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sordida was not scarce at sugar, and by the same means I took 

 two M. ahjecta ; of M. albicolon I obtained but three specimens, 

 and M. hrassiccB wns not so common as I expected. Apainea 

 hasilinea was only too plentiful, but the same could not be said of 

 A.geniina ; oi A. didyma I took a long series, with some excellent 

 varieties. JM'iana strigilis was most partial to sugar, jnid by the 

 same means I got a good series of M. I'lterosa ; M. hicoloria 

 was very abundant. Grammesia trigrammica was well represented, 

 tliough I got but few specimens of the var. hilinea. Caradrina 

 alsines, C. taraxaci, and C. quadripunctata occurred commonly. 



Tlie Agrotidoe were well represented : — Agrotisputa, A . segetum, 

 A. exclamationis, and A. cortlcea caugbt at sugar ; at the same bait 

 I got A. restigialis and A. trit'ici sparingly; A. Innigera was not 

 scarce ; A. simidans and A. liiceriica were attracted by the blossom 

 of the wild sage ; I took one specimen of A. cinerea at sugar ; and 

 by the same means A. nigricans, A.saucia, and A.sttfficsa, though 

 not very commonl}'. 



Noctua plecta, a few, both at light and sugar ; N. c-n'igruni and 

 N. trlangidum were both very scarce; N.festiva and N. x-antho- 

 grapka both very common ; but N. haia I seldom came across. 



Triphcena iantJdna, T. Jimhria, T. comes, T. interjecta, and 

 T. proiiubaweve ail equally plentiful. Oi Aviphipijra tvagopogonis 

 I secured but two. Pachiohia 7'ubricosa was plentiful at black- 

 thorn bloom. Tceniocampa stahUis was very scarce, and hardly 

 less so 2\ gothica. Anchocelis lunosa was scarce. Cerastis 

 vaccinii and C. spadicea, common. Scopelosoma satellitia and 

 Xanthia circellaris, also Calymn'ia trapezlna, four specimens; and 

 G. uffinis but one. I obtained one specimen of Eremohia ochro- 

 leuca at teazle bloom, and one also of Polia Jiavicincta at sugar. 

 Epunda UcJienea I took sparingly, though had I continued to 

 search later I should have had greater success. Miselia oxyacanthce 

 came freely to sugar, and I obtained some good varieties. Phlogo- 

 pliora meticulosa was the plague it always is. Aplecta nehulosa was 

 very scarce. Hadena adiista produced some good varieties ; 

 //. dentina, a few ; H. trifuUi, not scarce, and H. oleracea, very 

 common; H. thalassina, but one specimen; and one specimen of 

 Xylocampa aureola. Galocampa vetusta and G. exoleta, but rarely 

 met with. Of Gucidlia umhratica I took but two specimens, but 

 found the larvae of C. ahsynthii very plentiful, but very late (man^^ 

 of mine had not gone down at tiie end of October). Gonoptera 

 lihatrix, not common. Plusia gamma swarmed everywhere; 

 P. ni I was lucky enough to obtain once, which was duly 

 submitted to and identified by Mr. Charles Barrett. Habrostola 

 tripartita occurred once. Heliothis jjeltigera I toik twice, and, 

 oddly enough, both specimens were taken on the same teazle, 

 at an interval of three weeks Hivida sericeaiis and Hypenodes 

 costcc'strigalis were fairly numerous. 



(To be continued.) 



