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last specimen at electric light. There appear to be two varieties (?) of this 

 moth; the ground colour in one is almost, and in dark specimens quite, 

 black ; the other, which I take to be the type, has invariably a brown tinge 

 throughout. Whether this variation is merely sexual distinction or not I 

 have not had the opportunity of ascertaining. 



I have also taken the following Lepidoptera at lamps, both street and 

 indoor, during the past season : — Nola cucuUatella, Spilosoma lubricipeda and 

 S. mentJiastri {common), Porthesia clirysorrhcea, P. similis, Lencomia salicis, 

 Oigyia antiqua, Bomhijx neustria, Lasiocampa qucrcifolia (1), Riunia liiteo- 

 lata, Selenia hilunaria, Himera pcnnaria, Biston hirtarta (a few), Amphidasys 

 strataria, A. betularia, Hemerophila ahruptaria, Boarmia gemmaria, 

 Heiiiithea strigata (1), Acidalia virgularia (common), A. aversata (common), 

 Halia vauaria, Hybernia rupicaptaria (common), H. marginaria, Aniso- 

 2)terg.v ascularia (common), Cheimatohia brumata (Oct. 2ith), Oporabia 

 dllutata, Evpithecia succenturiata, E. innotata ? E. subnotata ? E. 

 vulgata, E. absiiithiata, E. rectaiigidata, Melaiiippe fluctuata (very com- 

 mon), Anticlea hadiata, A. nigrofusciaria, Coremia ferrugata, G. uni- 

 dentaria, Cidaria viiata (several), C. immanata, C. dotata, Chesias spartiata 

 (several), Drepana binaria, Cilix gJaucuta, Phalera hucephala, Notodonta 

 dictaa, Asphalia ridens ("2), Bryoph'da peria (common), Leucania conigera, 

 L. 2)allens, Hgdrcecia micacea, Neuronia popularis, Ltiperina testacea 

 (several), Mainestra persicaricE, Miana strigilis, Caradrina morpheus, 

 Agrotis svffma, A. nigricans, Noctiia augur, N. c-nigrum (common), N. 

 xantJiographa (one of them I took at the oil-lamp on the Great Eastern, 

 while the train was in motion, between Harwich and Manningtree), 

 Ampiliipyra tragopogonis (several), Taniocampa gothica, T. incerta, T. 

 stabilis, Orthosia lota, Anchocelis pist.acina, Scopelosoma sateUitia, Xanthia 

 fiavago, X. gilvago, X. circellaris, Phlogophora vteticulosa, Euplexia 

 lucipara, Hadena oleracea, Gonoptera libutrix, and Plusia gamma. Cole- 

 optera ; Serica briinnea {se\era.\), Aphodius fcetens and A. riijipes {common). 

 Hymenoptera : Ophion lutens? (in plenty). 



The prevalence of Agrotis puta this year is very remarkable. My 

 friend Rev. J. H. Hocking says, with Mr. Newman, that he has taken it 

 commonly "in his garden," at Copdock, about four miles out; and I 

 myself have taken it both at electric light and ivy in September. — Claude 

 Moeley; High Street, Ipswich, November 3rd, 1893. 



Collecting in Surrey. — This year has, as far as my experience goes, 

 been a very marked contrast as compared with last, save, perhaps, the 

 "sallow blooming," which with me was particularly favourable. On March 

 5th I noticed that the sallows were already out, and promising well for a 

 good "draw." Next evening I started out, with sheet and pill-boxes, to 

 the attractive tree. As 1 anticipated, moths were there right enough, 

 and plenty of them. Taniocampa instabilis, T. cruda, T. gracilis, and 

 of course T. gothica, all showed up well ; I also descried a few Scopelosoma 

 sateUitia, and some very dark Cerastis spadicea. On the 7th the results 

 were similar, but with the addition of T.populeti, a species new to me, All 

 through the week I had very favourable nights, and secured three more T. 

 populeti, all of which were in very fine condition. The total number 

 of species I noticed at sallows was eleven, which comprised, in addition to 

 those enumerated above, T. munda (which is, as a rule, rare in this 

 neighbourhood), Anisopteryx ascularia, and Pachnobia rubricosa. Some of 

 the latter were very beautiful and of a very fine deep red colour. lu the 



