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that particular night, though the insect was fairly common at 

 sugar on other occasions. Several days were spent investigating 

 the large woods a few miles inland, but so far as Lepidoptera 

 were concerned the result was not very cheering. Burwell 

 woods yielded only Charceas graminis, Aeidalia hisetata, Hypsi- 

 petes sordidata, Nomophila noctuella, and Sphaleroptera ictericana. 

 A visit to the " Greasy Field," near Louth, in company with 

 Mr. C. S. Carter and Mr. Vincent Crow, two local entomologists, 

 in search of Melitcea aiirinia, which is recorded to occur there, 

 and from which the field takes its name, proved fruitless, no 

 signs of the presence of that insect being discernible, nor was a 

 second attempt on a subsequent day any more profitable. A 

 chalk-pit near by was carpeted with the yellow blossoms of 

 Hypericum perforatum, from which CatojJtera hypericaiia was 

 beaten out in considerable numbers. The following is a list of 

 the Lepidoptera observed at Theddlethorpe between July 1st and 

 August 3rd : — 



Nudaria senex. 

 Lithosia lurideola. 

 L. complana. 

 EucJielia jacobmoR. 

 Hepialus Jmnnili. 

 Odonestis potatoria. 

 I'hyatira derasa. 

 Cymatophoraoctogesima 

 Acronycta psi. 

 A, rwnicis. 

 Lcucania lithargyria. 

 L. comma. 

 L. impura. 



Calamia phraymitidis. 

 Tapinostola eiytiii. 

 Axylia putris. 

 Xylophasia rurea. 

 X. lithoxylea. 

 X. sublustris. 

 Neuria reticulata. 

 Cerigo matara. 

 Mamestra sordida. 

 M. albicolon. 

 M. brassicce. 

 Apamea basilinea. 

 A. gemina. 

 A. didyma. 

 Miana strigilis. 

 M. fasciuncida. 

 M. literosa. 

 M. bicoloria. 



M. arcuosa. 



C(i ra drina mo rpheas . 



C. alsines. 



C. taraxaci. 



C. qiiadripunctata. 



Rusina tenebrosa. 



Agrotis vestigialis. 



A. suffasa. 



A. segettim. 



A. exclamationis. 



A. corticea. 



A. triticL 



A. aquilina. 



Noctua augur. 



N. f estiva. 



N. rubi. 



Triphami hi terjecta. 



T. oibona. 



T. pronuba. 



Mania typica. 



Euplexia lucipara. 



Aplecta advena. 



Hadeiui oleracea. 



H. pi si. 



Plusia chrysitis. 



P. festuccB. 



P. iota. 



P. gatnnia. 



Cleora lirJieiiaria. 



Aeidalia dimidiata. 



A. dilutaria. 



A. immutata. ' 

 A. imitaria. 

 A. emarginata. 

 Cabera pusaria. 

 Larentia didyniata. 

 L. viridaria. 

 Eupithecia suhfulvata. 

 Melanthia- ocellata. 

 M. albicillata. 

 Melanippe sociata. 

 M. montanata. 

 M. Jiuctuata. 

 Cidfoia dotata. 

 Pelurga comitata, 

 Aglossa pinguinalis. 

 Pyralis glaucincdis. 

 Scoparia mereurella. 

 Herbula cespitnlis. 

 Seopula olivalis. 

 S. prunalis. 

 Crambus tristellus. 

 Homoeosoma nimbella. 

 H. nebulella. 

 Dictyopteryx Iceflingiana. 

 Aapis udmanniana. 

 Sericoiis lacunana. 

 Sciaphila coiispersatia. 

 S. vir(jaureana. 

 Sphaleroptera ictericana. 

 Catoptria hypericana. 

 Eupcccilia atricapitana. 



