8 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



In the evening I was out for a short time, and took a few 

 X. hamana, one Scotosia vetulata, one A. incanaria and Gelechia 

 sequax ; and then the rain came down so heavily that I was 

 driven to my inn. 



Taking weather and everything into consideration, I think I 

 did a very good week's work. 



I have also taken at Witherslack this year E. rupicolana and 

 P. microdactylus among the Ewpatorium cannabinum, and two 

 Depressaria albipunctella, which were all new species to me ; also 

 larvae of Coleophora urilkinsoni, C. limosipennella, Micropteryx 

 sparmannella, E. pulchellata ; imagines of G. atrella, Crambus 

 falsellus, (Ecophora fuscescentella, Carsia imbutata, Schrankia 

 turfosalis, Rivula sericealis, &c. 



Breeding has not been a great success : — E. plumbeolata (a 

 few), E. pulchellata, E. venosata, E. distinctata (a few), E. absyn- 

 thiata, Dianthcecia capsophila, and a few common species of 

 Geornetrse and Tortrices, making up the sum total. 



I sincerely hope others have met with the same success in 

 collecting that I have. If they have not, all I can say is do not be 

 discouraged by your own want of success, and the melancholy 

 reports of brother unfortunates, but stick to Teucer's maxim, Nil 

 desperandum, and hope for a better harvest next year. 

 8, Winckley Square, Preston, August 30, 1883. 



LEPIDOPTERA AT NOTTINGHAM. 



By W. T. Wright. 



In giving a short review of the season, as regards Lepidoptera, 

 I cannot do better than take each month in succession from 

 February to August, inclusive, and enumerate my captures in 



each. 



I commenced collecting on February 21st, thinking that the 

 spring-like weather of the few days previous would no doubt 

 start the early species from their dormant state. My conjectures 

 proved to be correct, for Hybernia rupicapraria and H. progem- 

 maria were to be seen in abundance on the leafless twigs of the 

 hawthorn. But these few days of congenial weather soon came 

 to an end, and were followed by severe frosts and north-east 



