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of the country, probably at the same moment. There is no doubt 

 about it : the New Forest is suffering from the effects of two bad 

 seasons in succession, to say nothing of that "worthy" exterminator, 

 the "dealer," whose ranks there are daily increasing, much to the 

 dismay of the poor collector, who arrives with the idea of having good 

 sport, and gets nothing, except the proverbial "hump"; what little 

 there was had been wiped out. Leacophasia sinapis has not been seen 

 for some years, Apatura iris is gradually going, so also is ZygoRua 

 meliloti, and Limenitis sibijlla will be the next to disappear probably ; 

 hundreds of the larvae of this lovely species were grabbed by the 

 "dealer," and thousands of the imago go in like manner, so that it 

 stands to reason, if such unmerciful slaughter goes on, there will soon 

 be nothing left. I know of one instance myself this year where a 

 certain " dealer " was netting all the L. sihylla he could possibly lay his 

 hands on, and then retailing them to schoolboys, &c., at one halfpenny 

 each. 1 should not wonder if he retired this season. We did a little 

 larvse-beating, but the only species so obtained were three very small 

 Dasijchira pmlibunda and one Monia orion. I secured four small 

 larvffi of Acronycta leporina a few days before I left, from alder. 

 Sugaring once again was a failure ; the only insects that put in an 

 appearance were two Leucania lithaiyyra, four Thyatira derasa, one 

 Nola strigula (worn), a few Leucania turca, Calliycna miniata, and one 

 Gnophira quadra. On the other hand, dusking over heather and in the 

 bogs produced very fair results, and the following were taken, but only 

 in small numbers : — Acidalia straminata, A.aversata, Gnophos obscurata 

 (dark forms), Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Selidosema plumaria (males only), 

 Eupithecia nanata, Pachycnemia hippocastanaria, A. inornata, A. scutu- 

 lata, Leucania impudens (worn), L. impura, L. pallens, and Lithosia 

 mesomella. During the day some very nice Hyria muricata (auroraria) 

 were seen and captured, but they were more plentiful earlier in the 

 morning, at sunrise ; even then we only netted thirty in five journeys, 

 including one specimen quite purple all over. Lyccena mjon was in 

 some numbers, and very good in condition ; also Eubolia paUimbaria. 

 Leaving the heather, and entering the " rides " in the enclosures, the 

 following were noticed and captured: — Aryynnis paphia, Limenitis 

 Sibylla (neither of these species was swarming as in previous years), 

 var. valesina of A. paphia (seven seen, five captured), Epinephele titho- 

 nus, E. hyperanthus, and some larvae of Macroylossa fuciformis from 

 honeysuckle. On the railway-bank, Satyrus semcle were just coming 

 out, Hesperia tinea was in plenty, but just getting over, and three 

 Phytometra cenea (second brood) were taken. On our first evening's 

 sugaring (which produced nothing) one example each of Thyatira batis 

 and Plusia chrysitis were taken at bramble-blossom, and at about 

 10 p.m. I netted one Epione apiciaria. — A. J. Lawrance ; Anerley, S.E. 



OBITUAKY. 



We have heard with very great regret that Mr. J. H. Fowler, of 

 Ring wood, died on Aug. 11th last. A further notice will appear in our 

 October issue. 



