24 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



weather. On July 11th the butterfly was not so numerous, but it was 

 in good condition. Lycana arjon and Epinephele ianira were numerous 

 and fresh on that date in the Forest district ; and I should not forget 

 to say I had glimpses of E. tithonus in the Shotwick neighbourhood on 

 July 31st. On the Crosby sandhills, near Liverpool, August Ith, 

 Satyrus semele was common. The coloration of the specimens struck 

 me as being unusually rich, but perhaps this was owing to their un- 

 doubted freshness. Another thing I could not help noticing about 

 these Crosby 5. semele was the fact that they were not nearly so 

 skittish and difficult to capture as are specimens of the same species 

 on the rock-faces of North Wales and Novth Lancashire. I found 

 Leucoma salicis. on these sandhills as well, on the same date. 



Among moths I saw Lobophora carpinata (lobiilata) in Delamere 

 Forest from April loth to April 25th, at rest on palings and tree- 

 trunks, where it posed in flat contradiction to the doctrine of protective 

 resemblance. Tephmsia biuiuUdaria I first saw on April 25th, and the 

 species continued out until June 6th, when the specimens were getting 

 decidedly shabby ; I got a fine ashy-grey female with blackish wing- 

 sufifusions and bands on May 16th. From this interesting female I 

 have now a large progeny lying over the winter in the pupal state. 

 Panac/ra petraria seems to be a local moth in Delamere Forest ; it 

 was plentiful, though worn, on one particular bracken-covered spot, 

 June 6th. Eubolia plumbaria [pahaubaria) was fresh and abundant on 

 Hatchmere Heath on the same day, and I took a fine series of both 

 sexes to renew. Among the birches in the Forest Acidalia rcmntitria 

 and Cidaria corylata were also fresh, and plentiful enough. A nice 

 A. straminata var. circellata has already been recorded for July 11th 

 (Entom. xxxvi. 317). and, all being well, I mean to look out for this 

 little prize next season. Aspilates utrigiUaria was just appearing on 

 June 27th, but was represented throughout by smaller numbers than 

 I have observed in former years. I met with Anatta myrtilli on 

 July 4th to July 11th ; on the latter date both males and females, in 

 fine condition, were swept ofi" the tops of the heather. I recommended 

 the spot to my friend Mr. J. Thompson in September, and he went 

 there and obtamed a considerable number of larvae off the heather ; 

 these larvae a few days afterwards pupated. All the above are Dela- 

 mere Forest Lepidoptera, and the list was extended from October 3rd 

 to October 10th by Peronea ferriirjayia (beaten from birches), Ephippi- 

 phnra similana = himacukma, P. caledoniava (dark forms), Dictyopteryx 

 contaminana, and Plutella cruciferurum. 



I tried "assembling" with a fresh female Bomhyx qiiercns on the 

 Delamere heaths, July 11th, but the experiment was a total failure; 

 a few males were seen on the wing. 



Electric lamps were almost useless for attracting insects ; this is 

 not to be wondered at, for the latter are always most active in high 

 temperatures. A male Cossiis liyniperda was taken, June 23rd. I had 

 only two favourable nights — June 29th and July 10th. On the first date 

 Amphidasys betularia var. doiibledayaria, Dicranura vinnla, Plnsia p2(l- 

 chrina, and Habrostola triplasia were my best captures ; and on July 10th, 

 the heat being almost tropical, Uropteryx sambucaria, Pyralis nlancinaHs, 

 A. betularia var. doubledayaria, Nola cucidlatella, Caradrina alsines, Ma- 

 viestra sordida {anceps), Miana arcnosa, Acronycta nindcis, Bryophila 



