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that particular night, though the insect was fairly common at 

 sugar on other occasions. Several days were spent investigating 

 the large woods a few miles inland, but so far as Lepidoptera 

 were concerned the result was not very cheering. Burwell 

 woods yielded only Charceas graminis, Aeidalia bisetata, Hypsi- 

 petes sordidata, Nomophila noctuella, and Sphaleroptera ictericana. 

 A visit to the " Greasy Field," near Louth, in company with 

 Mr. C. S. Carter and Mr. Vincent Crow, two local entomologists, 

 in search of Melitcea aurinia, which is recorded to occur there, 

 and from which the field takes its name, proved fruitless, no 

 signs of the presence of that insect being discernible, nor was a 

 second attempt on a subsequent day any more profitable. A 

 chalk-pit near by was carpeted with the yellow blossoms of 

 Hypericum perforatum, from which Catoptera hypericana was 

 beaten out in considerable numbers. The following is a list of 

 the Lepidoptera observed at Theddlethorpe between July 1st and 

 August 3rd : — 



Nndaria senex. 

 Lithosia lurideola. 

 L. complana. 

 Euchelia jacobcw. 

 Hepialus humuli. 

 Odonestis potatoria. 

 Thyatira derasa. 

 Cymatophoraoctogesima. 

 Acronycta psi. 

 A. riimicis. 

 Lcucania lithargyria. 

 L. comma. 

 L. impura. 



Calamia phragm itidis. 

 Tapinostola elymi. 

 Axylia putris. 

 Xylophasia rurea. 

 X. lithoxylea. 

 X. sublustris. 

 Neuria reticulata. 

 Cerigo matura. 

 Mamestra sordida. 

 M. albicolon. 

 M. brassicaz. 

 Apamea basilinea. 

 A. gemina. 

 A. didyma. 

 Miana strigilis. 

 M. fasciuncula. 

 M. liteiosa. 

 M. bicoloria. 



M. arcuosa. 



Co radrina morpheas. 



C. alsines. 



C. taraxaci. 



C. quad rip unctata. 



Rusina teuebrosa. 



Agrotis vestigialis. 



A. sitffusa. 



A. segetum. 



A. exclamationis. 



A. corticea. 



A. tritici. 



A. aquilina. 



Xoctua augur. 



N. festiva. 



N. rubi. 



Triph a nu inter jecta . 



T. orbona. 



T. pronuba. 



Mania typica. 



Euplexia lucipara. 



Aplecta advena. 



Hadena oleracea. 



H. pi d. 



Plusia chrysitis. 



P. festucee. 



P. iota. 



P. gamma. 



Cleora lichenaria. 



A cidalia dimidia ta . 



A. dilutaria. 



A. immutata. 



A. imitaria. 

 A. emarginata. 

 Caber a pusaria. 

 Larentia didymata. 

 L. viridaria. 

 Eupithecia subful rata . 

 Melanthia ocellata. 

 M. albicillata. 

 Melanippe sociata. 

 M. montanata . 

 M. Jiuctuata. 

 Cidaria dotata. 

 Pelurya comitata. 

 Aglossa pinyuinalis. 

 Pyralis glaucinalis. 

 Scoparia mercurella. 

 Herbula cespitalis. 

 Scopula olivalis. 

 S. prunalis. 

 Cr ambus tristellus. 

 Homceosoma nimbella. 

 H. nebulella. 

 Dictyopteryx kejiingiana. 

 Aspis udmanniana. 

 Sericoris lacunana. 

 Sciaphila conspersana. 

 S. virgaureana. 

 Sphaleroptera ictericana. 

 Catoptria hypericana. 

 Eupccciiia atricapitana. 



