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good one, and the charges very moderate. —J. H. Leecu; 29, Hyde 
Park Gate, 8.W., Aug. 20, 1892. 
A Day on tHE CumBerRLAND Movuntains.—On the 21st June, the 
morning gaye so much promise of a fine day that I decided to go up to my 
pet place on the mountains in search of Hrebia cassiope. I set off on foot 
at 8.30 a.m., and commenced my nine miles’ walk, six of which were 
amongst some of the most beautiful scenery in the Lake District, viz., 
along the eastern side of Lake Derwentwater, and through the Vale of 
Borrowdale, the remainder being mountain climbing. The sun was very 
bright, in an almost cloudless sky. The first insect picked up was Jodis 
lactearia ; further on I noticed one or two Vanessa atalanta, in fine condition, 
which I did not disturb; next a nice lot of Argynnis euphrosyne, close to 
the roadside ; then a few Scoparia basistrigalis ; and observed that the oak 
trees here, as well as in the Great Wood, were stripped of their leaves by 
various larvee. Toiling upwards, I now began to find the mountain species, 
but nothing worth taking until I reached the ground frequented by Hrebia 
cassiope, at about 11.30, at an elevation of about 2200 ft. The first insect 
netted was a very good specimen of Miwodia schulziana, and, walking on a 
few yards, I took the first specimen of H. cassiope, which was rather rubbed ; 
then three others in quick succession, all rather rubbed. (I suspect the 
time between noon and 4.30 is the time for cassiope hatching out; I got 
one, about 4.30, drying its wings.) After wandering about for some time, 
I took my first good specimen, and the fun began ; LH. cassiope was on all 
sides, like black flakes, fluttering over the short grass, and now and then 
settling on a small flower, which grows amongst the grass, very low down, 
being in shape and size like the smaller flowers of wild strawberry, but of a 
bright yellow colour. I now darted about, netting and boxing as quickly as. 
possible (for the clouds were gathering), several times two at once, with an 
occasional C. furcatellus, C. pratellus, a very good variety of (I think) Mela- 
nippe fluctuata, one Emmelesia minorata, and several Nemeophila planta- 
ginis, a pair of the latter in cop. The sun was now greatly obscured, only 
shining a few minutes at atime, and I had to search very closely on the 
grass, and as that was rather slow work, and the afternoon nearly gone, I 
reluctantly commenced the descent, having in my boxes about eighty 
cassiope, mostly good specimens, besides about a score more insects of 
various species. As I got down to the lower slopes of the mountains, I 
took a miner’s path, which ran for about two miles at an elevation of 300 
or 400 ft. Here I filled up all my remaining boxes with a lot of Micros, 
including such species as Crambus perlellus, C. hortuellus, C. pratellus, C. 
margaritellus, E'nnychia cingulalis, &e. I had just time to catch the 
omnibus which runs from Borrowdale Hotel to Keswick to take visitors to 
and from the station.—H. A. BreapLe; 28, Lake Road, Keswick. 
DEILEPHILA LIVORNICA IN THE New Forest.—On June 4th, Mrs. 
Ward-Jackson caught a very fine specimen of this species in our garden at 
Lyndhurst in the New Forest. I understand that it is a rare moth in England. 
—W. R. Warp-Jacxson ; 7, Fig Tree Court, Temple, July 26, 1892. 
[This species is certainly rare in Britain, but one or more specimens have 
been taken in this country nearly every year during the past quarter of a 
century. The years in which it.does not appear to have been observed are 
1874, 1876, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1889, and 1890. In 1868 over a score 
of specimens were recorded, and its range extended from Cornwall to York- 
