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almost every species this 3'ear has been backward, and has 

 continued so almost up to the present. This I found especially 

 with regard to those species due to appear at the end of May and 

 in early June. 



During the second week in June Drepana cultt'aria 

 {unguicula) was out in fair numbers, although it required 

 considerable bough-beating to obtain a satisfactory series ; and 

 at the same time Zonosoma linearia {trilinearia) and Nola 

 confusaUs (cristulalis). I was very pleased to see numbers of 

 Z. punctaria, very little labour being required to obtain a 

 satisfactory series from the pollard oaks round the Old Boman 

 Encampment. Also Odonioper'a bidentata, which appears to brave 

 any weather. Drepana falcataria (falcida) and D. lacertinaria 

 {lacertula) were visible ; the former about Epping Thicks 

 sparingly, and the latter at High Beech somewhat more 

 liberally. Also Macroglossa fuciformis round a cultivated patch 

 of garden ; and whilst working the birches round Epping 

 Thicks I was very pleased to take seven Sesia culiciformis, and 

 also saw the tunnels of probably Trochilmm carhroniformis 

 {hemheciformis) , although of this latter I am not quite sure, as I 

 understand there is a beetle which burrows in sallows in much 

 the same way as T. carhroniformis ; I did not succeed in obtaining 

 either pupa or imago of it. I also took Acronycta leporina, which 

 I believe is a rarity. This last-mentioned locality seems a 

 promising one for future working, the trees having been thinned 

 considerably ; but the recent felling, however much it may be 

 regretted in other ways, will allow of a richer growth on the 

 ground, permit the trees to expand, and facilitate locomotion. 



In conversation with other collectors whom I met I learn that 

 considerable disapproval is rife regarding the large numbers of 

 trees being felled in this and other parts of the Forest, but it is 

 my opinion that it is but sacrificing the present for the future, 

 and that in a few years this part especially will well repay a visit. 

 In fact, this locality repaid me better than any other I worked, 

 as I was successful in finding there Stauropus fagi, and some 

 weeks before a like number of Asphalia fiavicornis. The first 

 S. fagi which I found struck me as presenting an odd figure, 

 although I daresay the peculiarity has often been observed 

 before, viz., that when at rest upon the tree trunk it pushes its 

 hind legs underneath and in front of the fore ones. While 



