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Cabera pusaria, Macaria litarata, Lomaspilis marginata, Laren- 

 tia viridaria, Venusia caiubrica, Thera variata, Coremia ferru- 

 gata, Melanippe tristata and Torti'ix adjunctana. On July 

 3rd, at sugar, Miana fasciuncula, Apaniea gemina and Leuc- 

 ania impura, Caradrina morpheus. Caught Xylophasia 

 rurea (W.S.). 



4th. Uropteryx sambucaria (several noticed during the 

 month). 



Trochilium crabroniforiuis, (W.S.). 11th, at Great Ayton, 

 Cidaria populata, Melanippe ocellata and Agrotis porphyrea. 

 12th. Tapinostola elymi noticed near Redcar, Triphcena 

 comes. 26th. Cidaria fulvata. 28th. Macrogiossa stella- 

 tarum. A specimen of Mamostva abjecta was taken near 

 Saltburn during this month and recorded in the ISTaturalist 

 by Mr. Dennis, of York. Acherontia atropos. I had a pupa 

 sent of this hawk moth, got near Linthorpe. During August 

 the weather was of a most unfavourable description, and very 

 few insects were noticed or taken. 1st. Luperina testacea, 

 very dark specimen taken near Redcar, Depressaria badiella 

 common on the sandbanks. 3rd. Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union excursion from Easington to Staithes, Hypsipetes sor- 

 ditata, Eubolia limitata, Pyrausta purpuralis and Phoxopteryx 

 unguicella, Larvae of Phalera bucephala, Notodonta ziczac, 

 Lophopteryx camelina and Smerinthus populi were taken this 

 month, Miana literosa (W.S.). Melanippe sociata (W.S.). 

 September 12th. Polia chi, Xanthia fulvago at Great Ayton. 

 27th. Nonagria fulva, a single specimen of Vanessa cardui 

 was taken this month (W.S.). During October Hydroecia 

 micacea and Cerastis spadicea were taken at sugar. Cheima- 

 tobia brumata were exceedingly abundant about the end of 

 November. 



1897. 



M^itli the exception of one or two weeks in June this year 

 has been only a moderate one, cold winds being much too 

 prevalent to allow of satisfactory work being done in this 

 section. We had very mild weather in February, and had to 

 suffer for this in the spring and summer months. 



The first insect noticed this season was T£eniocam)3a stabilis 

 at Acklam on April 11th, also taken at sugar at Linthorpe 

 together witli a specimen of T. gothica. On the 22nd, Tsenio- 

 campa cruda was taken at Great Ayton, and on the 28th, 

 Anticlea badiata was canght at Linthorpe. ]\Iay 1st, Cidaria 

 corylata taken in fir plantation near Great Ayton. 8th. 

 Found several larvae near Swainby about full grown of De- 

 pressaria assimilella. They were situate between the united 



