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were all scarce, but Penthina cynosbana was very common in 

 every hedge. Spilonota ocellana was also fairly common, but I 

 only obtained one example of S. lariciana among larch. S. deal- 

 bana, S. neglectana, S. suffusana, and Pardia tr'qmnctana were 

 only occasionally met with. Sericoris Uttoralis was common 

 among its food-plant, Statice armeria ; and S. lacunana, var., 

 often captured in a wood close to the sea, but, strange to say, the 

 ordinary form of the sjpecies did not occur in that wood, nor any- 

 where near, so far as I am aware, though S. urticana was 

 abundant. 



Cnephasia musculana and Capua favillaceana were both 

 common ; the last-named beaten out of heather in oak woods 

 during the day, or found setting on tops of the same plants at 

 night, after its short evening flight was over. This flight com- 

 menced about an hour before dusk, and continued until quite 

 dark. Phoxopteryx unguicana sometimes met with on heaths, 

 P. uncana was found in every wood where bilberry grew, and 

 P. Mitterbacheriana occurred among oaks. 



Grapholitha nigromaculana among ragwort, G. campoliliana 

 among sallow, and G. geminana among bilberry, were all fairly 

 common. Hypermecia augustana and H. critciana occurred fre- 

 quently among sallows. Posdisca corticana was abundant ; simply 

 jarring an oak trunk with the foot would bring down a regular 

 shower of corticana, with now and then P. profundana. P. 

 occultana was met with in a larch plantation, and was fairly 

 common. 



Ephippiphora PJlugiana and E. Brunnichiana were plentiful. 

 E. turbidana : the capture of this insect has already been men- 

 tioned (Entom. vol. xiv., p. 156). Three specimens of E. tetra- 

 gonana and one solitary example of E. obscurana were met with ; 

 the last-named beaten out of oak into an umbrella, and boxed 

 before he had realised his position. Olindia idmana was captured 

 now and then, usually met with in lanes. 



Dicrorampha alpinana. The Dicrorampha referred to in 

 Entom. vol. xiv., p. 159, must for the present stand as a local 

 form of alpinana ; I hope to be able to find the larva some day, 

 and shall be greatly surprised if it does not exhibit some point of 

 distinction when compared with the known larva of alpinana. I 

 sent a specimen of the insect to Mr. C. G. Barrett, and he con- 

 sidered it a " very tine and strongly -marked alpinana.'" There is 



