200 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A. remutaria. — I have only taken this species near Clougha and at 

 Heysham, and bred it from Methop larvre. The imago appears in 

 May. 



A. fumata. — Common; at Heysham, Clougha, and Witherslack in 

 July. 



A. aversata. — Common everywhere in July and August; also var. 

 spoliata. 



Pseudvterpna pruinata (cytisaria). — Fairly common in Grimshaw 

 Lane, County Asylum grounds, Halton, Quernmore, (fee, in July. 



Geontetra papilionaria, — Not common ; I have only taken examples 

 at light near the County Asylum in July. 



Nemoria viridata. — Local, but common at Methop and Witherslack 

 in June. 



Tholera (lodis) lactearia. — Common in Grimshaw Lane, Eidge 

 Lane, Halton, Arnside, &c,, in July. 



Ilemithea strigata (thymiaria). — Fairly common in Freeman's 

 Wood, and at Heysham, in June and July. 



THE LEPIDOPTEEA OF BERLIN. 

 By E. M. Dadd, F.E.S. 



One constantly reads in the magazines of the experiences and 

 captures made by entomologists in Switzerland, the South of 

 France, Italy, Spain, the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, and 

 other distant places, which are mostly quite beyond the reach of 

 the ordinary entomologist with probably only a short holiday at 

 his disposal. 



Having read with avidity the brilliant successes achieved by 

 his more fortunate brethren in the Eldorados above mentioned, 

 it may occur to him that perhaps if he did not go quite so far 

 afield he might yet enjoy a good deal of sport, and at the same 

 time not waste a large portion of his holiday in travelling. 



It has always been somewhat of a surprise to me that none of 

 the gentlemen who make annual trips to the Continent have 

 thought Germany worthy of their attention. Although its 

 butterfly fauna is certainly not so rich as that of Switzerland, 

 still it is very rich, and on any sunny day during the summer 

 insects swarm in such countless numbers that one is at a loss 

 what to catch next. 



It has been my good fortune to be removed from London to 

 Berlin, a district which is remarkably rich in Lepidoptera, as 

 will be seen from the fact that the latest list of the Macro- 

 Lepidoptera (Bartel and Herz) records eight hundred and thirty- 

 two species as occurring in the district, to which have since been 

 added several more ; and in the present paper I should like to 

 give entomologists an idea of what can be had here all the year 



