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out horribly cold, aud one Anisopteryx (Bscularia was the only insect seen. 

 On the 26th it was again beautifully warm and fine, and a walk to Chisle- 

 hurst in the afternoon produced nine A. ascularia and one Hybernia 

 progemmaria. A crippled specimen of Aniphidasys prodromaria was bred. 

 Xylocampa Uthorhiza and Cerastis vaccinii were the only insects noticed at 

 Bexley on the '29th. Smermthus popuH, Notodonta trepida, Halias 

 prasinana, Asphalia ridens, Amphidasys betularia, and Lomaspilis margi- 

 nata emerged during the month from pupae kept in a warm room. 



Common larvae swarmed in the hedges during May. Imagines were, 

 however, scarce till nearly the end of the month. On the 3rd I went down 

 to Orpington for about two hours, walking from there to Chelsfield railway 

 station. Tiny "loops" were abundant, Uropteryx sambucaria, Abraxas 

 grossulariata, Cheimatobia brumata, Hybernia aurantiaria, and Physelia 

 oxyacanth(B being noticed. On the 7th we took another afternoon walk to 

 Chislehurst aud Paul's Cray, obtaining Drepana falcataria and larvae of 

 Cerastis vaccinii, Orthosia lota, Xanthia cerago, and Hypsipetes elutata. 

 Larvae of Arctia caia and Abraxas grossulariata were now abundant in the 

 garden. On the afternoon of the 24th my sister and I walked to Chisle- 

 hurst, taking Tephrosia pimctulata aud larvae of Orthosia lota. The 28th 

 I spent at Hayes, Keston, and West Wickham. The weather looked very 

 unpromising when we started, but about 10.30 the suu came out, and it 

 became beautifully warm. Palings yielded Tephrosia crepuscularia [? biun- 

 dularia), T. punctulata, Anticlea derivata, and Hadena genistce, one of the 

 latter having the hot sun full on it. Fidonia atomaria was very abundant, 

 especially on West Wickham Common. A very fine male of F.piniaria 

 was beaten from pine, and Cilix spinula (glaucata) from hawthorn. Larvae 

 were abundant, and included the following : Oporabia dilutata, Himera 

 pennaria, Hemithea thyiniaria, Riimia luteolata, Epunda viminalis, and 

 many others. We were rather surprised at taking one larva of Eupithecia 

 sobrinata on the only juniper seen, a very small bush. 



Our old collecting ground at Bexley was visited on June 4th. Euchlo'e 

 cardamines (male), Argyrmis euphrosyne, Lycana argiolus (worn), Pieris 

 brassiccB, P. rapm, and P. napi were seen ; and about 7 p.m., at a small 

 place which consists of a " pub " and a few cottages, and rejoices in the 

 name of Puddle Dock, two specimens of Cynthia [Vanessa) cardiii were 

 careering madly round a haystack, more wily than ever in their old age. 

 Turning to the moths, a specimen of Spilosoma mendica was beaten from 

 oak, and a few Ephyra punctaria and one E.porata from birch. Tephrosia 

 punctulata (oak-trunks), Melanippe montanata, and Cidaria corylata [owe] 

 were noticed, whilst Venilia maculata was flying freely in tiie sunshine. 

 Asthena candidata was very abundant on the borders of the wood at dusk. 

 Treacle only produced Gonoptera libatrix (three) and one Dipterygia 

 pinastri. A most enjoyable week-end at Shoreham (June lOth to 11th) 

 was our next expedition. A male Euchlo'e cardamines was seen immedi- 

 ately on leaving the station. The three Pierids, Ccenonymyha piamphilus, 

 LyccBna icarus, Hesperia sylvanus, H. thaumas, and Syrichthus malvcB were 

 all more or less plentiful. A few Thecla riibi and one Lyccena alsiis were 

 also seen. Among a host of commoner moths Bapta taminata was beaten 

 in some numbers, and was much more plentiful than B. temerata. Fidonia 

 piniaria, Thera variata, Larentia pectinitaria, &c., were also taken. On 

 the 11th a rather curious thing happened. Whilst my father was beating 

 a yew-tree, he saw something drop which he at first thought to be a pebble, 

 but on picking it up he found it was an egg of the gold-crest ; the nest was 



