CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. lOB 



I have, however, one addition to record to our small list of butterflies here. 

 One of my bovs, Master George Rowlands, took five specimens of Thecla 

 betula in August, in a lane close by, which I have often worked myself, 

 though without any such result. I was rather incredulous at first when I 

 heard of its occurrence here ; but I have seen the specimens, one male and 

 four females, all rather worn. Larvae and pupae of Acherontia atropos 

 have been found occasionallv during the autumn in the neighbourhood. — 



A. S. Tetlky ; Newtown, North Wales, Dec. 15th. 1900. 



Captures at Electric Light. — As Bucks appears to be a county 

 which is little worked, a list of captures taken at electric light during the 

 last year may prove interesting. We were only able to work the lamps on 

 a few Saturday evenings in the months of May, June, and October, but we 

 were able to give them more attention from July ^Oth to the end of 

 September, with the exception of the first fortnight of August. Nearly 

 all the moths enumerated were taken at five arc-lamps in the middle of the 

 town, and the results would doubtless be better if the current were not 

 switched off punctunlly at II o'clock. The only points worth noticing are 

 the capture of E.jacobcBCS on April 21st (an early date), and the abundance 

 of the " Thorns." S. illunaria (common), E. tiUaria, E.fuscantaria (com- 

 mon, but in poor condition), E. angidaria, and E. erosaria, whilst one H. 

 pennaria was taken on Nov. 3rd Thirteen C. xerampeUna turned up in 

 September, and two L. quercifolia and one N. trepida in June. The 

 following is a complete list of the species which were taken, one hundred 

 and eleven in number: — 



Sphinges : — S. ligtlstn, S. ocellatus. 



Bombyces : — L. complanula, E.jacobcecB, A. caia, S. fuliginosa, S.luhri- 

 cipeda, S. menthastri, H. hiimuli, H. lupulinus, L. aurijlua, D. piidibunda, 



B. neustria, P. populi, T. cratcegi, L. quercifolia, P. unguicula, P. Jiamula, 

 P.falcula, C. spiinila, N. dictaa, N. trepida, P. bucqihala. 



Noctuae: — A. psl, D. caruleocephala, L. conigera, L. comma, L. im- 

 pura, L. pallens, C. liitosa, A. putris, X. Uthoxylea, X. monoylypha, N. 

 saponari(B, N. popularis, C. cytherea, L. testacea, M. brassiccB M. persicarice, 

 A, basilinea, A. didyina, G. trilinea, 0. morpheus, C. aUines, A. puta, A. 

 sVtffasa, A. segetuni, A. exclainatio7iis, A. corticea, N. plectu, N. c-nigrian, 

 N\ xanthographa, T. ianthlna, T. subsequa (one), T. orbona, T. pronuba. 

 A. pyramidea, M. maura, P. rubricosa, T. gotkica, T. itistabilis, T. stabilis, 

 Orthosia ynacdenta, A. litura, A. pistacina, A. liinosa, X. ferriighiea, X. 

 citrago, X. flavago, X.fidvago, X. aurago,C. xerampeUna, D. cucubali, H, 

 Serena, P. jiavicincta, E. nigra (one), P. meticidoaa, H. trifolii, H. oleracea, 

 H. genistcB, X. lithoriza, C. umbratica, H. tnplasia, P. chrysitis, P. gamma, 

 P. iota. A. tragopogonis, C. niipta. 



Geometrae : — M. sambucaria, R. c^-atcegata, S. illunaria, C. elinguaria, 

 E. tiliaria, E. angularia, E. erosaria, E.fuscantaria, A. pennaria, H. ab- 

 ruptaria, A. grossulariata, H. progemmaria, H. defoliaria, A. cescidaria, C. 

 brwnata, 0. dilutata, A. betularia, B. rhomboidaria, M. sociata, M. mon- 

 tanata, M. fluctuata, C. associata, C. pusaria. — F. H. & G. E. Peachell ; 

 High Wycombe, Bucks, Dec. 30th, 1900. 



Notes from the North-west. — Again has the season been one of 

 such considerable interest, if not of surprises, that I am tempted to 

 continue a list of the more important observations, the last of which 

 appeared in the ' Entomologist ' for June (xxxiii. 183), 



