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northern form of the moth." I myself took a dark specimen in fair 

 condition on treacle in Lark's Wood here about fifteen years ago, 

 but I cannot lay my hand at present on my note of the capture, so 

 I cannot give exact date. I have the specimen still, however. — 

 G. Nicholson ; Hale End, Chingford. 



Notes feom the Haslemeee District foe 1914. — The season 

 this year has been in many ways an unusual one, so that the following 

 brief note may be of interest. In the first place, I have to record 

 Agrotis vestigialis (July 4th), Eujnthecia sobrinata (July 17th), and 

 Pachys betularia ab. doubled ay aria (June 13th), as new to our local 

 list ; while Chloroclystis coronata, taken for the first time here last 

 year, occurred again at the lamps on July 14th this year. Several 

 interesting varieties have been taken or bred — a very dark specimen 

 of the caimcina variety of Miselia oxyacanthce was taken at ivy 

 blossom on October 16th : a pale yellow variety of Amathes maciUnta 

 on October 12th : a heavily banded form of Xanthia lutea on October 

 6th : a very varied lot of Oporabia dilutata were bred betw^een 

 October 21st and 26th, culminating in a fine ab. latifasciata : 

 specimens of most of the forms of Cidaria truncata were taken on the 

 lamps at the end of May, and a second brood was bred, but this latter 

 showed little variation and the specimens were all of smaller size 

 than the spring brood : many larvae of Bormia repandata were 

 collected in the spring, in the hope of breeding varieties, and in 

 addition to a nice lot of minor variations a magnificent ab. conversaria 

 emerged on June 21st. Many insects which are usually uncommon 

 occurred in greater numbers this year, notably Drymonia chaonia 

 (April 20th-May 22nd), and Polyploca ridens (April 13th-29th). 

 The former of these is usually far less common than D. trimacida = 

 dodoncea, but this year we took only one of the last-named. The 

 following species were also specially abundant : Geometra papilio- 

 naria (July 3rd-20th), Euchloris pustulata (June 20th-29tb), 

 Eucosmia undulata (June 29th-July 16th), Metrocampa margaritana 

 (June 20th- July 11th) (which was also unusually large) &nd Boarmia 

 roboraria (May 29th-June 30th). All these were taken at the lamps, 

 iind Agrotis ypsilon (October 12th-November 5th) was common, both 

 at the lamps and on the ivy blossom. Among the less common 

 insects which were taken either singly or sparingly were : Notodonta 

 trepida (April 28th-May 19th-June 15th), Habrosyne derasa (June 

 29th-30th), Palimpsestis fliictuosa (July 21st), Polyploca flavicornis 

 (March 31st), PcBcilocampa popidi (November 6th), Drepana binaria 

 (June 5th), D. cultraria (May 27th), Sarrothripa revayana (April 19th), 

 Miltochrista miniata (July 20th-21st), Cybosia mesomella (July 11th), 

 Demas coryli (April 21st-May 29th), TcBniocampa gracilis (April 15th), 

 Ochria aurago (October 18th), Litliopiliane socia (October 10th), Plusia 

 moneta (July 14th), P.pidchrina (June 19th), Ghesias rufata (June 4th), 

 Euphyia picata (July 20th), Perizovia flavofasciata (June 30th- July 

 11th), Numeria pidveraria (May 20th), Ellopia prosapiaria (June 

 21st), Hygrochroa syringaria {June8th), Gnophos o&scwrato (July 11th), 

 Scodiona fag aria (May 23rd). 



On April 11th Gucidlia verbasci emerged from a 1912 pupa ; the 

 larvae of Fimbria were specially abundant in the spring, and larvae of 



