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numerous, and in evidence every morning in the milk-jug, and Ephestia 

 elutella abounded; (Ecopliora pseudo-spretella and Q^ . fiiscescens occurred 

 with less frequency. I may conclude these notes on tlie month by 

 mentioning those Micros obtained by careful scrutiny of wall-ledges (a 

 means of collecting which I recommend the adoption of) : — Batodes angiis- 

 tiorana (two), Depressaria costosa, Gelechia fugitivella (these swarmed on 

 elm-trunks), Arr/yresthia gcedartella, and A. hrochella (several). 



During July, among the visitants to light was an aberrant Tortrix. 

 Mr. C. G. Barrett has seen the specimen, and considers it to be un- 

 doubtedly a variety, and, as its fore wings do not agree with T. heparaiia, 

 has named it as probably T. ribeana. Other captures were Odonestis 

 potatoria, Plusia iota, Eitpithecia coronata, E. sohrinata, Scoparia pallida, 

 Gramhus inquinateUus, Dictyoptcrijx Icejiinrjiana, &c. A fine variety of 

 Abraxas grossulariata, with the fore wings from the centre to the costal tip 

 completely black, was brought me by a friend ; Tinea ferniginella was 

 taken in a railway carriage whilst on the way to Felixstowe, and Grapholita 

 penlderiana, Steganoptycha ncRvana, Padisca corticana, Tinea fuse ipunctella, 

 Hyponomeuta jJddellus, Prays curtisellus, and var. rustica were found under 

 wall-ledges. By beating at Blakenham, on the 8th, I collected Acidalia 

 emarginata, EuboUa mensuraria, Paraponyx stratiotalis, Hydrocampa 

 stagnata, Ebulea crocealis, E. sambucalis, and Peronea variegana ; and by 

 the same process at Akenham, on the 18th, lodis vernaria, AJelaiiippe sub- 

 tristata, Hydrocampa nymplia:ata, Croisiaforskaleana ( dark-blotched variety) ; 

 and the following in or around the town : — Cilix spinula, Eupithecia sue- 

 ceiituriata, Tortrix rosana, T. xylosteaiia, Croisia holiniaiia, Spllonota ocel- 

 lana, Sphaleroptera ictericana, Carpocapsa pomonella, and Phibalocera 

 quercana. 



An almost unprecedeutly dry summer had its reverse in a long spell of 

 wet, cold weather, commencing from the latter end of August, and to this 

 must be attributed the great falling oflf in insects. Those for August were 

 mostly attracted to light, viz. Hepialus hectus, Notodonta camelina, Catocala 

 nupta, Noctua plecta, Cosinia ajjinis, Crocallis elinguaria, Ephyra omicro- 

 naria, Acidalia promutata, Aspilates gilvaria, Eupithecia subfulvata, E. 

 assii)iilata, Pelurga comitata, and Hyponomeuta cagnagellus. The " Thorns " 

 were conspicuous by their absence — I did not secure any Ennomos fuscan- 

 taria, which was taken in considerable numbers in 1895 ; whilst ^. ^t7t«n'a, 

 usually a frequent visitor to the street-lamps, was only seen once. One 

 Xanthia citrago, jnst enjerged, was taken from palings on the '29th. From 

 August my diary became almost a blank, and I have only to mention 

 Xylina rhizolitha, Ilybernia aurantiaria, and Gelechia domestica to con- 

 clude the year's record. I am indebted to the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, and, 

 through him, Mr. C. G. Barrett, for kind assistance in identifying the 

 Micros. — Claude A. Pyett ; Waterloo Road, Ipswich, December, 1896. 



Notes from the Eastern Counties. 



Last season was a phenomenally early one; the sallows were out a 

 fortnight before their usual time, and moths were plentiful. In the first 

 week in April I went to Hunstanton, but caught nothing specially note- 

 worthy ; the larvge of Antithesia variegana, Gelechia vulgella, &c., were 

 feeding on hawthorn, but were smaller than they were at Cambridge the 

 preceding week. Subsequently I went down into the tens, and found the utual 

 species out in plenty, and quite a fortnight eailitr than their normal date. 



