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Entomological Section. — This Section has been very 

 active as usual. Mr. Lof thouse, the Secretary, reports on the 

 Lepidoptera as follows : — 



The past season, so far as my experience goes, has been 

 very little different from the two preceding years ; for 

 certain reasons, I was unable to do anything in Entomology 

 until the end of May, and much less than usual during the 

 summer months. April, May and June were, on the whole, 

 very cold, and so far as my experience goes, insects were 

 very little in evidence. From July into the autumn, moths 

 came to " sugar " much more freely than has been the case 

 during the same period in recent years, but the species 

 were of the commonest. The " Yellow Underwing " (T. 

 pronuba) being more than usually abundant. On an evening 

 towards the end of June, one of the " Swifts" (Hepialus 

 hectus) was noticeably abundant flying about over the 

 Bracken near Battersby, from 8 to 8-30 p.m., some of the 

 specimens were very well marked, and one or two interesting 

 forms were noticed. In November, the Death's Head Moth 

 occurred at Redcar. 



So far as I know, no additional species in the " Macros" 

 has been added to the local list during the past year, but in 

 the Tortrices I have at least six additional species, and about 

 the same number of Tinece. 



It may be interesting to note here the number of species 

 of Lepidoptera that have been recorded in our Proceedings, 

 or that I know as having been taken in the Cleveland district 

 up to the present time, viz. : — 



Butterflies . . . . . . 23 species. 



Hawk Moths, Bombyces and 



Notodonti . . . . . . 47 „ 



Noctuse . . . . . . . . 156 



Geometers . . . . . . 125 ,, 



Other Orders to end of Tortrices 132 ,, 



Tineas 80 



Total .. .. 573 „ 



In addition to above, between 30 and 40 additional species 

 are recorded in the Yorkshire List for the Cleveland district, 

 mostly by the la,te Jno. Sang, of Darlington. 



