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satellitia was by no means rare. Several L. lohulata and H. pro(/eni- 

 maria also fell on to the sheet, as did one G. UbatrLv, the first I have 

 ever noticed at sallows. Several examples of T. popnleti were boxed, 

 and these were mostly in good condition. T. finthica and T. instabilis 

 were both common, and in good condition. Neither satellitia, instabilis, 

 populeti, f/othica, nor piniperda were taken i» coj).; and although I have 

 taken large numbers of the latter at sallows during the last twenty 

 years, I have never yet seen a pair in cop. On this occasion we took 

 a male Selenia illunaria on the wing. This evening will long be 

 remembered by me as being that on which I took a male stabilis paired 

 with a female muiida. I called Dr. Corbett's attention to the singular 

 occurrence before boxing the specimens. The female laid one hundred 

 and sixty eggs, all of which proved fertile. Dr. Eiding, of Honiton, 

 and myself fed these larvte on ash, oak, sallow, and birch, of all of 

 which they ate freely. As might be expected, the larvae closely re- 

 sembled those of T, miinda. About forty larvffi went down, and we are 

 now anxiously awaiting the emergence of the moths. A specimen of 

 T. rei-ayana (a female) was also secured. This is a scarce species in 

 Yorkshire. 



In the evening of April 9th, about 7 p.m., I went off alone on my 

 machine to Strensall, arriving there at 8 p.m. Night cold and clear, 

 air rather frosty, and sky quite starlight ; there was also a cold breeze 

 blowing from due north. There were not many moths at the sallows, 

 and very few fell into the sheet at each shake. Stayed out until about 

 9.30 p.m. I took T. munda (seven males and ten females), T. populeti 

 (two females), T. stabilis (two males and four females), C. vaccinii (two 

 females), T. cruda (three females, one of them a beautiful melanic 

 form, the darkest 1 have ever seen), 2\ gothica (three females), 2'. 

 instabilis (one female), L. lobulata (three males), A. badiata (one male). 

 I kept most of the females for eggs. Many of the T. munda were 

 worn ; the sallows were getting over, some quite j^asse, others well 

 into leaf. Left the wood about 9.50 p.m. 



In company with Mr. B. H. Crabtree, I visited the York locality 

 for sallows on April 10th, getting there about 8 p.m. Night cold and 

 windy ; wind due north, and quite strong, so strong indeed that it 

 bent the tops of the most exposed sallow bushes, and large branches 

 were swayed about by the breeze. The sallows, too, were about over. 

 We took P. inniperda (one female), T. rnbricosa (one male), T, munda 

 (three males and seven females), T. jwpuleti (seven males and one 

 female), T. stabilis (three males and twelve females), C. vaccinii (a 

 pair, in cop., the only pair seen that night), 2\ cruda (four males and 

 twelve females), T. instabilis (three males and seven females), S. illu- 

 naria (one male), T. (jothica (one male and one female). Noticed a few 

 L. lobulata and li. })ro(/emmaria on sheet. We shook some twelve 

 bushes. 



On April 18th sallow-bloom was nearly over ; but on this, my last 

 outing for 1896, I obtained, in the wood previously mentioned near 

 York, P. piniperda (nine males and nine females in fair condition, 

 some of them good), T. instabilis (two males and two females), T. 

 gothica (one male and two females), T. munda (one female, very worn), 

 T. rnbricosa (two females in good condition). Saw a few C. vaccinii, 

 but no T. cruda, 1\ piopulcti, or T. gracilis. Caught one S. illunaria, 



