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pavonia. Two years ago one could have brought away four or five 

 hundred without difficulty — I am afraid this fact was only too well 

 known to entomologists ; now it would be hard to find twenty. 

 Judging from the empty cocoons, (iastropacha quercifolia and Odonestis 

 potatoria are becoming more numerous in this district. At indoor 

 light at Chingford the following were taken : — Zeuzera mculi, Cerura 

 bifida, Pterostoma palpina (several), Xotodonta dictaa, Stilpnotia salicis 

 (abundant), Porthesia aurijiua, MUtochrista viiniata, Philea irrorella, 

 Arctia caia, Spilosoma menthnstri (a nuisance), Gastropacha quercifolia 

 (one spoilt), a worn-out specimen of Cymatoplwra ocularis, Hijdrmcia 

 micacea, Axijlia putris, Xylophasia mrea, Xylophasia polyodon, Dipteryyia 

 pinastri, Agrotis puta, Mania maura, and many other common Noctuae. 

 All these were taken during the first fortnight of August — not a bad 

 product for a London suburb ! Sugaring seemed altogether a failure, 

 and there was apparently little worth netting in the Epping Forest 

 district. Some worn-out specimens of Cossus ligniperda were brought 

 to me, but this latter moth is one of the commonest in this district. 

 Chisel a little in the willow-trees in June and you may obtain as 

 many pupae as you wish. The latter, I may mention, are extremely 

 easy to keep. Larva of the "kittens" were common enough, but I 

 have seen not a sign of Cerur<i vinula in any state this season. At 

 Dawlish, during the second and third weeks of August, Callimorpha 

 hera was abundant. I did not see another collector all the time I was 

 in the district. The weather was charming, and the return of insects 

 was equally so. Pupa-digging is not much patronized in August — 

 why I do not know ; I have always found it most productive. I 

 obtained about a dozen Amplddasys strataria (it was rather early for 

 the species, however). I could have taken home a large number of 

 Ayriopis aprilina, or of the Tasniocampidae. Cerastis vaccinii and C. 

 liyula (spadicea) were in force. Two pupae of Ennomns tiliaria and one 

 of Acronycta alni were found under bark of willow, and one of the E. 

 tiliaria has since emerged. A pupa of Xotodojita dromedariiis should 

 be mentioned. Altogether I procured five hundred and ninety-three 

 pupae, to more than half of which it would be difiicult to assign the 

 right names. In August, 1900, I obtained over two hundred pupfe at 

 Lyndhurst, and I scarcely knew the name of one, but there emerged 

 a lot of very good things, well worth the trouble of digging. — Stephen 

 Graham ; Chingford, Essex. 



A Fortnight at Deal. — In the course of a fortnight's holiday at 

 Deal, commencing with August 10th, I found the moths at night- 

 time extremely abundant on the sand-hills. I put up at Martinsfield, 

 between Deal and Sandwich, and had therefore a fine opportunity of 

 night work in this locality. The garden at Martinsfield was surrounded 

 by a privet-hedge in full bloom, and simply swarmed with life by day 

 and night. I found treacling in this garden gave the most remunerative 

 results, the moths coming in large numbers nearly every night to the 

 posts and trees I had selected ; at one time I counted over thirty 

 insects on one patch alone, and it was amusing to watch them 

 struggling for the sweets I had provided. The specimens of Xylophasia 

 polyodon were particularly pugnacious and a great nuisance, as they 

 doubtless drove away some of the rarer sorts. The following were 

 in abundance and great variety: — Ayrotis obelisca (by far the most 



