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CLEVELAND LEPIDOPTERA IX 1903. 



By T. Ashton Lofthouse. f.e.s. 



^Denotes species recorded in Proceedings for first time. 



The weather in the spring and early summer was cold 

 and inclement as has been usual in the district for the past 

 few years. "Sallows" in the spring were early and soon 

 over and nothing of any note was taken off. The summer 

 was somewhat finer on the whole but insects were mostly 

 late ; tow aids the end of August and in early September a few 

 days of fine hot summer weather occurred and insects were 

 specially noticeable at this time, the heather bloom which 

 was very late was more than usually attractive while at the 

 same period " Sugaring " absolutely failed. Many interest- 

 ing species occurred on the heather bloom, among them being 

 Noctua dahlii and Triphosa dubitata insects both new- to 

 the local list, other insects that occurred were Orthosia 

 suspecta (a belated worn specimen, only the second recorded 

 for Cleveland) : Cloantha solidaginis in numbers : Noctua 

 glareosa, very plentiful and very variable, some specially 

 fine rosy specimens being noticeable ; Polia clii, Thera 

 firmata, Cidaria popidata. immanata and testata, Larentia 

 ccesiata. and many other common species. "Sugaring" 

 as an attraction proved of very little use this year with one 

 or two exceptions, one warm evening in September it 

 attracted seven specimens of Epunda luittlenta, one 

 Anchocelis lunosa and other common species. 



NOCTU/E, Cymatophora flavicornis. A notable feature 

 of the season was the finding of this insect in abundance 

 and very variable in March among Birch on Eston Hills 

 by Mr. J. W. Harrison. 



