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statices, Acidalia imitaria, and several Thyatira derasa, captured 

 either at sugar or flowers. This list, omitting other species 

 common and generally distributed, represents entomologically 

 Mr. Kerr's garden. Its application to Barmouth can be increased 

 by adding Macroglossa stellatarum, Bombyx quercus, Macrothylacia 

 rubi, Malacosoma neustria (the larvae feed here on sloe), Odonestis 

 potatoria (very common), Lasiocampa querci folia, (two larvae found 

 on sloe, June, 1904; one reared to an imago), Saturnia pavonia 

 = carpini, Liparis auriflua (rather scarce), and A. tincta and 

 A. herbida, June, 1905. 



Two of the above species deserve special mention, A. nebulosa 

 and M. maura. The type-form of A. nebidosa at Barmouth is 

 as pale as Polia chi ; that is, although only some sixty odd miles 

 south-west from Chester, and practically on the same coast, the 

 moth exhibits no trace of melanism, as in the Delamere varieties 

 robsoni and thompsoni, but, in fact, inclines towards albinism ! 

 Mr. Kerr very kindly gave me one of his specimens. The upper 

 wings are white, the usual markings smoky-grey, with a short 

 black bar near the lower angle ; the lower wings are smoky-grey 

 and gradually paler towards the base. 



Dusking was much obstructed by the over-abundance of 

 Hypena proboscidalis, Scopida lutealis, Botys ruralis = verticalis, 

 Camptogramma bilineata, and Crambus culmellus. Other captures 

 were S. prunalis, S. olivalis, Herminia derivalis, Rivula sericealis, 

 Ebidea sambucalis, Nudaria mundana, Aphomia sociella, C. pinellus, 

 Liparis auriflua, Miana furuncula var. vihetuncula (Hub.), Leu- 

 cania comma, Noctua baja, Mamestra brassicce, Habrostola triplasia, 

 Plusia gamma, P. chrysitis, Gnophos obscuraria, Uroptery.v sambu- 

 caria, Metrocampa margaritaria, Crocallis elinguaria, Pseudoterpna 

 cytisaria, Hen}ithea strigata = thymiaria, Boarmia repandata, B. 

 rhomboidaria, Emmelesia decolorata, E. affinitata, Acidalia scutu- 

 lata, A. bisetata, A. imitaria (very common), A. aversata, Halia 

 wavaria, Cidaria dotata, C. ribesiaria, Eupithecia castigata, E. 

 pumilata (worn), Abraxas grossulariata, A. sylvata = ulmata, 

 Hysijyetes elutata, Cabera pusaria, Coremia ferrugata, Melanthia 

 bicolorata = rubiginata, M. ocellata, M. albicillata, Melanippe soci- 

 ata, Larentia viridaria == pectinitaria, Pterophorus monodactylus, 

 and Aciptilia pentadactyla. 



Beating by day gave us Lithosia lurideola = complanula, 

 Lomaspilis marginata, Eubolia mensuraria, C. populata, C. trun- 

 cata = russata, H. elutata (very ordinary forms), E. affinitata ; 

 while Tanagra atrata = choerophyllata, Pyraustra purpuralis, P. 

 ostrinalis, and Ennychia octomacidata were occasionally netted on 

 the hillsides. 



Among other small things taken in the district were C. 

 hortuellus, C. pratellus, T.fosterana, T. vibimiana, T. loeflingiana 

 var. ectypana, Cnephasia subjectana, Scoparia cembra var. scotica 

 m 1904 ; and T. loeflingiana, Scoparia frequentella var. p> or ^' 



