302 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Limenitis j^opidi was fairly numerous, but ver}' difficult to catch. 

 I caught a worn female, however, sitting on a damp heap of mud, 

 and from her got several ova, which, to my great disappoint- 

 ment, dried up instead of hatching. Hardly any Lycsenidse were 

 noticed at all. Colias cdiisa and C. hyale had just made their 

 appearance at the time I left for England. 



For moths I employed three methods at various times — 

 dusking with a lantern and net, " sugaring," and light from my 

 bedroom window ; all these were attended with a certain amount 

 of success. By means of a light in my window I obtained the 

 following : — LitJwsia lurideola, G^nestis {Gnophria) quadra (male 

 and female), Arctia caja, Phragmatohia (Spilosoma) fuliginosa, 

 Zeuzera pyrina (male), Porthesia chrysorrhcea {auriflua), Malaco- 

 soma {Bomhyx) neustria, Odonestis potatoria, Pterostoma j^alpina, 

 Thyatira batis, Acronycta strigosa (were quite common, but un- 

 fortunately had begun to wear), Xylophasia hepatica, Mamestra 

 persicarUe, Ap)ainea oculea {didyma) (in many varieties), Miana 

 bicoloria, Hadena oleracea, Hahrostola tripartita (urticce), H. tri- 

 jilasia, Plusia cJirysitis, P. gamma, P. iota, P. v-aurcum, Cha- 

 riclea marginata. And of the Geometrse, Uropteryx samhucaria 

 (very abundant for a few nights only), Riimia Ititeolata, Selenia 

 hiliuiaria {jidiarla), Boarmia gemnnaria, Geometra papilionaria, 

 G. vernaria, Hemithea strigata, Angerona prunaria (corylaria), 

 Acidtdia ornata, Abraxas grossidariata, Hypsipetes sordidata 

 (elutata), Scotosia dabitata, Cidaria dotata, C. fulvata, C. prunata 

 {ribcsiaria) , Eubolia mcnsuraria. 



Sugaring, as is always the case, was very uncertain, but on 

 the whole 1 was fortunate in my choice of nights, and got the 

 following species : — Thyatira derasa, Cymatophora octogesima 

 {ocularis) — these I got only on one tree (a large poplar), probably 

 their food-plant; Acronycta psi, A. megacephala, A. rumicis, 

 LeiLcania impiira, L. piaUens, L. lithargyria, Axylia piitris, Xylo- 

 phasia sublustris, X. monoglypha, Cerigo matura {cytherea) (very 

 dark specimens), Mamestra brassica, Caradrina ambigua, Noctua 

 plecta, N. ditrapezium, N. stigmat'ica (rhomboidea) , Triphcena 

 ianthina, T. comes, T. p)ronuba, Amphipyra pyramidea, A. trago- 

 jiogoiiis. Mania maura (I once counted six on the afore- 

 mentioned poplar), M. typica, Calymnia trapezina, C. pyralina 

 (in plenty), C. affiuis, Euplexia lucipara, Aplecta ucbulosa, 

 Hadena oleracea, H. dentina, Gonoptera libatrix, and Catocala 

 nupta. 



While after butterflies during the daytime, I got Lasiocampa 

 quercus (males), and saw those of Satiirnia carpiid ; I also got 

 Acontia luctuosa, in bright sunshine, and Callimorpha hera. 



Of larva} or pupse I saw nothing, with the exception of a pupa 

 of G. libatrix in some willow-leaves, and some pupas of P. rapcc, 

 but I did not spend much time searching. Frequently, of 

 course, the same species turned up at sugar and light, but in 



