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leigh almost every evening, and I was rewarded by taking the following: — 

 Fine series of Taniocampa gothica, T. stabilis, and T. pulverulenta (cruda); 

 only ten specimens of T. incerta (instabilis) ; twenty Pachnobia rubricosa in 

 very fine condition ; four T. opinio,, two T. munda, one Cerastis pistachio, 

 and six Anticlea badiata. The nights were, as a rule, rather cold. — E. A. 

 Laxon; Verecroft, Coventry, May 5th, 1899. 



Lophopteryx carmelita at Walton-on-Thames. — On May 6th I 

 took a specimen of L. carmelita on a fence, close to the ground, at Walton- 

 on-Thames. — G. N. Hughes; 36, Compayue Gardens, South Hampstead, 

 N.W., May 8th, 1899. 



Collecting in Gloucestershire, 1898. — Nothing was done in 

 January and February, but on March 4th oue Anticlea badiata was taken. On 

 March 13th one female Amphidasys strataria was found at rest on an oak. 

 On the 14th the sallow was searched, but only being partially out no Noctuae 

 were seen. An excursion to the sallow on the 16th yielded two Anticlea 

 badiata, two Hybernia marginalia, and one Tamiocampa gothica ; while 

 three H. marginaria, and five Anisopteryx mscularia were boxed off the 

 gas-lamps. Ou the 30th, at sallow, oue Taniocampa populeti, one T. 

 munda, one T. gothica, one Scopelosoma satellitia, and one A. badiata were 

 observed. 



On April 3rd a visit to the woods resulted in the capture of two 

 Brephos parthenias, two male A. strataria, one Xylocampa areola, and one 

 Asphalia flavicornis. This last was found on a small oak about the thick- 

 ness of a walking-stick. It was so restless in the box in which it was con- 

 veyed home that it was practically useless as a specimen. This species 

 evidently will not travel quietly when boxed. During this month A. 

 badiata, Selenia bilunaria, Tamiocampa gracilis, T. munda, T. populeti, 

 Xylina ornithopus (hybernated), Tceniocampa miniosa, Calocampa exoleta 

 (hybernated), Vanessa c-album (hybernated), Gonopteryx rhamni (hyber- 

 nated), Vanessa urticee (hybernated), Hemerophila abruptaria, Tceniocampa 

 instabilis, Tephrosia crepuscularia, Pieris rapa, Vanessa io (hybernated), 

 Triphosa dubitata, Tephrosia consonaria, Drepana binaria, Euchloe carda- 

 mines, Demos coryli (at rest on a small beech), and Pararge egeria were 

 also seen. 



The following were observed during May : — Anticlea nigrofasciaria, 

 Melanippe fluctuata, Eucosmia certata, Cidaria suffumata, Cilix glaucota, 

 Eupithecia albipunctata, Macroglossa bombyliformis (narrow bordered), 

 Thecla rubi, Eupithecia vulgata, Spilosoma lubricipeda, Euchelia jacobaa, 

 Arctia mendica, Tephrosia punctularia, Asthena candidata, Acidalia remu- 

 taria, Lomaspilis marginata, Coremia designata, Melanippe montanata, 

 Eurymene dolobraria I at rest on oak), Hepialus lupulinus, Heliaca tenebrata, 

 Drepana adtraria, Lobophora halterata (at rest on aspen), Spilosoma men- 

 thastri, Cidaria corylata, Bapta temerata, Iodis lactearia, and Numeria 

 pulveraria. 



The captures in June included Rumia luteolata, Melanippe sociata, 

 Eupisteria obliterata, Zonosoma Unearia, hycaina bellargus, L. astrarche, 

 Phytometra viridaria, Ino geryon, Nemeophila plantaginis, Argynnis eu- 

 phrosyne, Sesia tipuliformis, Trochilium crabroniformis, and Odonestis 

 potatoria. 



During July, Nudaria mundana, Melanargia galatea, Thecla iv-album, 

 Arctia caia, Agrotis exclamationis, Caradrina morpheus, Cidaria fulvata, 

 Larentia viridaria, Xylophasia monoglypha, Plusia gamma, Abraxas grossu- 



