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doubtless have obtained more if time had permitted a good 

 search. 



In the neighbourhood of Ullswater Larentia casiata swarmed 

 on the rocks in places, and in one spot L. olivata was plentiful. 

 I obtained a good many ova of the last-named species; they 

 hybernate when very small, and it is difficult to know what to do 

 with them. I fear I have lost them all. A jDartial second brood 

 of L. salicata appeared, and the small mountain form of L. didy- 

 mata flew in the afternoon sun. Eupithecia sohrinata was plenti- 

 ful among the juniper, and some interesting forms were taken. 

 I found a few larvae of E. valerianata, and one or two examples 

 of Goremia muaitata started up and were boxed half-way up 

 Helvellyn. Cidaria popidata and Hypsipetes sordidata were 

 especially interesting. The females of popidata were all dis- 

 tinctly smaller than those I have seen elsewhere, and were 

 typical in coloration. The males were normal in size, but 

 varied in colour. Most were darker than our Midland form ; 

 one or two had the inner marginal area or the whole wing 

 suffused with darker, and several were altogether brown, almost 

 chocolate, with the markings partly obliterated. Sordidata was 

 very varied, presenting both green and fuscous forms. Cidaria 

 testata was also of quite a distinct colour, a dusky brownish grey, 

 rather difficult to describe, replacing the usual reddish grey, the 

 general impression being brownish violet instead of ochreous. I 

 found several Stilbia anomala settled on the heather by searching 

 after dark, but nothing flew to light ; nor was sugaring productive 

 of anything better than T. comes and pronuha, N. xantliographa, 

 and X. monoglypha, though of these last the dark variety was as 

 prevalent as the light form. 



Two or three days at Seascale were rather disappointing, 

 entomologically, though otherwise pleasant enough. The August 

 Agrotids, vestigialis, tritici, &c., came to sugar on the sand-hills, 

 but very sparsely, and a few Miana literosa. That was all. A 

 specimen of Tapinostola fulva was found newly emerged on a 

 rushy patch in a dip of the sand-hills on August 21st, and I 

 netted a female Luperina ccBspitis, which was kind enough to 

 lay me a quantity of eggs, which have just hatched. I have 

 also some of the hybernated and now feeding progeny of a 

 Geometra papilionaria, which I took at rest. The record of 

 several specimens of Polyommatus pldceas, some of them with 

 blue spots on the hind wings, completes my notes of this 

 holiday. 



Kuighton Vicarage, Leicester. 



