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Geometry (11). — Epione apiciaria, Boarrnia gemmaria (rhomboidaria), 

 Acidalia erautaria, A. imitaria, Aspilates ochrearia (citraria), Eupithecia 

 subfulvata, Melanippe fluctuata, Pkibolia limitata (mensuraria), E. virgata 

 (lineolata), Phibalapteryx vittata (lignata), Coreraia ferrugata. 



Pyralides (3). — Scoparia cratajgella, S. pallida, Nemophila noctuella 

 (hybridalis). 



Pterophorina. — Pterophorus monodactylus (pterodactylus). 



Alucitid^. — Alucita hexadactyla (polydactyla). 



Crambid^ (4). — Cranibus selasellus, C. tristellus, C. geniculeus. 

 Melissoblaptes anellus. 



ToRTRicES (10). — Tortrix podana, T. heparana, T. costana, Peronea 

 variegana, Teras coutaminana, Dictyopteryx holmiana, Sericoris urticaua, 

 Sciaphila subjectana, Bactra lanceolaua, Hyperraecia cruciana. 



TiNEiNA (16). — Swamnierdamia oxyacanthella. Depressaria flavella, 

 D. assimilella, D. areiiella, D. applana, D. yeatiana, D. pulcherimella, 



D. badiella, D. discipunctella, Bryotropha desertella, Lita acuminatella, 

 L. marmorea, Teleia vulgella, and three other species not determined. 



A friend worked the above locality with me, and we made out 

 the above list because the number of species in the different 

 families (except the Noctuse) were exceptional; although on 

 almost every evening we " sugared " there were some members of 

 the other families quite regular in appearance, L. pygmceola, 



E. limitata {mensuraria), P. vittata [lignata), most of the Tortrices 

 and Tineina named, and P. monodactyla being regular visitors. 

 Some of the species, on the other hand, occurred on no other 

 evening, and therefore their appearance may have been due to 

 chance, as I only took one of each species, although I know most 

 of the insects were occurring freely in the locality : such species 

 were V. urticce, A. ochrearia, E. apiciaria, M. anellus, and 

 S. pallida. R. sericealis and A. hexadactyla also occurred once, 

 but as I have taken both previously at sugar I believe they are, 

 to a certain extent, regular attendants at the sweets. 



Insect life was exceedingly abundant, and some of the species 

 of Noctuse swarmed. Some of the local forms of the Noctuse of 

 the S.E. district are remarkably fine, and differ much from the 

 forms of the same species in other parts of Kent. Among the 

 best species taken at sugar in the district during our stay was 

 Leucania albipuncta, two, both taken by my friend, and a 

 specimen of Nonagria sparganii flying near a ditch, also taken by 

 my more fortunate companion. My friend, not being well up in 

 Entomology, had set these, and they were packed away with our other 

 captures ; and it was not until my arrival home tliat I discovered 



