208 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



During the latter half of June and the beginning of July we 

 sugared pretty regularly in oak and alder woods by Spandau ; 

 most of the insects above mentioned continued to come, but the 

 weather was unfavourable, and we did not have more than two 

 or three favourable nights. The new arrivals were as follows : — 

 Acronycta tridens, A. leporina, Agrotis signum, A. ianthina, A. 

 linogrisca, A. fimbria, A. augur, A. pronuba, A. brunnea, A. tri- 

 angulum, A. prasina, A. occulta, Mamestra advena, M. tincta, M. 

 nebulosa, M. persicar'ue, M. splendens, M. contigua, Dianthcecia 

 cucubali, Hadena monoglyplia, II. lateritia, H. lithoxylea, H. sub- 

 lustris, H. scolopacina, H. unanimis and H. pabulatricula, Cloantha 

 polyodon, Ncenia typica, Leucania impudens, L. impura, L. stra- 

 minea, L. l-album, L. lithargyrea, L. turca, Toxocampa pastinum, 

 Lithosia complana, L. muscerda, Cymatophora or, and Asphalia 

 duplaris. A somewhat unexpected visitor was a large female 

 Cossus ligniperda (cossus) ; is this species frequently attracted to 

 sugar ? 



About the middle of July we deserted our sugaring ground at 

 Spandau, and selected a new one at Buch. The ground in 

 question was the border of an extensive pine wood which ran for 

 about half a mile along a rye field. About the middle of this 

 field was a small pond overgrown with rushes, reeds, and marsh- 

 grass, and the extreme border of the field was bounded by. a 

 small stream overgrown with alder, oak, and other deciduous 

 trees. Be}^ond one end of the wood was an extensive clearing 

 which had been recently deforested, and was now covered with 

 rank growth. At the further end the ground was again crossed 

 by another brook, about which were several reed-grown meadows. 

 "We sugared this spot fairly regularly from the middle of July to 

 the end of August, and, taken all round, the results were very 

 good. Quite a different lot of insects were obtained here. II. 

 lateritia and H. furva were in countless numbers ; II. mono- 

 glyplia and //. lithoxylea were also abundant, but H. sublustris, 

 which had been so common at Spandau, was never seen. Other 

 absentees were A. prasina, L. turca, L. pudorina, and L. impura. 

 A fine variety of C. or was taken here, the figure of 80 being 

 bright yellow. 



Among others, we captured during this period Acronycta 

 leporina, A. megacephala, A. auricoma, A. abscondita, A. rumicis 

 (all second brood), Agrotis obscura, A. orbona, A. baia, A. c- 

 nigrum, A. xanthographa, A. plecta, A. tritici, A. obelisca, A. 

 segetum, A. occulta, Mamestra advena, M. oleracea, M. aliena 

 (one female, second brood), M. dissimilis, M. trifolii, M. dentina, 

 Miana ophiogramma, M. strigilis, M. bicoloria, Bryophila alga, II. 

 furva, H. monoglyplia, H. lateritia, II. lithoxylea, H. gemina, H. 

 secalis, T. atriplicis, B. meticulosa, II. leucostigma, II. nictitans, 

 Tapinostola hellmanni, T.fulva, L. pollens, L. comma, L. coni- 

 gera, L. albipuncta, L. lithargyrea, Garadrina quadripunctata, C. 



