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the particularly early season of 1893.— W. J. Lucas ; Kingston. 



8carfelv?nV«^^?^^ '^ T ^"'^ Fou.sT.-The forest half under water, and 

 scarcely any sallows in bloom, was the state of things we found on arrival at 



and tirP.r' " t^''^ ''^' -uVp '' '''' ''^' '^'^ -^^her was most depress' ng 

 ho?vP.i "° either impossible or very unpleasant. A few fine morning! 

 we pT^iH "^^T things wonderfully, and the results of a week's collecting 

 b^ir ^ f T/^- ^^^^'° sufficiently sunny and tempting, hybernatin| 

 butterflies abaunded-£;«^o,i^a ;.o/</cWoro. and Gonepterijxrhamni beiaS 

 especially common, whilst a fair number of Aglals urticm were seen! 

 lirepws parthenias was fairly common among the birches, but was, as 

 usual, not easy to catch, though a few specimens were obtained. They 

 suddenly disappeared on the 11th, though perhaps the most favourable dav 



finil 7.U " i- r /^^'^' •'' "''^ ^''^ h^^^y ^^'^ and violent winds had 

 nmsned them off I do not know, but not one was to be seen. One rather 

 worn example of Asphalia flavicornis was found hanging like a leaf from a 

 Jow birch-twig. Xylocampa Utkorhiza scarcely seemed so common as in the 

 two previous years, though three examples were found on one birch-trunk. 

 J. have noticed in three Easters at the forest that this insect is nearly 

 always on birch- and fir-trunks, generally very low down, and not in places 

 Where the trees grow thickly together. A single very fresh-looking Xylina 

 rinzoLitlia was taken from a fir-trunk. A nice variable lot of Tephrosia 

 bistottata was obtained, principally from larch and fir, but a few from oak- 

 trunks, iwo very fine specimens of Lobophora lohulata were netted, 

 showing the delicate green tinge of freshly emerged examples of this 

 species. A few odd examples of Anticlea badiata, Hybernia marginaria, 

 Anisopteryx cBscularia, md Hypena rostralis (1), and one or two larvae of 

 ^ombyx trifola and Noctua neglecta (?), complete the day-work. At night 

 treacle produced a nice variable series of Taniocampa munda, but little 

 else ; Cemsjis vaccinii (very abundant), Scopelosoma satelUtia, Tceniocampa 

 stabilis, and T. cruda. The sallows, once found, proved productive. 

 Imuocampa stabUis and T. cruda swarmed. A few T. munda were taken, 

 but this species prefers treacle. T. cjothica, not very abundant. T. miniosa, 

 a tew quite fresh, apparently only just emerging. I was pleased to meet 

 with £. mstabdis, as I had not previously taken it in the forest, and made 

 a comment in my last Easter notes on its apparent local scarcity (Entom. 

 xxxiii. 206). Mr. E. Pi. Bankes also contributes a note (Entom. xx.xiii. 

 |i49) with reference to my query. Only four specimens were taken, but all 

 in perfect condition. Single examples of Pachnobia rubricosa, Xylina 

 rhizoUtha, X. socia, and Trachea piniperda were also taken. No doubt we . 

 did not visit the right part for the last-named insect, which I believe was 

 common enough in the locality we worked last year. Cerastis vaccinii and 

 bcopelosoma satelUtia were common, and a few Xylocampa lithorhiza turned 

 up. Anticlea badiata, Cidaria psittacata (one), Larentia muUistrigaria, 

 Anisopteryx mscularia, and Eupithecia abhreviata were also taken at the 

 sallows. On the wing, or at rest on twigs, Anticlea badiata, Hybernia 

 marginaria, and one H. rupicapraria were taken. — F. M. B. Carr ; 

 4b, Handen Road, Lee, S.E. 



IscHNURA PUMiLio IN CORNWALL. — In the ' Entomologist ' for February, 

 p. 53, I see that both Mr. Dale and Mr. Lucas have made mention of the 

 dragonfly (Ischnura pumilio) as having been taken near Lands End in 

 ENTOM. JUNE, 1901. P 



