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pleasant watering-place, may like to hear what was done last year 
with Macro-Lepidoptera by one who does not profess to have worked 
the place at all thoroughly. Amphidasys strataria (prodromaria) 
was the first fruits of zeal, followed in April by Cidaria miata 
(at Uphill) and Xylocampa areola (lithoriza). The latter laid 
eggs, and I found the larve very easy to rear. The month of 
May brought out Anticlea nigrofasciata (derivata), Tephrosia 
biundularia (or crepuscularia, for I do not think the two species 
can be definitely distinguished), Larentia viretata, and plenty 
of Nola confusalis at rest on tree-trunks ; to which must be added 
larve of Thera variata, T. firmata, Ellopia prosapiaria (fasciaria), 
Pecilocampa populi, Teniocampa munda, &e. As summer came 
on, I took Smerinthus tile (in the town), Boarmia abietaria, 
Asthena blomeraria, Acidalia remutata, Cidaria suffumata (very 
late), C. dotata, Hurymene dolabraria, Melanippe albicillata, 
Emmelesia affinitata, Cidaria silaceata, C. prunata, and others ; 
and later on the following species were observed: Triphena 
Jimbria, Melanippe galiata, Hubolia cervinata, Mesotype virgata 
(lineolata), Hpione apiciaria, and Agrotis saucia. Agrotis ves- 
tigialis (valligera), A. tritici, and A. puta are all common, and I 
have taken one A. cinerea. At ivy there were Anchocelis lunosa, 
Epunda lichenea, Agrotis suffusa, Orthosia macilenta, Xylina 
socia (petrificata), Polia flavicincta, &e. At least fourteen species 
of Hupithecie occur here, including E. abbreviata, EL. dodoneata, 
E. lariciata, EH. albipunctata (at Hutton), HL. indigata (single- 
brooded here), and H. tsogrammata, which feeds exclusively on a 
small white-flowered clematis in gardens, the wild clematis not 
srowing in the district. Among the best larvee which I have taken 
last year were three Notodonta chaonia, one Asteroscopus sphing 
(cassinea), three Hugonia fuscantaria, one EH. erosaria, Notodonta 
dicteoides, Asphalia ridens, and, not least, five larvee of Acronycta 
alni, three of which I took off one small alder tree growling in 
the street; the two others were found within a week of the 
same time, a mile or more away. But perhaps the best take of 
all this year was a fine specimen of Heliothis armigera, which 
I captured on ragwort bloom on the coast, August 29th. I might 
add many more species to this list, as I have in three years taken 
about 270 species of the Macros here without really working for 
them, including 380 of the Diurni.—(Rev.) G. A. Smatiwoop; 
Southside, Weston-super-mare, January, 1886. 
