302 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Limenitis populi was fairly numerous, but vei\y difficult to catch. 

 I caught a worn female, however, sitting on a damp heap of mud, 

 and from her got several ova, which, to my great disappoint- 

 ment, dried up instead of hatching. Hardly any Lycsenidne were 

 noticed at all. Colias edusa and C. hyale had just made their 

 appearance at the time I left for England. 



For moths I employed three methods at various times — 

 dusking with a lantern and net, " sugaring," and light from my 

 bedroom window ; all these were attended with a certain amount 

 of success. By means of a light in my window I obtained the 

 following : — Lithosia lurideola, G^nestis {Gnophria) quadra (male 

 and female), Arctia cqja, Phragmatohia {Spilosoma) fuliginosa, 

 Zeuzera pyrina (male), Porthcsia chrysorrhcea {awriflua) , Malaco- 

 sonia (Bombyx) neustria, Odonestis potatoria, Pterostoma palpina, 

 Thyatira batis, Acronycta strigosa (were quite common, but un- 

 fortunately had begun to wear), Xyhphana hepatica, Mamestra 

 persicarice, Apamea oculea (didyma) (in many varieties), Miana 

 bicoloria, Hadena oleracea, Habrostola. tripartita (urticce), H. tri- 

 plasia, Plusia cJirysitis, P. gamma, P. iota, P. v-aureum, Cha- 

 riclca marginata. And of the Geometrse, Uropteryx sambucaria 

 (very abundant for a few nights only), Riimia lateolata, Selenia 

 biluiiaria {jaliaria), Boarmia gcnmiaria, Geometra papilionaria, 

 G. vernaria, Ilemithea strigata, Angerona prunaria {corylaria), 

 Acidalia ornata, Abraxas grossidariata, Hypsipetes sordidata 

 (eliUata), Scotosia diibitata, Cidaria dotata, C. fidvata, C. prunata 

 {ribesiaria) , Eubolia mensuraria. 



Sugaring, as is always the case, was very uncertain, but on 

 the whole I was fortunate in my choice of nights, and got the 

 following species : — Thyatira derasa, Cymatophora octogesima 

 (ocularis) — these I got only on one tree (a large poplar), probably 

 their food-plant; Acronycta psi, A. megacepliala, A. rumicis, 

 Leiicania impiira, L. pallcns, L. Uthargyria, Axylia putris, Xylo- 

 phaala sublustris, X. monoglypha, Cerigo matiira (cytherea) (very 

 dark specimens), Mamestra brassiccs, Caradrina ambigua, Noctua 

 plecta, N. ditrapezium, N. stigmatica (rhomboidea) , TriplicBna 

 iantkina, T. comes, T. pronuba, Amphipyra pyramidea, A. trago- 

 pogonis, Mania maura (I once counted six on the afore- 

 mentioned poplar), M. typica, Calymnia trapczina, C. p)yraUna 

 (in plenty), G. ajjinis, liuplexia lucipara, Aplecta ncbulosa, 

 Hadena oleracea, H. dentina, Gonoptera libatrix, and Catocala 

 nupta. 



While after butterflies during the daytime, I got Lasiocampa 

 querciis (males), and saw those of Satiirnia carpini ; I also got 

 Aconiia luctuosa, in bright sunshine, and Callimorpha hera. 



Of larvae or pupse I saw nothing, with the exception of a pupa 

 of G. libatrix in some willow-leaves, and some pupa of P. rapcc, 

 but I did not spend much time searching. Frequently, of 

 course, the same species turned up at sugar and light, but in 



