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most unprofitable work. Gonepteryx rliamni rather startled me 

 by dashing out of a clump of clematis about 6 p.m., and at 

 almost the next beat out came Lyccena argiolus. This is the 

 second time I have come across the summer brood of this species 

 around Darenth, the first time being July 27th, 1887, when they 

 were very common near Greenhithe. Little else was disturbed, 

 but a few Melanippe subtrhtata, four Ligdia adustata, and one 

 Iodis vernaria. 



The afternoon of July 31st I had planned out for Cuxton, but 

 unfortunately the South-E astern Eailway Company had made 

 other arrangements, and I arrived just in time to get tea and 

 return, after spending one hour and three quarters on Gravesend 

 platform by the way ; so I only beat a few hedges around by the 

 station, boxing one Larentia olirata. It was rather foolish being 

 caught a second time on Bank Holiday Saturday, as I was landed 

 in a similar way at Eedhill the previous year, and by the same 

 railway company. 



Part of August I spent on the Yorkshire coast, but did no 

 collecting, except on one day (the 16th), when I took a long walk 

 over the moors behind Whitby. In the wooded hollows Cidaria 

 immanata, Hypsipctes elutata, and Larentia didymata were very 

 abundant, and Polia chi was dotted about conspicuously on the 

 stone walls. From the heather I picked odd larvae of Bombyx 

 quercus var. ealluna: and Arctiafuliginosa, whilst on some stunted 

 sallows almost at the top of the moors to my surprise I came 

 across three full-fed larvae of Dicranura vinula, and a large brood 

 of Phalera bucephala, the latter about an inch long. Is not this a 

 strange situation for these species ? Also up on the moor a 

 single Argynnis aglaia and several Plusia gamma and Charceas 

 graminis were seen on the wing. 



At Crouch End again in September Hydrcecia micacea turned 

 up at light on the 1st, and Luperina testacea was abundant 

 throughout the month. Three Hepialus sylvanus males put in 

 an appearance all together at our front-door lamp on the 3rd, 

 these being all I have ever seen of the species here, with the 

 exception of one female three years ago. Catocala nupta occurred 

 on the 9th, and again on the 14th, and an odd larva of Acronyeta 

 ace lis on the 8th. 



My last evening's collecting was on the 8th, down at Winch- 

 more Hill, when only about fifteen moths came to some eighty or 

 ninety treacled trees ; these included three Catocala nupta, two 

 Asplialia diluta, and single specimens each of Noctua c-nigrum, 

 Caradrina alsines, Amphipyra pyramided, and Anchocelis lunosa ; 

 and thus my year's collecting ended. 



However, I received some more things from my cousin, who 

 was down at Waldringfield during September, where he found 

 treacle a dead failure, taking nothing better than Agriopis 

 aprilina and Hypena rostralis, as the result of many nights' work. 



