20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



honeydew, at which I have noticed very few moths, but the gener 

 scarcity of NocUicb. ^ 



IvY-BLossoM.--On Sept. 30th I had my first night at ivy-blossor 

 m the \yestwood Beverley, where the ivy is especially abundan 

 chngmg m wild luxuriance around the fine old hawthorn trees whic 

 liere loi-m such a conspicuous feature of the landscape ; but, al'thouo 

 the night was favourable from a meteorological point of view tL 

 blossom fine, large, and plentiful, and the odour perceptible even \ 

 human nostrils, our would-be guests failed to put in an appearanc 

 except by ones and twos,-quite different to the nights at ivy blossoi 

 one often reads about. A friend of mine, who has worked ivv o 

 numerous occasions this season, informs me that he has had almo^ 

 unitorm bad luck. 



Geometry have been on the whole very scarce, and mothing at an 

 frnnl f"^^^"^^°™^y unproductive. In the daytime, at rest Sn tree 

 trunks, pahngs &c., but especially the former, Tephroda biundidari 

 and Its var. deamerensis, Venmia camhricaria, Asthena blomeri, Loho 

 phora lobulata, T. puncMlata, A. syhata, Abraxas uhuata, &c., ha;e beei 

 fary common; whilst H ma>ylnata, Thera variata, and F. jnmaru 

 could be obtained m abundance by means of the beating-stick. 



Scarcity OF LEPmoPXERA.-I think this has been due in a -rea 

 measure to the extraordinary abundance of their natural enemies 

 nthh^nT'^rT' '^^:^°°^fl^^^' ^^^'ibats, which, together with swifts 

 nigl jais and other insectivorous birds, have, thanks to the fine 

 weather, been enabled better to follow their work of destruction ; and 

 las ly but by no means_ least, to the great drought which has pre 

 vailed ; these causes having also undoubtedly tended to minimise the 

 number of larv£e, which have been unusually scarce. 



Second BRooDs.-The following species of Noctu^, which are not 

 usually double-brooded with us, have this year been either double 



and R, oleuwea.—W. Hewett ; Howard Street, York, Nov. 11th, 18931 



Macroglossa stellatarum and Colour. — Unusual summers seem 

 to bring ou unusual insects. During the wettesrsumrr leve^ 

 "^CJ"Zk f ''^ 'fr'^T '^ ^^— ' «-^-;- were taken hiBerwir 



example of ?S-° ^' '"'^^ P"'* "^ "^°^^^^ ^'"^ '^'"^^^'^ twenty-three 

 examples oiCoUas edusa were captured in the same county. I greatlv 



vears bu fL^.f/'^^'.^'f .'^^^^'^' ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ a.^in if othS 

 Wn ;.i ' ^^^ ^"^ *^'' ^ ^'""^^ ^ever heard of either having 



been taken or even seen again. The past summer may be said to hlvl 



t.Kn^>f'''* ""^^ ^"'f- ^r^^«^«'-"-- Several of our^membei; have 

 taken the species, and it has been seen or captured in many otlili 



occasion, and I am glad I did not, as I learned more of the habits of 



riTu?af n?i tt'T'f ■•?'■ ^^'°"^- ' "^*°»-^ '' *1-- I ^-^ ^-e 

 iiomall that is wutten about it m the books that I have read I was 



rhit'flish iTt\zt'' "'""' ''T^'^'''^ *° 1-^^ "p I -- --" 



t wasTnd^honSfMf^ Qj away over the wall. I guessed at once what 

 It was, and thought it was likely to come back again, which it did • and 

 this time I was more fortunate, as I was able to^t quite close behind 



