46 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD EEPOETS. 



Notes on Suffolk Lepidoptera in 1897. — The year 1897 can hardly 

 be regarded as a record one from an entomological point of view. Lepido- 

 ptera were decidedly scarce in and around Ipswich ; hence but few pages 

 were utilised in the diary from which the present notes are extracted. 

 The following note may be quoted as a general remark on the earlier 

 months of the year: — "Moths decidedly scarce; weather cold and 

 unsettled, with a continuance of winds right up to June, consistent with 

 generally accepted theory that if the sun crosses the line on March 21st 

 in bad weather, the same will continue till the longest day. In May, 

 generally the best month for collecting, had quite an empty diary. Micros 

 conspicuous by their absence." Hybernia rupicapraria and Anisopteryx 

 ascularia ought to be excepted from the foregoing remarks. The former 

 was very common at light in February from the 5th. In the concluding 

 summer and autumn months gloriously fine, dry weather was experienced, 

 the driest in fact since a quarter of a century back, but the scarcity of moths 

 was truly remarkable. 



Nothing of exceptional interest was taken amongst the Macros except 

 specimens of Acidalia trigeminata, Lobophora sexalisata, and Hecatera 

 serena, on tree-trunks ; and Choerocampa elpenor, on the wing at dusk. 

 Visiting Beutley Wood towards the end of May, solitary specimens 

 of Nemeobius lucina, Gonepteryx rhamni, and Thanaos tages were netted. 

 The latter, like Vanessa io and V. urticce, were very dilapidated. Antho- 

 caris cardamines and Lyccena argiolus were common, the latter on holly 

 blossom. Argynnis euphrosyne abounded, in lovely condition, and several 

 Pieris brassica, which were rare in 1890, were noticed on the wing. 



Amongst the list of the Micros are several which have only been 

 recorded once before in the county. The following were taken iu 

 June : — Elachista rufocinerea, E. cygnipennella (common), Xanthosetia 

 hamana (at Offton), Argyresthia retinella (on palings in Belstead), A. niti- 

 della (common), Antithesia pruniana (less common than usual), Spilonota 

 roborana, and S. rosacolana, Conchylis straminea, Tortrix viridana, Seri- 

 coris lacuana, Gelechia terrella (flying commouly amongst buttercups at 

 Beutley), Eudorea pyralella, E. ambigualis, and E. mercurella, Gelechia 

 proximella (common on oak-trunks), Roxana arcuella, Crazsia bergmanni- 

 ana, &c. The July captures include Tinea biselliella (in swarms in my 

 house), T. ferruginella, Gelechia affinis, Spilonota ocellana, S. sufficiana 

 (trimaculana), (Ecophora pseudo-spretella, and (E. fuscescens, Eudorea 

 cembrcB, Phibalocera quercana, Phoxopteryx uncana (in cop. on honey- 

 suckle). The following were detected under wall ledges: — Gelechia fug iti- 

 vella, (Ecophora lambdella (two fine specimens of this species — rare in 

 Suffolk), Pcedisca bilunana, Hyponomeuta padellus, Bupalis argyrestella, 

 Batodes angustiorana. The records of the Suffolk list were augmented on 

 Aug. 7th by two species, one (Dasycera oliverella) taken at Stratford 

 St. Mary, and the other (Peronea comparaaa) at Naylaud. Both places 

 are distantly situated from Ipswich. At the former town I boxed Harpi- 

 pteryx xylostella, Gelechia maculea (several seen on birch-trunks), Bactra 

 lanceolaiia, Ebulea crocealis, and Dicrorampha politana. During the same 

 month I discovered that the stone parapets of railway bridges were very 

 productive of insects just before sundown. By this means I added 

 CEcophora tinctella (Ipswich), Tinea cloacella, Glyphipteryx syringella, 

 Lithocolletis corylifoliella, L. sylvella, Lyonetia clerckella, and other more 



