186 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Lycena egon (plentiful, but worn), B. repandata (three), 
Geometra papilionaria (two), Phorodesma bajularia (one), Me- 
lanippe unangulata (few), A. imitaria (few), Eubolia mensuraria 
(few), it will be seen that species are so scarce where they should 
be plentiful, that I trust some of our more experienced entomo- 
logists will give their opinions upon it. — H. JoBson, Jun.; 3, 
Clarendon Road, Walthamstow, July 24, 1883. 
Norres on THE Season. — I should like to record that up to 
to the present I consider that the season, so far as Micro- 
Lepidoptera is concerned, has been a good one. I have been 
successful in taking Coccya pygmeana and Mixodia bouchardana 
again this season, as well as many other rare Tortrices. Among 
the 'Tinez I have bred a fine long series of Psyche inconspicuella 
and Coleophora inflatella, all from the county of Surrey. Among 
the Macro-Lepidoptera I have taken a great many of the larva of 
the red variety of T’eniocampa gracilis, but I am sorry to say that 
about ninety per cent. are ichneumoned. In fact, parasites of 
Lepidoptera are very plentiful everywhere this year, both in and 
out of my breeding-cages. — CHARLES BopEN; 228, Bermondsey 
Street, S.E., July 17, 1883. 
CaptTuRES AT DoGwoop FrLowERs.—The dogwood, or common 
cornel, is not included by either Green or Knaggs in their lists 
of plants whose flowers are attractive to moths. Possibly, there- 
fore, it may be of interest to some readers of the ‘ Entomologist’ 
to know that, on the evening of June 29th, my brother and I 
found moths swarming to the blossoms on Wimbledon Common. 
So plentiful were they that we remained at one shrub the whole 
time, and caught as fast as we could bottle. The atmospherical 
conditions were very favourable: a heavy thunderstorm passed 
over London an hour or two later. ‘The following species were 
captured :—Jodis lactearia, Cabera exanthemaria, Larentia pecti- 
nitaria, Leucania impura, Axylia putris, Apamea unanimis, Jliana 
strigilis (black var.), Miana areuosa, Agrotis exclamationis, 
A. corticea, Noctua augur, N. festiva, and Hadena geniste.— 
F. J. Bucket; 316, Upper Street, Islington, N., July 11, 1883. 
VANESSA CARDUI IN Kent.—My friend Mr. Biggs, who has 
been staying at Ramsgate during the past three weeks, observed 
this species in great abundance during the whole period. One 
was seen seven miles out at seaa—'T. Expire; 40, Goldsmith 
Row, Hackney Road, London, E. 
