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aid of a lantern, the sheet was found thickly peppered with moths. 

 TcEniocampa iiiunda was the moth of the evening; it was in great 

 force, and in splendid condition, evidently just out. As the result of 

 the first shake I boxed seventy T. munda. A few T. cnida, T. tjothica, 

 T. stabilis, T. imtabilis, Cerastis vaccinit, and Panolis piniperda were also 

 in evidence. 



On March 31st, in company with my friend Mr. B. H. Crabtree, of 

 Manchester, we drove to the wood previously mentioned, and at about 

 8.30 p.m. commenced to work the sallows. Moths were by no means 

 rare. We obtained T. munda (twenty-five males and sixteen females), 

 T. cruda (sixteen males and nine females), T. stabilis (eighteen males 

 and eight females); one of the female specimens of the last-named 

 species was of a uniform reddish colour similar to the New Forest 

 variety of T. gracilis. T. instahilis and T. gothica were only poorly 

 represented ; but of P. piniperda we got thirteen males and one 

 female. Other species taken were Lohophora lohulata (two males and 

 two females), Anisoptergx ascidaria, also one example of Hybernia 

 marginaria var. fuscata. We stayed until 10.45 p.m. Night chilly ; 

 wind due north. 



On April 2nd I visited the above locality, and commenced opera- 

 tions about 8.30 p.m. Moths scarce. I saw T. cruda (six males), 

 T. stabilis (four males and one female), and T. munda (two males). 

 Night was cold, with wind due north ; sky clear and starry. 



On April 3rd, in company with my friend Dr. H. Corbett, of Don- 

 caster, I visited some sallows at Wadworth Wood, some three miles 

 from Doncaster. Here we found the sallows nearly over. I got 

 T. populeti (four males), T, instabilis (one male), T. stabilis (three males 

 and one female ; one of the males was very pale). Dr. Corbett got 

 about a similar number. The night was cold, and sky clear ; wind 

 quite cold, and due north. Mr. Clayton, the woodman, told us that 

 Brephus parthenias had been on the wing early in March. 



Mr. Potter and I visited the York locality on April 4th. As we 

 were waiting for darkness, we found a nest of the long-eared owl with 

 four eggs. We boxed nine Lobophora lobrdata, males, in fine condition; 

 these were at rest on birch trunks. Commenced operations at sallows 

 about 8.30 p.m., and by 9.45 p.m. I had selected and boxed over one 

 hundred and fifty moths from amongst a great number of specimens. 

 Nearly one-third of the total were T. munda; there were also two 

 T. populeti, males, eight P. piniperda, males ; the remainder were 

 commoner species. Night warm and cloudy ; wind south-west. On 

 our return journey, about 10.30 p.m., mounted on our bicycles, we 

 noticed numerous glow-worms, glistening like diamonds, amidst the 

 grass on the roadside ; a very early date. 



On April 6th Dr. Corbett and self proceeded to the sallows near 

 York, and arrived on the ground about 8.10 p.m., commencing opera- 

 tions about 8.30 p.m. We shook twelve or fourteen fine trees, and 

 had fair success at all of them. We found 7'. stabilis the most abun- 

 dant moth of the evening, whilst T. munda was a good second; stabilis 

 was in very fine condition, and varied much in ground colour, from 

 pale ashy grey to light and dark ochreous forms ; there were many 

 pairs in cop. T. cruda was fairly common, and in good condition, and 

 we noticed many pairs of this species, and also of C. vaccinit. S. 



