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proved unusually good, and vice versd, as the annexed form will 
show. Hight selected nights, with notes on results : — 
. Wind 8. Sultry and close. Very few; only on exposed trees. 
. S.W. Ratherdamp. Specimens, five trees out of seven (fairly good). 
. S.W. Heavy rain. Very good till rain washed the sugar off. 
. N.W. Windy. Good where the slightest shelter existed. 
. N.W. Calm and dull. Scarcely any. 
. N.E. Rather cold and dry breezes. Good. 
N.E. Cold drizzle and choppy wind. Best result of any. 
W. Warm, and moon. Good at first; after, nothing. 
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By this it will appear that a cold and damp north-east wind was 
blowing on the most satisfactory night, both as regards species 
aud numbers; whilst a close evening with a south-west wind was 
not nearly so good. The favourite trees were the plum and 
holly; but most likely their position was most advantageous, 
although apparently such was not the case. Exposed positions 
seemed preferable to confined ones, owing no doubt to the scent 
being carried by the wind from the former when it could not 
reach the latter. One disadvantage of a garden is the number 
of semi-domesticated insects, to say nothing of Mollusca and 
Crustacea, in the shape of snails, slugs, woodlice, &c., which 
infest the sugar, to the exclusion of more valued, but more 
bashful “game.” I use the word semi-domesticated, as I have 
never yet met with such numbers of the above referred to pests in 
the woods and forests as occur when sugaring on cultivated 
srounds or gardens. In fact, ants, spiders, snails, woodlice, and 
such like, seem to be as closely connected with, and benefited by, 
civilisation as is the ubiquitous sparrow.—Epwarp Lovett; 
Holly Mount, Croydon, July 15, 1880. 
Cuotues’ Morus.-—In ‘ Entomologist,’ 1878, p. 212, reference 
is made to four species of destructive moths, which are respectively 
described by the English names of clothes’, carpet, fur, and hair 
moths. Three of these Tinee—vestianella, tapetzella, pellionella— 
are also referred to by Kirby and Spence, who further name 
Laverna sarcitella and Galleria mellonella. Is either of these last 
a synonym of Tinea crinella, which is the fourth insect referred 
to in the ‘Entomologist’? A most abundant insect here is the 
white-headed clothes’ moth (Hndrosis fenestrella). I should like 
to know if this is identical with either of the moths in the above 
list, or if it is omitted because less destructive than those named. 
It would also be helpful to know under what names Stainton 
