82, THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Nola cucullatella, Diloba ceruleocephala, and Scopelosoma satellitia. 
After the storm of wind mentioned larve were as scarce as they 
had before been plentiful, and it was with difficulty that I 
obtained a sufficient number of D. ceruleocephala to form a short 
series, common as that moth usually is on the hedges and black- 
thorn bushes bordering the Forest. 
It was not until collecting the imagines of usual summer 
species commenced that the scarcity was so marked, and toa 
beginner in this branch of natural history it could not but prove 
disheartening, and unless imbued with a considerable amount of 
perseverance and determination he would run the risk of 
abandoning a pursuit which appeared so unprofitable from a 
collector’s point of view. 
Having made up my mind, at the solicitation of a friend, to 
reside in one of the best parts of Epping Forest for some short 
time in May and beginning of June, we did so, and further 
resolved to do our best towards filling the blanks in our collec- 
tions. A few Cidaria suffumata, Anticlea derivata, and Odontopera 
bidentata were secured, and very few of such common insects as 
Panagra petraria, Cabera pusaria, &c. That which struck us as 
forming a most marked contrast with the prevailing scarcity was 
the abundance of Fidonia atomaria, which swarmed in every direc- 
tion. Platypteryx unguicula appeared, however, as usual. Among 
the Noctuz on the wing were Xylophasia rurea, X. hepatica, and a 
more than usual number of Erastria venustula; but on sugar the 
only one which put in an appearance was Gonoptera libatria. 
During our stay we visited that favourite collecting ground of 
the late Mr. Doubleday, viz., Ongar Park Woods, in search of 
Diurni, and there we found Argynnis euphrosyne on the wing in 
fairly large numbers, as also were Hesperia alveolus, H. tages, 
and Anthocharis cardamines. My friend secured a fine variety of 
Tephrosia biundularia. Macroglossa fuciformis was taken in good 
condition; and near the same locality, soon after, A. selene and the 
small Noctuas Phytometra enea and Huclidia mi were very plentiful. 
By the above remarks it will be seen that such insects as 
have arboreous larve were scarce, while those which fed during 
the previous autumn on or near the ground were fairly repre- 
sented. This scarcity of imagines of tree-feeding species, there- 
fore, must have been due to the high winds which prevailed 
during the autumn of 1881. 
