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atsines and taraxaci put in an appearance. Of the yellow underwings 

 we took two TripJuwHa jiinbria and two T. mbscqua, one a beauty, the 

 other was kept on chance of its being a ? , but died on the 15th. We 

 were glad to find a few Di/schorista sKsptrta at sugar, Avhich was a new 

 species to us. Amongst the smaller Noctuids we took a few Erastria 

 fasciana, Anarta wi/rtilli, Heliuthis dipsaceus and Hijdrelia unca; and 

 of the Pyralids, Tlwloiniges turfosalis was common, but very worn, 

 and a few Hypenodes costaestriijalis and liivula sericealis survived to 

 welcome us. Finally, Aventia jiexula seemed much more plentiful 

 than usual, but was in tatters. — A. F. Bayne. 



Dasycampa rubiginea at Slough. — Among other insects captured 

 last autumn, I took three specimens of Dasyccuupa rubii/inea, which 

 are, perhaps, worth recording. — J. B. Williamson, 2, Hencroft Street, 

 Slough. 



Moth traps. — I should like to try " light " here during the coining 

 summer. Will any of your readers give a short but clear account of the 

 structure, and mode of working, of one that has proved successful ? — 

 E. M. Cheesman, Old Bank House, Stromness, Orkney. 



Tephrosia bistortata (crepuscularia) in Morayshire. — I hercAvith 

 send you the only specimen of the Tephrosias (whose specific dis- 

 tinctness is being discussed) that I have ever taken. I found it on 

 Saturday, April 16th, 1892, resting on the trunk of a fir tree in the 

 Altyre Wood, near Forres, Morayshire. I have always sujjposed it to 

 be T. crepuscularia {hiundularia), but my series of T. bistortata and 

 T. crepuscularia are so completely mixed up, owing to my having no 

 personal experience of either species, that I should be pleased to have 

 your opinion about it. — A. Horne, Aberdeen. [The specimen is a 

 very fine male example of the Perthshire type of T. bistortata, and, 

 like the darkest of the specimens from that locality, approaches more 

 nearly to the typical Continental T. bistortata, than the specimens from 

 any other British locality. — Ed.] 



Captures in Orkney in 1896. — The following is a list of the 

 Lepidoptera that I captured in Orkney last year. I have marked the 

 species that were common thus — " /,'' those that were very common 

 thus — "//." Those which have no mark were not common. 

 Saturniides. — Saturnia pavonia !. Lasiocampides. — Lasiocarnpa 

 querci/s var. callunae. Cheloniides. — Nemeophila plantagiuis, 

 Arctia caia, !, Spilosoma fuligiuosa var. borealis. Noctuides. — Ily- 

 droecia micacea!, Xylophasia rurea and ab. alopecurus ! !, X. 

 pohjodon and ab. iiifuscata ! !, Caradrina quadripunctata I , Mamcstra 

 furva, M. brassicae ! ! (a specimen of this species was brought to me 

 by a friend, who found it in the house on Jan. 12th, 1897), Ajntmca 

 gemhia and ab. remissa! !, Apamea didijma, Miana fasciuncula ! !, 

 Agrotis sufftisa, Noctua glareosa !, N. plecta, N. c-nigrum, N. rubi, 

 Graphiphora augur, Triphaena pronuba !, Taeniocampa gothica, 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, Mellinia circellaris, Brotolomia meticulosa, 

 Hadena adusta !, H. dentina, Calocampa vetusta, C. exoleta, 

 Gucullia umbratica, Habrostola tripartita ! !, Plusia pulchrina !, 

 P. gamma. Geometrides. — Ematurga atomaria !, Cheimatobia 

 hrumnta I, Eupithecia satyrata, E. nanata, E. pumilata, Hypsipetes 

 sordidata, Melanip2)ejiuctuata ! ! , Coremia munitata, Cidaria prunatal , 

 C. testata. Pyralides. — Scoparia zelleri I, Xylopoda oxyacanthclla 

 {^fahriciana). Ckambides. — Aphomia sociella, Crambus pratellus, 



