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certain locality in Cumberland. At Whitsuntide, 1893, a single 

 specimen was taken in the New Forest by Mr. Bertram Rye, 

 who again met with it in 1895, when he captured two specimens at 

 Bookham, Surrey. It is, like all the Longicorns, a wood borer, and 

 is attached to pine. It has been introduced from Scotland to the South 

 of England, in young trees imported for planting purposes. At 

 Hurst Wood, scarcely anything flew at dusk, a few Mdanippe iiiontanata 

 being almost the only captures, though New Park was tried as being 

 better ground. Sugar also was an utter failure, not attracting a 

 single Lepidopteron. Larva-beating produced a few Asphalia rideu^, 

 Zephjrus tpiercus and Psilura monacha. Messrs. Harvey and Woodward, 

 however, were successful in taking Scodiona hehjiaria on Whitemoor. 

 The next day was again intensely hot, and Messrs. C. B. Smith, 

 Harvey, Bacot, Woodward, and Bishop left Lynwood, after breakfast, 

 for Beechen Lane, Denny and Matley Bogs, and Stubby Copse. 

 Beating in Beechen Lane, Mr. Bishop brought out a specimen of 

 Epiune advenaria, and Mr. Bacot one of (inophria ruhricollh. Bombi/.v 

 ndii was found commonly on the heath near Denny Bog, as well as a 

 few Satuniia carpini, Mr. Woodward also took Lithosia mesomella and 

 linophvia ruhricollis. The larvje beaten were those of Taeniocanipa 

 miniosa, Axpltalia ridens (a few), Xeplii/riix qucrcKs, Aniphidasijs atrataria, 

 and Psilura iiumacha. The party remained out the best part of the 

 day, and returned by the Beaulieu Road, picking up some more 

 Scudiona beh/iaria on Whitemoor. Mr. C. B. Smith had previously 

 returned to dinner, and, in the afternoon, he and Mr. L. J. Tremayne 

 sauntered down to the " Bombyx " Heath, and took several B. rubi, 

 and, coming back, took a fine specimen of Enpit/u-cia togata from a. 

 fence. Meanwhile, Messrs. Jennings and W. H. Smith had spent the 

 day at Rhinefield, and taken eleven specimens of Macroi/lossa fuciforui is. 

 They also found several species of large SyrpJiidae in numbers at the 

 rhododendron blossoms. Amongst them were Sen/comyia borealu, 

 Crio7-rJiina n.ryacanthac, VoliiceUa bo»ihi/la)is, and var. plnwata, and 

 Myiatnqta florea. S. buiralis much resembles a wasp, both in its 

 markings and in its manner of flight, and, when caught, produces a 

 loud humming noise by the vibration of the halteres, which resembles, 

 in miniature, the crying of a child. A single specimen of Conops 

 rcsicularh was seen, but unfortunately escaped. On the way home,^ 

 Mr. W. H. Smith took Metrovampa ))iar;/an'tan'a, Cieoinetra vernaria, 

 and a larva of Catocala spon.m, beaten from an oak close to Clay Hill. 

 The larvfe of Diloba caeruleucephala and Kola cucvllatella were 

 abundant on the banks of the Lymington River, and, in Hurst Wood, 

 Mr. Jennings saw a 2 of IHoctria oelandica, one of the predatory 

 Diptera, with its prey in its jaws. Beechen Lane and Whitemoor 

 were the scenes of the evening work. Sugar was as useless as on the 

 previous night, and dusking only slightly improved. On Monday, 

 most of the party started for Matley Bog, rid Whitemoor. For 

 Lepidoptera, this was the best day of the trip. The alder swamps in 

 Matley Bog yielded Hijdrelia 7ivctda, Eupisteria ubliterata, Hypsipetes 

 trifasciata, and Eiastria fasciana, while Aspilates striyiUaria occurred 

 not uncommonly on the heaths, and Drcpana falcataria was found 

 among the birch. Mr. Jennings met with the only good Weevil 

 taken during the trip, a specimen of Erirrhinm bimacidatus, also the 

 best species of Diptera taken, ciz., a <? of Spilouiyia speciosa, boxed 



