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and some hundreds of various Oeometrcs. Folia c7d was beginning to appear when 

 I loft ; and Ilydroecia nictitans and Chareas graminis ■were out upon ragwort and 

 thistle at the Culben sands. Stilhia anomala flew in some numbers along the hedge 

 rows at night, and Cidaria testata swarmed everywhere. 



Meagre as these results were, I found the pursuit of entomology at Forres ex- 

 ceedingly enjoyable ; and am bonnd to lay the paucity of my captures upon the bad 

 season. The country is most richly and variously wooded ; and affords, in any 

 ordinary year, excellent sport both in day work and sugaring. The climate is dry 

 and mild, peaches, figs, and grapes being grown in the open air ; and I was surprised 

 to hear of many insects, commonly considered essentially southern, having occurred 

 there. My friend, Mr. Q-eo. Norman, who has widely explored the neighbourhood 

 during a stay of some years, pointed out to me several localities made sacred by the 

 occurrence of notable NoctucB — they being the main object of his study. 



The Hydropathic Establishment at Forres affords very comfortable quarters, 

 and is surrounded by woods (through which paths and roads wind, making a total 

 extent of five miles), which no sugarer could behold without sanguine expectations. 

 The house is very conveniently built ; and its liberal regulations in no way im- 

 pede the prolongation of an entomologist's expeditions to the small hours. — J. B. 

 Blackbtjen, Southfields, Wandsworth : November, 1873. ' 



Lepidoptera in North Wales. — Two or three days at Aberystwith, Machynlleth, 

 Dolgelley and Bala produced the following, none of which, as far as my researches 

 have extended, have been previously recorded from North Wales. 



Pieris napi ; Aberystwith and Dolgelley. Anthocharis cardamines and Chorto- 

 hius Pamphilus; Dolgelley. Hepialus lupulinus ; Machynlleth. Venilia maculata ; 

 Dolgelley and Bala. Eurymene dolohraria, Odontopera hidentata, lodes lactearia, 

 Asthena luteata (among alder), candidata and sylvata, Eupisteria heparata (among 

 alder), at Dolgelley, in company with Asthena luteata; the general appearance 

 when flying of these two species is very similar, but in the net the Asthena rests 

 with expanded, the Eupisteria with erected wings. Acidalia remutata ; Machynlleth 

 and Dolgelley. Cabera pusaria, Cory da temerata, Panagra petraria, Numeria 

 pulveraria, Ligdia adustata ; Dolgelley. Lomaspilis marginata ; Aberystwith. 

 Larentia pectinitaria ; Dolgelley. Emnielesia albulata ; Dolgelley and Aberystwith. 

 Eupithecia castigata ; Dolgelley. Eupithecia vulgata ; Bala. Melanthia ocellata, 

 Malanippe tristata, Cidaria corylata, Euholia paluinharia, Platypteryx lacertula, 

 Cilix spinula ; Dolgelley and Bala. Xylophasia rurea ; Bala. Botys hyalinalis and 

 fascalis ; Dolgelley. Scoparia amhigualis and Crambus pratellus; Dolgelly and 

 Machynlleth. Melanippe hastata, which has been previously recorded from Kuthin, 

 was common enough among birch at Dolgelley, flying after two p.m. 



At the same place, I was a good deal surprised at taking two specimens of 

 Emmelesia blandiata ; one while mothing in a wood of mixed growth on June 5th 

 and the other in the same wood next day, flying slowly along a heathery path. 

 This species has now been recorded from the Isle of Wight, Worcestershire, York- 

 shire, and the Lake District, although fm-ther confirmation of all these localities, 

 except the last, seems desirable ; in Wales it has occurred, as above stated, in 

 Merionethshire, and is included in a list from Glamorganshire sent mc by Mr. 



