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Captures at Sugar.—During August and September I 
captured the following insects at sugar in this locality :— 
Thyatira derasa, several; Cymatophora diluta, commonly ; 
Leucania conigera and Nonagria fulva, a few; Hydreecia 
nictitans, commonly; H. micacea, a few; Cerigo cytherea, 
commonly; Apamea fibrosa, two; Agrotis puta, very abun- 
dantly; A. aquilina, commonly; A. ravida, commonly ; 
A. pyrophila, several; Triphena fimbria and T. interjecta, 
common (the latter particularly so); Xanthia citrago, 
X. cerago, and X. silago, commonly; Xanthia gilvago and 
Cirreedia xerampelina, several ; Tethea subtusa, four; Cosmia 
diffinis and C. affinis, extremely common; Polia flavocincta, 
two; Heliothis armiger, one ; Catocala nupta, several. They 
were all taken in the same locality, the sugar being laid upon 
sixteen trees in a road facing a wood.—A. J. Spiller ; 
Stanslead, Bishops Stortford. 
Captures at Sugar: Xanthia aurago, Epunda lutu- 
lenta, &éc.—I commenced sugaring early in June; but until 
September with little or no success, the result being nearly 
always the same,—“ a beggarly account of empty boxes.” In 
September, however (which was here a month of most 
glorious weather), things changed for the better; and as the 
species I took are somewhat local I think them worth 
recording :—September 13th, one Epunda lutulenta (female) ; 
17th, two Xanthia aurago; 18th, four E. lutulenta (two males 
and two females) and three X. aurago (including a very 
beautiful variety, the median portion of the fore wings being 
so thickly sprinkled with crimson-purple scales as almost to 
obliterate the usual orange; this colour is quite distinct from 
the ferruginous purple bands at the base and hind margins) ; 
22nd, one X. aurago; 24th, three X. aurago, one E. lutulenta, 
one Agriopis aprilina, and one Calocampa exoleta. It is 
rather strange, but in this particular locality X. aurago is 
more abundant than either Xanthia cerago or X. silago. I 
omit all reference to the “ignobile vulgus,” such as Ancho- 
celis litura, A. lunosa, A. pistacina, &c., which were only of 
too common appearance.—Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Alresford, 
Hants, 
Caplures at Newton Abbot.—I have received a very fine 
specimen of Xylina semibrunnea, and also a specimen of 
Sphinx Convolvuli (taken in a stable, dead), from Bagtor, a 
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