is ericellus a,nd N'eDieophila plantai/inis, but M. epiphron was out on June 

 2nd, the earliest date I know, and it may be well to remark that this 

 species strayed almost a mile from its usual haunts, and several hun- 

 dred feet lower down than they have ever been captured before. 

 During the fortnight ending June 25th, I sugared several times, 

 and captured Aplecta tincta, Xylophasia polyodon (all shades from 

 pale grey to black), A. nebulosa, A. prasina (herbida), Plusia 

 inter rogationis, Cymatophora fliictuosa, Triaena psi, Leucania impura, 

 Xylophasia rurea, and its ab. combmta, Dryobota furva, Apamea 

 (jemina and its aberrations, A. unanimis, Mianastrigilis, M. fasciuncula, 

 Rusina tencbrosa, Lycophotia striyula, Gleoceris viminalis, Hyppa 

 rectilinea, Erastria fasciana, and many commoner species ; whilst I 

 also captured Geometra papilionaria, Zonosoma i>endularia, Acidalia 

 fumata, etc. On July 10th, Thyatyra batis appeared, and on the 12th 

 and 13th Aryynnis acflaia, P. inter rogationis, P. chrysitis, P. iota, 

 Uropteryx sambucata, Larentia caesiata, L. olioata, Emmelesia unifasciata. 

 On the 14th, Stilbia anomala, Cymatophora Jiiictuosa, Eupithecia sub- 

 fulvata, Drepana lacertinaria, Dyschoristasnspectajand Celaena haworthii. 

 On August 10th, I took Calocampa solidaginis, Xoctua dahlii, Epione 

 apiciaria, Ennomos erosaria (the first specimen captured here), Mania 

 maura, Hydroecia lucens, Xoctua glareosa, CirrJinedia xerampelina, 

 Phibalapteryx vittata, Cidaria siterata, and many other species. It may 

 be worth mentioning that Xoctua dahlii and Dyschorista suspecta were 

 scarcer than usual, and that I did not see a specimen of Agrotis 

 agathina. On the other hand, the larvfe of Phalera bucephala were 

 exceedingly abundant. — H. Beadle, Keswick. 



Folkestone. — 1 have nothing to be jubilant over with regard to 

 collecting in 1896. At Folkestone, sugar, in July and August, was an 

 absolute failure. I noticed Melanargia galathea were more abundant 

 than usual, and Polyommatus corydon and l-*. bcllargus were in good 

 numbers. Acidalia marginepunctata was to be obtained by diligent 

 and daily searching on the face of the cliffs. The only capture that 

 interested me was a female Porthesia chrysorrhoea, which I kept for 

 ova. Of these I have a good supply, but, alas ! they are still ova, and 

 I understand that this species hybernates in the larval state. I may 

 add that I spent a considerable time on several successive days in the 

 hopes of turning up other specimens, but without success. My wife 

 saw a ragged specimen of Pyrameis cardui fiying across the Downs, 

 and a day or so later captured another, rather the worse for wear. 

 These were all that were seen of this species, although in other years 

 it has been noticed to be abundant. At Dover, I saw a young 

 collector capture a beautiful specimen of Colias hyale, but I heard of 



