246 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
dactylus and L. tephradactylus, and got lots of the former 
with a few of the latter. One day, at about four o’clock p.m., I 
found Lampronia luzella flying, and took about eight examples; 
they are difficult to see, and soon spoil themselves if not set at 
once. While taking these one had to beware of L. rubiella, 
which affect the raspberries growing near by.  Phoxopteryx 
diminutana occasionally turned up, but were frequently worn. 
My great prize on this occasion was Chrysoclysta bimaculella and 
several C. schrankella among Epilobium. I notice that Desvignes 
says he beat C. bimaculella out of sallow; also the late Mr. 
Benjamin Cooke got one on Chat Moss from sallow, but there 
were probably willow herbs growing near. I met also with 
Laverna lacteella and L. paludicolella. I searched well for 
Eupithecia plumbeolata, but failed to find it, though formerly I 
always got it about the 6th of July. I got, however, three 
Coleophora wilkinsoni, and, better still, as many C. orbitella, 
from among birches. I got a number of Tinea bistrigella. 
Swammerdammia griseocapitella was very common, and Ornix 
loganella was not rare but rather late, as was Nepticula betuli- 
colella. Scoparie were fairly common, but I only took one 
S. conspicualis. Olindia ulmana was exceptionally large and 
fine; in fact, this applied to most species. Hypermecia cruciana 
was exceptionally large. 1 took a pair of what appears to be 
the latter species, but if so, of a curious variety, both being 
bright and rich brown in colour. They were in copuld, which 
seemed odd, for I saw no others like them. 
Between the 9th and 21st July I visited Arnside, and there 
found a new locality for Phothedes captiuncula, while last year I 
took this species as early as the 5th June at Witherslack. The 
1st of August found me looking again for larve of Nepticula 
intimella, but only five were obtained. The larve of Hupithecia 
valerianata were common at this date. Shortly after this I went 
for a fortnight to the Isie of Man, and near Port Erin found, by 
working day by day, a couple of hundred larve of Hupithecia 
distinctata on the wild thyme. While in the island I saw an 
injured Cherocampa celerio, which had been taken on Douglas 
Head. Female Lycena icarus were remarkably large, and there 
was a considerable range of variation of the spots on the under 
side. Several Hpinephele ianira had double white spots in the 
darker ones. 
6, Fishergate Hill, Preston, September, 1886. 
