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rare species ; Scoparia angustca, Steph., Uedya aceriana, Dup., H. neglectana, 

 Dup., Ephestia elutella, Hb., ;ill in good numbers ; Bactra furfurana, Haw., one ; 

 Scoparia pallida, Steph., Paraponyx stratiotata, L., Schcenobius forficellus, Thnnb., 

 all common enough by the canal and elsewhere. 



In the immediate neighbourhood of Oxford, taking a radius of about three 

 miles, I have found the following insects, besides most of those already men- 

 tioned:— on the Berkshire side: Crambus falsellus, Schiff., Myelophila cribrum, 

 L., locally plentiful ; Penthina fuligana, Hb., Orthotsenia striana, Schiff., Cato- 

 ptria expallidana, Haw., Eupcecilia rupicola, Curt.,* Argyrolepia cnicana, Dbld., 

 Conchylis dilucidana, Steph., all in numbers ; Sciaphila abrasana, Dup.,* a few ; 

 S. conspersana, Dough, Eupcecilia hybridella, Hb.* one each, and the beautiful little 

 Stigmonota pallifrontana, Z.,* very local, and only found near its food-plant, 

 Astragalus glycyphyllos, but flying plentifully round bushes in the afternoon 

 sunshine ; on the Oxfordshire side, Acentropus niveus, 01., sometimes seen 

 (though rarely to be caught) along the canal, Schcenobius mucronellus, Schiff., 

 Sideria achat ana, F., Psedisca semifuscana, Steph., Semasia spiniana, Dup., 

 Choreutes myllerana, F., all locally common ; Ephippiphora signatana, Dough, 

 not uncommon ; Psedisca oppressana, Tr., Eupcecilia udana, Gn., Argyro- 

 lepia zephyrana, Tr., these three more sparingly ; and on both sides of the 

 county border, Peronea schalleriana , L., P. comparana, Hb., Penthina ochro- 

 leucana, Hb., P. marginana, Haw., Spilonota rossecolana, Dbld., S. roborana, Tr., 

 S. trimaculana, Haw., Sericoris rivulana, Sc, S. urticana, Hb., Sciaphila nubi- 

 lana, Hb., S. chrysanthemana, Dup., Semasia ianthinana, Dup., Stigmonota 

 compositella, F., S. roseticolana, Z., Endopisa nigricana, Steph., Dicrorampha 

 consortana, Wilk., Trycheris aurana, F., Eupcecilia maculosana, Haw., all well 

 distributed and sometimes common ; Sphaleroptera ictericana, Haw., Pyrodes 

 rhediella, CI., Dicrorampha alpinana, Tr., D. politana, Hb., D. sequana, Hb., 

 D. acuminatana, Z., D. simpliciana, Haw., all locally plentiful ; Conchylis 

 smeathmanniana, F., C. straminea, Haw.,* these two scarcer than the others ; 

 Nomophila noctuella, Schiff., and Scopula ferrugalis, Hb., are common' in some 

 years, but in others are almost or quite absent. 



To the west of Oxford, in the northernmost part of Berkshire, Bagley, 

 Wytham and Tubney Woods and the wooded districts around them are rich in 

 Micro-Lepidoptera. Periniphele lancealis, Schiff.,* is common at Tubney ; Phycis 

 adornatella, Tr., at Wytham ; Cryptoblabesbistriga, Haw., occurs at Bagley, and 

 Alispa angustella, Hb.,* at Wytham. Many " Plumes " are common in restricted 

 localities; Platyptilia bertrami, Bsh, P. gonodactyla, Schiff., Amblyptilia teucrii, 

 Gr., Mimsescoptilus phseodactylus, Hb., M. bipunctidactyla, Haw., (Edematophorus 

 lithodactylus, Tr., Leioptilus microdactylies, Hb., L. lienigianus, Z.,* and Aciptilia 

 galactodactyla, Hb. The two last named are most easily obtained in the larval 

 stage. L, microdactylies sometimes flies in profusion at Tubney on favourable 

 afternoons. The curious little Chrysocoris festaliella, Hb., occurs in various 

 places, and at any time of the year from April to August. Nephopteryx spissi. 

 cella, F., Rhodophsea consociella^h., B. tumidella, Zinck., Hedya servillana,Dup., 

 Penthina gentianana, Hb., Capua favillaceana, Hb., Phoxopteryx mitterpacheriana, 

 Schiff., Grapholitha obtusana, Haw., Phlcsodes immundana, F.E., Psedisca solan- 



