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it outside the window of a shed in the garden with a lamp and 
reflector inside the shed, but the results were quite insignificant ; 
evidently position is everything, and a really good light essential. 
EK. SaBINE; 22, The Villas, Erith, March 9th, 1886. 
Mornu Trars.—In reference to the moth trap described in 
the “ Field Naturalist’s Handbook,” I made one according to 
description last summer, and have tried it for several nights 
during last season, but have trapped nothing, though moths 
came to light at the windows of a house close by. I should 
like to know if anyone else has found it successful, and, if so, 
were the insects very much damaged by fluttering in the trap.— 
H. Kine ; 52, Pimlico Road, London, March 8rd, 1886. 
Morn Trap.—Referring to the remarks and inquiry made by 
Mr. A. E. Hall (Entom. 45), I may say that in the spring of 
1884 I constructed, with but slight modifications of my own, 
a light trap on the principle of that described by Mr. H. G. 
Knaggs in his practical little book the ‘ Lepidopterists’ Guide.’ 
The size of my trap is 18 ins. by 13 ins. by 16 ins., with a drawer 
about three inches deep running along the bottom, thus making 
the front aperture 13 inches square. I use a lamp with a single 
inch wick, but a powerful bright reflector. Unfortunately my 
business arrangements did not permit me to make any use of it 
during the past season, but during the summer of 1884 I tried it 
frequently, and hardly ever entirely without success. I usually 
fixed my trap against the back of the house, facing towards the 
south-west, at a height of eight or nine feet from the ground. 
I cannot say that it has secured me any rarities as yet, or 
even that the “game” so far has been ‘ worth the candle,” 
but amongst the insects thus taken I may mention Spilosoma 
lubricipeda and S. menthastri (the former frequently), Apamea 
didyma (oculea), Rumia luteolata (crategata), Kupithecia vulgata, 
Pionea forficalis (several times), Scopula lutealis, several species 
of Crambide and Tine, besides insects of other orders, especially 
the Diptera. To judge from my experience, dark still nights 
after a fine day are much the best, but unfortunately these are 
not nearly so plentiful as one could wish. ‘Though at present 
I by no means regard the trap as a successful agent, I shall 
certainly give it a further trial if possible during the coming 
season, a8 it seems to me that with a little manipulation as 
