NOTES ON SEASON 1882. 83 
During a week’s stay in Sussex, near Eastbourne, at the end 
of June, we found the same scarcity repeated among Geometre 
in a marked degree, but such Diurni as should. be out at that 
time were tolerably plentiful. Argynnis selene had been very 
numerous, judging from the large number of worn specimens 
upon the wing, and Hesperia sylvanus was fully represented, and 
as quarrelsomeas usual. Melitea athalia, although not numerous, 
was still not scarce, and a good series fell to my net, and, 
probably, had the sun shone more frequently a larger number 
would have been visible; and I also learned that a little later on 
Argynnis adippe and Arge galathea were in abundance. Upon 
the Downs Lycena adonis, L. alsus, and L. alexis were on the 
wing, but not in large numbers, as the sunshine was very 
sparing. 
Among the Noctue at sugar we found, some in fair numbers 
and others abundant, the following: — Grammesia _trilinea, 
Leucania comma, Hadena dentina, Gonoptera libatrix, Agrotis 
exclamationis, Aplecta nebulosa, Thyatira batis, T. derasa, Miana 
strigilis, Xylophasia polyodon, &c.; but more sparingly Acronycta 
aceris, Cymatophora or, and Diphthera orion. Although among the 
Geometre we took Asthena sylvata, Angerona prunaria, Metro- 
campa margaritata, Timandra amataria, Boarma repandata, 
Tanagra cherophyllata, and others of common occurrence every- 
where, yet they were few and far between. 
During the summer, in the vicinity of London, I noticed that 
such Noctue as Agrotis segetum, Axylia putris, Noctua plecta, 
Miana strigilis, Mamestra persicarie, N. rubi, M. furuncula, 
Caradrina morpheus, M. brassice, Orthosia upsilon, X. lithoxylea, 
X. polyodon, and many other Noctuz whose larve feed on low- 
growing plants, and such of the Geometre as feed upon herbs, 
as Larentia didymata and Melanippe hastata, were nearly as 
numerous, and in some instances more so than in previous years. 
In observing these facts it leads me to the conclusion that a 
mild wet winter is not so destructive to such moths as pass the 
winter either as hybernated larvee underground, or well-protected 
pupe in a similar position. 
I agree fully with Mr. Kane in his remarks in the ‘ Entomo- 
logist’ (Entom. xy., p. 245; xvi., p. 53) that the paucity of 
such species whose larve feed on trees was due to the windy 
weather of 1881, and I concur in his belief that a mild winter 
