834 THE entomoumtIst's record. 



cM, cominon, all were pale and typical ; Aplecta kcrbida and A. ocexitc.' 

 were scarce, and of A. tincta, one only ; Hailena adiista, H. thalamna 

 and Hi/ppa rertilinea, common, biit getting over before we arrived r 

 Litlwutia HolidcKiinis was common, and Anarta iiti/rtilU abundant, 

 whilst of Plusia hractea, several occurred at flowers ; P. c-anrenm was 

 scarce, and P. inUoror/atinnis abundant, but diflficult to catch flying in 

 the afternoon sun on the higher moors. No doubt the list of Noctuids 

 taken would have been greatly augmented had sugar proved attractive 

 in August, which is usually the best month for it here. I did not 

 work systematically among the inicros, but dabbled among them 

 occasionally. Probably the best captures in this group were a few 

 fine large Crainbiis iin/eMi(^. — Arthur Horne, B\E.S., A.berdeen. 

 September 12th, 1904. 



Ledidoptera in Cheshire. — There is little of interest to report 

 entomologically, except that sugar has been fairly attractive for the 

 last two months, although nothing out of the common has come my 

 way, I took a few Noctua dahlii and N. f/lareosa at Delamere Forest, on 

 August 29th. Here, however, insects appeared to prefer the blossoms 

 of ling to sugar. Anchocelis nifi)ia, A. piKtacina, A. litiori, A(iri(>pi^ 

 ap)ilma, Orthosia iiiarili'nta and Hadena protea, have been unusually 

 plentiful. The latter species put in an appearance at the end of 

 August, and is still in evidence and in good condition. — G. 0. Day, 

 F.E.S., Knutsford. October >ird, 190i. 



Lepidoptera at Castle Moreton. — During the last week in July 

 and first fortnight in August, both light and sugar proved fairly good, 

 but since then both have proved almost total failures, the latter, 

 however, more so than the former, as, occasionally, solii^ary specimens 

 have come to light in the house. With regard to particular species, 

 i'aradrina inorplieas, never a common species here, has been commoner 

 than usual, whilst Lithosia f/riseola and Abraxas (/rossalariata have been 

 unusually abundant, and, among the latter, were a few nice aberrations. 

 I have had two specimens of Aijriiis ronrolniU brought to me, one of 

 which was taken in a dairy at the beginning of September, the other in 

 a bed-room at the end of the month. — (Rev.) E. C. Dobree Fox, M.A.,. 

 Castle Moreton, Tewkesbury. October Qth, 1904. 



Scarcity of lepidoptera at Deal. — During August I spent a short 

 time at ])eal, but collecting was poor. I sugared on the sandhills and 

 took only the commonest Noctuids, and not a great number of these. 

 I did not see a single Agrotid of any kind, which seems remarkable, 

 although, doubtless, I was too late for most of them. I saw two Colias 

 eddsa on the clifts between Deal and Dover, but the day was too windy 

 to be good for butterflies. Polijoiiiriiatnn cdri/drnt was worn out, and 

 Poli/oiiimatiis bellari/iis (^ado)iis) had not arrived. There were a few 

 larvae of Sesia stellatarttni to be found by careful searching, although I 

 observed a great absence of the larvae of the common Sphingids ; I 

 saw where one larva of Sphiii.r iiiiiistri had been, but, with that excep- 

 tion, I saw no others of any kind, although I searched many sallow- 

 bushes which ought to have produced Smerint/iiis oeeUata. — A. W. 

 Mera, 79, Capel Road, Forest Gate. October llth, 1904. 



Scarcity of larvae in the Chislehurst district. — The season 

 in this district is closing as unsatisfactorily as it opened. Many 

 of the larvte of the commoner Lithocolletids and Nepticulids, which 

 one expects to obtain just now in hundreds, are only to be found in 



