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Uchenea, one Cidaria psittacata, one Anchocelis rujina, one Arjrotis puta, 

 and two worn Triphana comes. On Oct. 4th we got another C. psittacata, 

 more E. Uchenea, a few more C. spacUcea, several A)ichocelis liinosa, one 

 Scopelosoma satellitia. and one Arjrotis suffasa. The condition of the "ivy " 

 things was, as a general rule, first-rate; the majority of them appeared to 

 be only just coming out. — Lawrence J. Tremayne; 4, Lanark Villas, 

 Maida Vale, W., November 4th, 1893. 



Collecting at Market Dratton. — It has been a wonderful season 

 here for moths; especially I have noticed the large numbers of species 

 usually common, which this year have been abundant, e.g., Lohopliora lobu- 

 lata, Hadena adusta Rusiim^ tenebrosa, in the spring ; and in the late 

 summer, Noctua c-nigram, Xanthia sllago, X. cerago, and X.ferruginea, 

 Noctua glareosa, Agrinpis apriliaa, Miselia oxgacanthcB var, capucina. 

 Sugaring was good in May, when H. adusta, H. thalasslna, Euplexla luci- 

 para, and Rusina tenebrosa swarmed at it ; but almost useless in June, 

 July, August, and the first part of September. I too found here, as 

 Mr. Day did at Knutsford, that the moths swarmed on the flowers of a 

 tallish grass, which grows in the mosses and damp places in woods. In one 

 evening I found numbers of Xanthia silago, X. cerago, Phlogophora 

 meticulosa, and Noctua c nigrum, and a few lY. umbrosa, Hydrcecia micacea, 

 Tapinostola fulva and Celcena haworthii. This was in the first week 

 of September. In the middle of September I took two very fine speci- 

 mens of Va7iessa c-album in my garden, and on the 9th of October another 

 specimen a little worn ; I have never seen it here before. V. atalanta has 

 been most abundant all through August and September ; V. urticm and V. 

 io very scarce. Pieris brassiccB unusually common. It is by no means 

 common here as a rule. — F. C. Woodforde ; Market Drayton, Salop, 

 October 25th, 1893. 



Collecting at Tonbridge Wells and xIshdown Forest. — The past 

 season, has, I consider, been a bad one for collecting. Larvae in the spring 

 were unusually abundant. At lamps and sallows I took Cgmatophora flavi- 

 cornis, Anisopteryx ascularia, Hybernia aurantiaria, H. progenimaria, 

 Selenia iUunaria, Tceniocampa gothica, T. stabilis, T. instabilis, T. rubricosa. 

 All insects here and on the Forest were quite three weeks earlier. Sugar 

 has not been profitable. At liglit I took Bombyx rubi, Habrostola urticce, 

 Hypsipetes ruberata, H. elutata. Heliophobus popularis, lodis lactearia, 

 Panagra petraria, Melanippe montanata, Melanthia albiciUata, M. oceUata, 

 Cabera exanthemaria, Larentia didymata, Lomaapilis marginata, Euthe- 

 monia russula, Metrocampa margaritaria, Plusia moneta (1), Cidaria dotata, 

 Geometra papilionaria, Odontopera bidentata, Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Halia 

 wavaria, Hetnerophila abruptaria, Boarmia consortaria, Timandra amataria, 

 Oporabia dilutata. At sugar I took, among others, Hadena adusta, H. 

 proteus, H. thalassina, H. oleracea, H. pisi, Thyatira batis, Acronycta psi, 

 A. rumicis, Dipterygia pinastri, Noctua c-yiigrwn, N. brunnea, N. baja, N. 

 triangulum, N. /estiva, Miana strigilis, M. literosa, Plusia gamma, P. iota, 

 P. jndchrina, P. chrysitis, Caradrini cubicularis, C morpheas, Gonophora 

 derasa, Euplexia lucipara, Leucania pallens, L. impura, Lopharia [Xylo- 

 phasia] lithoxylea, L. polyodon, Triphcina fimbria (4), Amphipyra pyra- 

 midea, Agrotis agathiiia, A. suffasa, A. segetum, Anchocelis litura, A. 

 lunosa, A. rufina, Orthosia lota, Cerastis vaccinii, Xanthia silago, X. 

 cerago, X.ferruginea, Scopelosoma satellitia. The hornets coming to sugar 

 on some nights were a great nuisance, especially as they carried away 



