108 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
spot then; and although I bred a very large series of the autumn brood, not 
one had the large black spot; they are either quite plain or sprinkled with 
fine black dots; a rare variety of this is streaked like some of the vars. of 
Peronea hastiana, and only occurs in the autumn brood; comes to light 
in July. D. laflingiana, beaten from oak at Fulbourn. D. holmiana, 
common in hedgerows among brier; also in the fen. D. bergmanniana, 
in plenty in the fen, and at Wicken. D. forskaleana, not common at 
Cambridge among maple. 
Argyrotoxa conwayana, common amongst privet round Cambridge. 
Ditula hartmanniana, rare in the fen. D. semifasciana, one only 
in the fen. 
Penthina pruniana and P. variegana, bred and taken commonly from 
sloe and whitethorn. P. ochroleucana, used to be a plague to me in my 
rose-growing days, but I could not find one last year. P. gentiana, bred 
from teazle-heads, and specimeus taken at “ Flem Dyke ” and Chippenham, 
where there is no teazle. What does it feed on there, or is it another, but 
closely-allied, species? P. fuligana (carbonana), bred a nice series from the 
old stems of Stachys palustris in the fen; very rarely seen on the wing. 
Note.—Do not kill this with ammonia if you want to retain the beautiful 
purple-black gloss; a good dose of tobacco-smoke will kill and retain the 
colour too. 
Hedya ocellana, bred freely, and beaten from hawthorn. H. aceriana, 
a few from poplars. H. dealbana, oue only in the fen. H. servillana, a 
solitary, but beautiful, specimen in the fen from sallow. 
Spilonota trimaculana, abundant in hawthorn and rose. WS. roborana, 
two or three only. 
Pardia tripunctana, abundant from hawthorn. 
Aspis udmanniana, a few from bramble in the fen. 
Sericoris fuligana (abscisana), a series at light; not seen at any other 
time. S. lacunana, very abundant in the fen; three of the var. herbana. 
S. alternana, two only in the fen. 
Euchromia purpurana, rare in the fen, flying at dusk, and at light 
directly we lit up. 
Orthotania antiquana, a good series at light, came at all hours. 
O. striana, only saw one, and that at light. O. ericetana, one only. 
Cnephasia musculana, rare among brambles 
Sciaphila nubilana, common in hawthorn. S. subjectana, flying by day 
along hedgerows. SS. virgaureana, common in the fen. 8S. chrysantheana, 
one only in the fen. S. hybridana, abundant in hedgerows. 
Sphaleroptera ictericana, common on the ‘“ Breck Sands” and at 
“Flem Dyke”; the female rare. 
Clepsis rusticana, my son caught one in the fen in May; used to be 
common there. 
