242 [October, 



driana, L., P. profundana, F., Coccyx splendidulana, Gn., Catoptria albersana, 

 Hb., and Argyrolcpia hartmanniana, L., arc all pretty general. Roxana arcuana, 

 CI., is common at Bagley, and at Tubney may sometimes be beaten out in clouds 

 from the branches of certain oak-trees. Spruce-cones gathered anywhere in the 

 district will produce large numbers of Coccyx strobilella, L., # while C. tsedella, 

 CI., and C. nanana, Tr. (as well as the " Spruce Pug," Eupithecia pusillata, F.), 

 are plentiful. Phoxopteryx diminutana, Haw., occurs at Tubney, and in larger 

 numbers at Wytham ; Lobesia reliquana, Wilk., is fairly common at Bagley ; 

 and Eiipcecilia rupicola, Curt., and E. notulana, Z., are plentiful at Tubney. 

 Other records from Tubney and its neighbourhood are : Paedisca rubiginosana, 

 H-S.,* Stigmonota regiana, Z., Argyrolcpia cnicana, Dbld., Phoxopteryx lactana, F., 

 all in good numbers, Phtheochroa rugosana, Hb., Carpocapsa splendana, Hb., 

 Stigmonota nitidana, F. ; from Wytham : Pxdisca occultana, Wilk., Carpocapsa 

 grossana, Haw., Sciaphila sinuana, Steph., Crambus selasellus, Hb., Hedya 

 lariciana, Z., Eupcecilia roseana, Haw., the last two in good numbers ; and from 

 Boar's Hill : Ephippiphora fcenella, L., Stigmonota, internana. Gn., Eupcecilia 

 nana. Haw., all commonly, and a single specimen of Phlceodes demarniana, F.E.* 

 I have taken Stigmonota coniferana, Ratz., on the downs near Wantage. 



On a few occasions I have collected at the eastern end of the Berkshire 

 Downs ; but as this district has been worked by others much more thoroughly 

 than by me, I content myself with recording Dicrorampha senectana, Gn.* from 

 Streatley. 



In looking over this year's captures, I have just had my attention drawn to 

 a few specimens of a beautiful Sericoris fi'om Wytham, which I had hitherto 

 thought to be particularly fine examples of S. urticana, Hb. On closer inspec- 

 tion I find that they are not urticana, but S. cespitana, Hb.* — usually a coast 

 insect, and an interesting addition to the Berkshire list. 



On the Oxfordshire side, Bladon Heath, near Woodstock, appears to be a new 

 locality for Coccyx pygmseana, Hb., which is rather common, though confined to 

 a small area. Other Tortrices from the same place are Capua favillaceana, Hb., 

 Eupcecilia ciliella, Hb. (common throughout the Oxford district), and Coccyx 

 strobilella, L. 



The Chiltern Hills between Chinnor and Goring are a fine hunting ground, 

 offering extensive tracts of open down, as well as many miles of woodland, of 

 beech, and other trees, with here and there rough slopes and lmshy places. I 

 am best acquainted with the Watlington and Chinnor districts, but have also 

 made expeditions to the country round Ipsden and Nettlebed. On the open 

 downs, Ennychia nigrata, Sc, and E. cingulata, L., are common in places, and 

 the same may be said of Oncocera ahenella, Hb., Oxyptilus parvidactylus, Haw., 

 Mimseseoptilus phseodactylus, Hb., M. bipunctidactylus, Haw., and Aciptilia tetra- 

 dactyla, L. An occasional Phycis omatella, Schiff., may be found among swarms 

 of P. adornatella, Tr. The Tortrices most in evidence are Eriopselafractifasciana> 

 Haw., Argyrolepia subbaumanniana, Wilk., Peronea aspersana, Hb., Phoxopteryx 

 comptana, Frol., Chrosis alcella, Schulz, Orthotse7iia striana, Schiff., and Aphelia 

 otseana, Sc, all of which are plentiful. The following insects occur in rough fields 



