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3rd), E. nanata, E. ahhreviata, Anticlea hadiata, Eucosmia undulata, 

 Oidaria fulvata, C. dotata, Scoparia amhigualis, Scopnla primalis, Ebulea 

 samhucalis, Pioneu forjicalis, Cataclysta lemmata, Paraponyx stratiotata, 

 Pteropliorus m.onodacti/his, Aciptalia pentadactyla, Alucita hexadactyla 

 (Aug. BOthj, Crambus pratellus, C. culmellita, G. hortuellus, Ephestia 

 kilhniella. The above are nearly all from Mr. Wall's list. I have included 

 several very common species only because they do not appear in my former 

 notes. Gheimatobia hrumata is unpleasantly in evidence, the water at 

 Grira's Dyke being literally strewn with the bodies of the males at the time 

 of writing, while in the spring this veritable pest remained with us, the 

 males as late as Feb. 16th, the females Feb. 2nd. Of the absentees — and 

 they are many — Brephos 2^ii>'thenias, Tephroda biundiUaria, and Gidaria 

 pnpulata, are the most to be regretted, as their claim to the Middlesex 

 records appears to rest solely on our observations of single specimens in 1893. 

 — H. Rowland-Brown; (Jxhey Grove, Harrow Weald, Dec. 16ih, 1894. 



Notes from Paignton, S. Devon. — A friend and I collect occasion- 

 ally, mostly as a pleasurable recreation and healthy exercise, in this locality, 

 which, however, is not a very good one, and has been less productive than 

 ever during the past season — a season of rain. Our chief hunting-ground 

 is a small wood and adjoining orchard, situated near the sea. Sallows, in 

 the spring, were only productive on one night, as the bushes are in a very 

 wind-swept situation, and, during the whole period they were in blossom, a 

 bitter north-east wind prevailed, which, with frost, sometimes completely 

 spoiled sport, with the exception mentioned. On that night, from among 

 the multitude of common insects present, we took examples of Tceniocampa 

 mimda, T. rubricosa, Xylocampa lithorhiza, &c., and one each of Oporina 

 croceago and Dasycampa rubiylnea, not, however, in the very best condition. 

 Lycmia arglolus was abundant in my garden early in the season, and 

 appeared again in August. A moth-trap, also in my garden, produced 

 many common species, including some large Odontopera bidentata ; also 

 Pericallla syringaiia, Numeria pulverarla (both uncommon here), Rusina 

 tenebrosa, Grammesia tnlinea, Heliophobits hispidus, Noctua /estiva, and 

 others. Sugaring has been very variable, the nights apparently most suit- 

 able sometimes being blanks, and the result on the whole not nearly so 

 good as last year. Early in the season Grammesia trilinea came in any 

 number ; in fact, hardly any other species was to be seen. This is remark- 

 able, as in previous years we have never seen this insect here. Later on, 

 Agrotis puta and Gosmia affinis were plentiful. Galligenia miniata, several 

 by beating, also on the wing at dusk and on the sugar. Gorycia taminata 

 scarce this year, though it always occurs in the wood ; the same applies to 

 G. temerata. Fidonia piniaria, Venilia maculata, and Angerona priinaria, 

 plentiful on the wing at dusk. Heliophobits hispidus came freely to the 

 sugaring lamp on the higher ground. Gonophora derasa we found this 

 year at sugar, though it is not a common species here. Thyatira batis we 

 have not seen for two years ; before then it used to be fairly abundant. 

 Acronycta ligustri was very scarce ; we saw one on sugar, but it got lost in 

 the grass. Subsequently I caught another at in-door light, but it was 

 damaged. Liparis monacha round sugaring lamp, and off street lamp 

 coming home, where we also took Ennomos fuscantaria, Hydrcecia viicacea, 

 and Himera pennaria on Nov. 17th — the same species, too, in moth-trap. 

 On the !i7th Sept., a cold night, with strong easterly wind (altogether 

 " unlikely " conditiousj, we tried sugar, and took several Polia flavicincta 



