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of so eminent — although one suspects in this instance imperfectly- 

 informed— a lepidopterist as Mr. Barrett. — J. W. Tutt. 



Lepidoptera at Eumsey in 1908. — The only butterfly that has 

 been abundant here during 1903, is Fierin brassicae, and that has been 

 much more numerous than usual. Eitgojiia polychloros I saw in the 

 spring, but not one this autumn. No Colias eduaa, a few Pijrameis 

 atalanta, Vanessa io and Pi/rameis cardui. The best thing I have 

 obtained among the butterflies is Lycaena arion, a single rather worn 

 specimen from Gloucestershire. At Lustleigh (Devon) I took a 

 specimen of Si/rirht/iKs malrac ab. taras ; here also Arctia rillica was 

 abundant, and eggs obtained on June 16th hatched on June 30th, I 

 have now a number of larvie feeding. Does Acidalia retnutata usually 

 hybernate as larva ? Larvte that hatched on June 25th evidently 

 mean to hybernate. They have fed on knotgrass, I do not know their 

 proper food. In September and October I had about a dozen larvae of 

 DiantJioi'cia capsincola feeding in Lychnis capsules, without any sign of 

 silk, the rest spun a light cocoon under moss. One moth emerged 

 after being in the pupal state about a fortnight. A batch of eggs of 

 Hahrastnla triplasia hatched on September 25th, and the larva? had all 

 pupated before October 25th. — E. Buckell, M.D., Romsey. November 

 2nd, 1903. 



Lepidoptera at York in 1903. — The weather has been as bad 

 here as everywhere else since June, and collecting has been done in 

 snatches, otherwise I fancy lepidoptera would have proved to have been 

 fairly plentiful. Larvae were certainly so up to August, and might 

 have been obtained in numbers if it had been possible to have gone for 

 them in comfort. As it was, some capital sugaring nights were 

 enjoyed in the district I worked. Species came fairly to date in May, 

 and, by the 23rd, Enddo'e cardainines, Xisoniadcs tayes, Platypteryx 

 falcida, etc., were common at Sandburn, whilst larviE of Fhiyalia 

 pedaria, tlybernia defoliaria and Geometra paprilionaria were fuUfed by 

 the end of the month. I swept the first Epione respertaria larva on 

 June 18th, and the last on June 27th, and, as they mostly pupated in 

 a few days, they were up to the average time. I tried sugar at Askham 

 Bog on July 3rd, in the hope of getting yellow examples of Noctita 

 rnbi, but I was unsuccessful, although 1 boxed Acivnicta leporina, 

 Xyliijdiasia snbliistris, Leucania iinpudens, Pharetra ruiiiicis, etc. 

 Geometrids were almost entirely absent, doubtless the ground fog which 

 came on kept them at rest. As July 15th saw the appearance of the 

 first Epianc vcspertaria in my breeding-cages, I paid my first visit to the 

 old ground on the 17th. in company with the Rev. Storrs Fox, and we 

 did well up to 11.30 p.m., when a drizzling rain gave us a final check, 

 and we retired for the night. We bagged altogether a score of males 

 and a brace of females, all at rest, whilst Acidalia inurnata, A. emar- 

 yi)iata, Litliosia mesomella, Geometra papilionaria, etc., were netted. 

 Sugar was attractive, but the species observed were common. On the 

 evening of the 23rd, I was again at Sandburn, with Mr. T. A. 

 Lofthouse who came over to take E. respertaria, and, as the night was 

 a really good one, we did well, taking a good number of both sexes. 

 At sugar we found Vyschorista suspecta, Ayrotis ralliyera, Leucania 

 litharyyria, Caradrina blanda, Trijihaena comes, Xoctiia trianyuliim, 

 L'ymatophora diipiaris, with a host of Triphaena pronuba, and one 

 Cosmia paleacea, the first I had ever taken, and new to the York 



