66 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
upsilon. By this time Abraxas ulmata commenced to emerge, and con- 
tinued on right into August. The larve came from the Lake District in 
September, 180. On May 21st the first Odontopera bidentata appeared, 
and the species continued on the gas-lamps sparingly until the middle of 
June. From May 380th to June 6th I was staying at Brockenhurst with 
my cousin, Mr. Ogden, and the results of our visit appeared in the 
December No. of this magazine. The larve we took there by beating—viz. 
Catocala promissa, Liparis monacha, Halias quercana, Boarmia roboraria, 
Cleora lichenaria, Himera pennaria, Agriopis aprilina, Hemithea thymiaria, 
&e. imagines 1 We also took four or 
five larvee which died, and which I have since discovered to be Lithosia 
quadra. From some of the Platypteryx faleula we took we obtained eggs, 
the larve from which fed up well, half of them emerging in July and early 
August, one on Oct. 12th and another on Nov. 23rd, and the remainder I 
have still in perfectly healthy condition. Ptilodontis palpina turned up at 
Finchley on June 19th, and Hadena pisi at the same place on the 24th. 
The lamp which produced H. pisi accommodated at the same time six 
Eupithecia, five Miane, one Agrotis corticea, one Arctia menthastri, three 
Hadena oleracea, and two Melanippe fluctuata. One insect this year I 
have never before seen in such abundance, viz., Arctia lubricipeda. ‘The 
imagines literally swarmed everywhere, and in the autumn every low- 
growing plant in the garden was almost eaten bare by the larva. I found 
them feeding on every plant, shrub, or tree that | know of, one even 
devouring a pear in ashed. Throughout June and July common things 
came to treacle in abundance at Stamford Hill, but nothing of any conse- 
quence among them. Atdusk Plusia pulchrina was taken at Crouch End ; 
and Plusia chrysitis, Hecatera serena and Apamea ophiogramma at Stamford 
Hill. ‘he evening of June 380th we spent at Chingford, and found the 
males of Angerona prunaria plentiful. We also took several Thyatira 
batis (flying over the brambles), Odontopera bidentata, Aplecta nebulosa, 
Miana arcuosa, and many commouer things. From some friends staying 
at Waldringfield we received larvee of Bombyx quercus and Odonestis 
potatoria, the latter in any quantity ; also imagiues of Triphena interjecta, 
Thyatira derasa, Habrostola tripartita, Plusia pulchrina, P. chrysitis, and 
others. July 6ih I went to Clacton for the day only, but had no apparatus 
with me. Finding Zygaena filipendule cocoons abundant, | collected about 
160, in the hope. of getting some varieties, but they all emerged quite 
typical. Amoug them I found fourteen cocoons of Odonestis potatoria, all 
spun up on some reed-steims which were growing among the grass. On the 
9th these commenced to emerge, aud all came out well except two that 
were ichneumoned. At Theydon Bois (Epping Forest), on July 11th, I 
found a fine female Bombya quercus drying its wings. Metrocampa mar- 
garitaria, Lomaspilis marginata, Ephyra trilinearia and Timandra amataria, 
all fell frequently to the beating-stick, but nothing at all out of the common 
occurred. On July 12th Bombyz quercus and Lasiocampa quercifolia 
(larvee from Wicken Fen in the early spring) commenced to emerge, aud 
came out very well. One B. quercus is still in pupa, and appears to be 
quite healthy. Two more, which seemed unable to break the cocoon, we 
assisted. ‘he male did not expand at all, but the female developed to its 
full size. On July 17th the first Apamea ophiogramma was taken at 
Stamford Hill, flying at dusk over a Hower-bed; another was taken two 
evenings later, and two more on the 24th; they were all more or less worn, 
Luvugh none of them very bad, On the afternoon of July 25th I paid a 
