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(this season: Smerinthus ocellatus and popidi, Sesia bembeciformis, Odonestis pota- 

 toria, Odontopera bidentata, Phigalia pilosaria, Amphidasis betularia, and vars. 

 Acidalia aversata,Notodonta dictcea (larva) , Leucania pollens, Xylophasia lithoxylea, 

 Apamea gemina, Noctua rubi, Phtsia chrysiiis, Mania typica, and Agrotis suffusa. 

 Whilst others usually seen have not been represented, viz. : Eriogaster lanestris, 

 \Pygcera bucephala, Cerura furcula and bifida, Notodonta dromedaria, Mamestra 

 nceps, and Hadena suasa. Others again have been taken sparingly : Polyommatus 

 phlceas, Bombyx quercus, Ennomos erosaria, Acidalia immutata, Collix sparsata, 

 Abraxas ulmata, Hypsipetes ruber -ata, Eupithecia pimpinellata and fraxinata, 

 \Acronycta tridens and leporina, Leucania conigera, Triph&na janthina, Polia chi, 

 [Plusia iota, and Habrostola triplasia. I have also taken the following for the first 

 time : Euchelia Jacob <za, larva on Ragwort, Aplecta occulta, Miana literosa, Orthosia 

 suspecta visited sugar, Pyralis glaucinalis in a spider's web, Cryptoblabes bistriga 

 lat rest on the trunk of an oak tree, Gelechia ligulella, Sioammerdamia ccesiella 

 icaptured on the wing, Argyresthia Gaedartella, curvella and albistria mothing, 

 Gracilaria Swederella and Elachista cerussella, the latter I found flying over reeds 

 and long grass in a boggy place, Cerostoma scabrella taken at rest on a hawthorn 

 hedge, Laverna epilobiella, bred six specimens from larva taken on Epilobium 

 hirsutum. Also several other species which are as yet undetermined. 



Nepticula argyropeza taken as larva last year; I reared five imagos. Coleophora 

 currucipennella, this species I incorrectly named in my last communication ; having 

 opportunity of showing it to Mr. Sang of Darlington, he referred it to C. ardea- 

 pennella of Scott, remarking that the cases of this species and ibipenella were 

 similar in form, but that the former stood upright on the leaf while the latter was 

 nearly prostrate ; having taken both species I can speak to the same effect. I may 

 mention also that TricJiitira cratcegi and Tripha:na fimbria have been taken in this 

 locality, the first as larva the second at sugar. 



I also had the pleasure of visiting Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, when I 

 succeeded in obtaining a fine series of Scoparia basistrigalis and Olindia ulmana, 

 also larva of Pcecilocampa populi and Hyponomeuta plumbella, from the latter I 

 have now a nice set. 



On the 17th of this month, a fair specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was captured 

 in a garden at Holgate, by Mr. Skilbeck, and given to me ; it is larger than usual, 

 measuring 3 inches 1 line in expanse of wing. On the 20th, I took Agrotis saucia 

 and Ancliocelis rufina at sugar, neither of which is common in this neighbourhood. 

 On the 27th, a second specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was seen by myself in the 

 nurseries here; it flew over some trees and settled down about six yards before me; I 

 tried to get my hat over it but failed. — T. Wilson, Holgate, York : October, 1880. 



Captures of Lepidopter a in the vicinity of London. — A short account of the 

 insects I have taken in the vicinity of London this season may be of interest to 

 some of your readers. Early in April Micropteryx purpurella and semipnrpurella 

 were common near Plumstead, and M. unimaculella on Wimbledon Common. In 

 Headly Lane during the season I have beaten from Juniper Zelleria insignipenella, 

 Argyresthia prcecocella, arceuthina, dilectella, aurulentella, and abdominalis, the last 

 being much the rarest : on August 31st, G. semifascia was common among the 

 junipers in the neighbourhood of maples. Hampstead Heath produced Coleophora 



