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narrow grass, which grew only under the shelter of some 

 juniper bushes in a dry stony field; but E. serricornella was 

 unobtainable : probably it is a late feeder, as it does not 

 appear before July. 



This was the result of our holiday ; and in the coming 

 months no doubt we shall be furnished with ample material 

 for observation and reflection, and less usefully with perfect 

 insects for the setting-board. 



The collector should regard the net as useful only when it 

 directs him to the locality of an insect, and gives a clew to 

 the discovery of its larva ; and if he should discard it for an 

 entire season, possibly on looking over the year's work, 

 during the inaction of winter, he would find his cabinet 

 certainly no poorer, and his mind replenished with an 

 amount of information no mere collecting can afford. 



J. H. Threlfall. 



4, East Cliff, Preston. 



Lepidoptera collected at Great Malvern in 1875. 

 By Mr. W. Edwards. 



April 24th. — Argioliis, T. Rubi, Napi, Rapae, Brassicaj, 

 and Cardainines. 



May 29th. — Sinapis (scarce), Geryon, Ulraata, Eiiphor- 

 biata, Omicronaria, Punctaria, Adustala, Marginata, Sylvanus, 

 Alveolus, and Tages. 



Mat/ 30///. — Started for Sinapis; very scarce to former 

 years ; captured twenty-nine after walking twelve miles or 

 more. 



May Slst. — Tried sugar; insects abundant. Amongst my 

 captures were Ocularis, W. Latinum, Batis, Plecta, Rurea, 

 Thalassina, and Prasinana; while Trilinea and Strigilis were 

 swarming. Wind north-east. 



Jtme 4th. — Insects at sugar; one fine male Alni taken by 

 a friend. My fresh captures were A. Ligustri, Bella, 

 Rumicis ; snails, beetles, and centipedes, a pest. Wind 

 north-west. 



June 7th. — Fresh captures: one Alni; Anceps, Megace- 

 phala, L. Comma, Furuncula, and Fasciuncula. Wind 

 south-west, and muggy. 



June Sth. — Tried for Alni in same woods, without success. 



