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ings we tried dusking in the lanes, but only obtained a few species, in- 

 cluding Heplalus Immuli, H. velleda, DLantkcecia capsincola, D. ciicubali. 

 several Plusias, Gnophos obscuraria, &c. We had one rather exciting 

 evening's sugaring at Eel Tarn, in Eskdale. This is a small lake 

 about eight hundred feet above sea-level, lying amongst the hills to 

 the north of the ' Woolpack Inn ' at Boot, and is surrounded by a 

 " sheep-fence " formed of posts about four feet high, supporting wire 

 netting with barbed wire running along the top. As the wire netting 

 had been fastened on the outside of the posts, we were obliged to get 

 over in order to spread the sweets, and found the ground was 

 extremely wet and spongy. After dark it was very difficult to pick 

 one's way between the bog-holes, and before long both of us went into 

 water up to our knees. I also managed to gouge a piece out of my 

 hand on the barbed wire. To add to our discomfort it turned out a 

 wet evening, and a thick mist came down, so that we should have had 

 some difficulty in finding our way back, had we not taken one of the 

 men from the inn as our guide. The bag was a poor one, only Noctua 

 festiva, and one or two dark Hadena pisi and H. thalassina being taken; 

 but Phryganea varia swarmed on every post. On the way up we took 

 one or two Heplalus velleda just before dusk, flying amongst bracken, 

 and previously we had captured a few Crambus margaritellus on the 

 edge of the lake. We found only one Larentia cadata, resting on a 

 ■ rock at about a thousand feet on the hills opposite Boot, and a few 

 Mixodia scJmlziana. 



With the kind assistance of Kev. E. N. Bloomfield we have been 

 able to name the following Diptera of those taken : — Tipula scripta, 

 female (Eskdale) : Theveva nobilitata (St. Bees) ; Chilosia illustrata, 

 abundant in places on railway bank at St. Bees ; Syrphus alhostriatus 

 and S. ribesii ; Volucella bombylans, Eristalis arbustorum (these four 

 species at St. Bees) ; Xylota segnis (Eskdale). 



Amongst the Hymenoptera I captured a male Cilissa leporina, the 

 identification of which has been confirmed by Mr. Edward Saunders. 

 I do not think think this species is often taken so far north, as all the 

 localities given in Mr. Saunders's book are in the southern and 

 eastern counties. 



Of the Neuroptera taken may be mentioned Fanorpa germanica, of 

 which we obtained some strongly marked specimens at the foot of 

 Hardknot Pass. 



The following is a list of all the Lepidoptera observed, St. Bees 

 being the locality unless otherwise stated : — Arggnnis aglaia, Satyrus 

 semele, Epinephele janira, E. tithonus, CcBiionympha pamphilus, Polyoni- 

 matus phlceas, Lyccena icarus, Zygceana fiUpendidcE, Nudaria mundana, 

 Heplalus humuli, H. velleda (and at Eskdale), Odonestis potatoria, Leii- 

 cania conigera, L. llthaigyria, Axylia putris, Xylophasia lithoxylea, X. 

 monoglypha, CharcBas graminis, Cerigo matura, Mamestra sordida (Esk- 

 dale), M. furva, M. brassicce, Apamea basUinea, A. didyma, Miana 

 strigiUs, M. fasciuncula, M. literosa, Caradrina morpheus, G. alsines, C. 

 taraxaci C. qiiadripunctata, Agrotis segetum, A. exclamationis, Noctua 

 plecta, N. c-nigrmn, N. festiva, N. rubi, N. umbrosa, N. baja, N. xatitho- 

 grapha, Triphoina orbona, T. pronuba, Amphipyra tragopogonis, Miana 

 typica, Dianthcecia capsincola, D. cucubali, Euplexia lucipara, Aplecta 

 nebulosa (Eskdale), Hadena dentina, H. oleracea, H. pisi (Eskdale), 



