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dail^est; Agvolis nigricans, too, was in splendid variety; 

 Thyalira batis, T. derasa, Acronycta Ligiistri, A. Rumicis, 

 Cosmia affinis, AnipbipyraTragopogonis, Noctua triangulum, 

 Gonoplera libatrix, and Epunda viminalis, were common; 

 vvbilst Xylopbasia polyodon, Tripbasna pronuba, T. orbona, 

 Agrotis Tritici, Apamca ociilea, Miana strigilis, and Cosmia 

 Irapezina, jostled eacb otber for standing-room, — it was a 

 sight to see them. The following better things, too, were 

 less abundant : — Ilypenodes albistrigalis, H. costajstrigalis, 

 Pyralis glaucinalis, P. fimbrialis, Phycis roborella, and a few 

 extremely fine Toxocampa pastinum. I certainly never saw 

 sugar so attractive before. 



The underwood being so much soaked by rain made it bad 

 for beating and for getting Geometra3. However, I obtained 

 Liraacodes Testudo, Nola strigula, Cidaria picata, Pericallia 

 syringaria, Melanthia rubiginata, Eupithecia plumbeolata, 

 and E. tenuiata; the local Acidalia rusticata was not rare in 

 its peculiar spots; Acidalia inornata deposited me sixteen 

 eggs, from which I obtained sixteen imagos this October, — 

 this appears contrary to rule ; and from a batch of eggs of 

 Acidalia emutaria, from the Gravesend marshes, I reared a 

 fine series, only five weeks in larva, and imagos produced 

 early in September, although a few of the same batch are 

 hybernating as larvee. 



Of the Tortricina I only met with the following: — Tortrix 

 transitana, T. corylana, Dichelia Grotiana, Leptogramma 

 Boscana, Peronea Schalleriana, P. variegana, P. tristana, 

 Loeflingiana, Penthina ochroleucana, Antithesia salicana, 

 Phtheocroa rugosana, Paedisca profundana, Argyrolepia 

 a3neana, EupcEcilia angustana, and Cochylis inopiana: the 

 beautiful Pterophorus rhododactylus was difficult to get in 

 any number; so many larvae had been collected that the 

 species was and probably will be, year by year, a more scarce 

 insect. It is well to know the life-history of all species, but 

 at times it may not be an unmixed good, as it entails, in 

 many instances, an almost entire destruction of a species, by 

 too closely working it in its larval state. 



Had the weather been more propitious I should doubtless 

 have had better sport; but I returned from my trip well 

 pleased with North Kent as a collecting-ground. 



VV. H. Tug WELL. 



3, Lewisliam lloacl, Greenwich. 



