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most nights on a half-mile beat. Last night I saw, 1 Polyo- 

 don, 1 Augur and 3 Oculea : at the blossoms of the, tmncap 

 lily there are a good many Plusiae ; Iota, Pulchrina, a few 

 Chrysiiis, and one Bractea. I send you a list of all the 

 Noctua) I have taken, mentioning only those yet unpublished 

 in your ' British Moths :' — 



Apaniea oculea. Common at sugar, middle of July. 



Miana strigilis. Rare at sugar, beginning and middle of 

 July. 



M. fasciuncula. Very common at sugar, middle of June to 

 beginning of July. 



M. arcuosa. Two flying at night. 



Rusina tenebrosa. Not rare at sugar, middle to end of 

 June. 



Agrotis Segetinn. Not uncommon at sugar, end of June. 



A. exclamationis. DiUo, middle to end of June. 



Tryphaena fimbria. Two, one drying its wings on a paling, 

 the other a pupa in garden ; none came to sugar. 



T. pronuba. Common at sugar, July. 



Noctua plecta. Rather scarce at sugar, June. 



N. Augur. Three at sugar, middle of June to beginning of 

 July. 



N. C-nigrum. Three or four at sugar, middle of June to 

 beginning of July. 



N. bruunea. Three at sugar, middle of Jtme. 



N. festiva. Common at sugar, middle to end of June. 



N. baja. One at sugar, middle of June. 



Dianihoecia capsincola. One flying, middle of June. 



Phlogophora meticulosa. One at sugar, beginning of 

 June. 



Hadena dentina. Several on palings, beginning to middle 

 of June. 



H. oleracea. Common at sugar, June. 



Cucullia umbratica. One at flowers of Martagon lily, end 

 of June. 



Abrostola Urticae. Three at ditto, end of June and begin- 

 ning of July. 



Plusia Chrysitis. Occasional at ditto, end of June till now. 



P. bractea. One at ditto, end of June. 



P. lota. Not unfrequent at ditto, beginning of July till now. 



P. pulchrina. Common at ditto, end of June till now. 



