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my cousin Mr. Ogden having a very successful evening at Hale End on 

 Aug. 3rd, taking Leucania lUhargijria, Hydrcecla nictitans, Caradrina 

 hlanda (8), Agrotis tritici, A. ravida, Cosmia ajjinis, Noctua twihrosa, and 

 Mania 7naura; but from this time it again fell quite flat until mid- 

 September. 



August was spent mostly at Whitby, but no regular collecting was 

 done; insects seemed very scarce, and when tried on one or two occasions, 

 treacle failed absolutely. Charaas yraminis and Cidaria testata were seen 

 occasionally on the moors, Polia chi on the stone walls, and Argynnis aglaia 

 commonly at Heyburn Wyke, but beyond this nothing worth noting. 



Just a very few things came to treacle in early September near Wood- 

 bridge, including Hydrcecla nictitans, Agrotis suffusa, A. puta, Noctua 

 c-nigrum (common), N. rubi, and Catocala nupta. Larvae of Amphidasys 

 betidaria, Platypteryx hamula, CilLv spinula, and Acronycta tridens were 

 beaten, and pupae of Nonagria typhce obtained from the reeds ; whilst a 

 moth-trap which was tried every night only attracted one Smerinthus populi 

 (very late), one Notodonta camelina, Aspilates citraria, LiLperlna testacea, 

 and a few very common things. Three specimens of Ennomos erosaria, 

 one of which gave me a nice batch of ova, and a single male Colias edusa, 

 complete the Suffolk list. 



Lamps proved attractive at Crouch End during the month, Agrotis 

 ravida occurring again on Sept. 6th and laying a number of ova ; good series 

 of Anchocelis lunosa (with red forms) and Luperina testacea, four Hydrcecla 

 micacea and two Catocala nupta are the only others worth mentioning. 

 On the 7th Lyccena adonis was well out at Redhill, and a fortnight later 

 (Sept. 20th) a female Thecla hetulce was taken near Chingford. At last, 

 just beyond the half-mouth, treacle began to draw again, and working 

 Winchmore Hill six or seven times between the 17th and 28th practically 

 finished up the season for me. Although not nearly so good as the 1893 

 autumn treacling, a decent number of species turned up ; Anchocelis 

 pistacina again took the lead, as last year, but Phlogop>hora metlculosa ran 

 it pretty close, often four or five on a tree together; Cerastis vaccinil was 

 hardly out when business stopped me at the end of the month, but Ancho- 

 celis litura was just in time, and on the last day or two I managed to obtain 

 a short but good series. A. lunosa was abundant on the J 7th, but dropped 

 off afterwards. Catocala nupta turned up one or two each evening, and 

 although not common, 1 got together a nice little series of Asphalia diluta. 

 Other captures were Scopelosoma satellitia (common), Anchocelis rujina, 

 Hadena proteus, Noctua c-nigrum, Xylina rhizolitha, Agrotis suffusa, 

 Xanthia ferrugitiea, X. cerago, X. silago, Amphipyra pyramidea, Hypena 

 rostralis, and on the 28th quite a fresh Xylophasia polyodon. Little else 

 occurred during the remanider of the year, except Hypena rostralis on a 

 lamp at Stamford Hill on Oct. 16th, and an apparently fresh Plusia gamma 

 as late as Nov. 10th at Crouch End ; but although the year might certainly 

 have been very much better, it might equally have been very much worse ; 

 and, on the whole, I do not think I should class 1894 with the worst 

 of entomological seasons. — Hussell E. James ; 3, Mount View Road, 

 Finsbury Park, N., Jan. 30th, 1895. 



Lepidoptera in the Bloxworth District, Dorsetshire, in the 

 Season of 1894. — Please allow me, though rather late in the day, to add 

 my small testimony to the already abundantly testified peculiarities of the 

 past season. The general character of the year 1894 was wet, cold, and 



