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Charaas graminls, Agrotis nigricans, Hydrcecia micacea, and 

 Xanthia cerago have come very plentifully to sugar. Triphcsna 

 pronuha, Xijlophasia polyodon, Agrotis tritici, and Plusia gamma, 

 in comparison with last season, have been scarce. Gidaria miata, 

 Thera variata, and T.Jirmatah.ii\e been decidedly plentiful, the 

 latter common in fir woods, where the larvae may also be found. 

 The Micros on the whole have been plentiful, including Cramhus 

 falsellus, C. margaritellus, Odontia dentalis, Scoparia murana, 

 Roxana arcuana, and Epigraphia Steinkellneriana. The larvae of 

 Hadena pisi have been over-abundant, whole acres of bracken 

 (Pteris aquilina) having been stripped by them in the neighbour- 

 hood of Dollar ; they also attacked the lady-fern {Athyrium 

 Filix-foemina). I may safely add that the Lepidoptera generally, 

 with the exception of the butterflies, have been in these districts 

 quite as numerous as last season. — Wilfred W. 0. Beveridge ; 

 8, Eldon Street, Edinburgh, October 23, 1882. 



Notes on the Season. — With regard to the Lepidoptera of 

 the past season, I have to write in the like melancholy strain 

 adopted by most of your correspondents, for, as far as this neigh- 

 bourhood is concerned, I never remember such a dearth of insects 

 of all kinds. Only one butterfly was common, and that was 

 Vanessa urticcB ; and this species seemed to make up in numbers 

 for the scarcity of others, being more than usually abundant. 

 Sugar was a complete failure : after having tried almost every 

 night for about two months and being rewarded with three 

 Noctua ruhi, I gave up in disgust. Amongst larvae I had Clioero- 

 campa elpenor, Smerinthus tilice, and Cerura vimda, and few 

 enough of these. I send these remarks, which are of value only 

 as showing in yet another district the remarkable paucity of 

 Lepidoptera, to be attributed without doubt to the severe storm 

 on 29th April last. — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester. 



Notes from Folkestone. — As complaints about the dearth 

 of Lepidoptera this autumn seem general, it will perhaps not be 

 deemed impertinent if I give the result of a week's collecting at 

 Folkestone, ending September 23rd, 1882 : — Vanessa urticce, 

 V. lo, V. Atalanta, V. cardui, Satyrus Megcera, S. ^geria, 

 S. Semele, S. Janira, Chortohius Pamphilus, Lyccena Agestis, 

 L. Alexis, L. Adonis, L. Corydon, CoUas Edusa (var. Helice taken 

 the same day), Gonepteryx Rhamni, Pieris napi, P. rapcB, 



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