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ings we tried dusking in the lanes, but only obtained a few species, in- 

 cluding Hepialus humuli, H. velleda, Diantkcecia capsincola, D. cucubali. 

 several Plusias, Gnophos obscuraria, &c. We bad one ratber exciting 

 evening's sugaring at Eel Tarn, in Eskdale. This is a small lake 

 about eigbt hundred feet above sea-level, lying amongst the hills to 

 the north of the ' Woolpack Inn ' at Boot, and is surrounded by a 

 " sheep-fence " formed of posts about four feet higb, supporting wire 

 netting with barbed wire running along the top. As the wire netting 

 had been fastened on tbe outside of the posts, we were obliged to get 

 over in order to spread tbe sweets, and found the ground was 

 extremely wet and spongy. After dark it was very difficult to pick 

 one's way between the bog-holes, and before long both of us went into 

 water up to our knees. I also managed to gouge a piece out of my 

 hand on the barbed wire. To add to our discomfort it turned out a 

 wet evening, and a tbick mist came down, so that we should have bad 

 some difficulty in finding our way back, had we not taken one of the 

 men from tbe inn as our guide. The bag was a poor one, only Noctua 

 f estiva, and one or two dark Hadena pisi and H. thalassina being taken; 

 but Phryganea varia swarmed on every post. On the way up we took 

 one or two Hepialus velleda just before dusk, flying amongst bracken, 

 and previously we bad captured a few Crambus margaritellus on the 

 edge of the lake. We found only one Larentia ccesiata, resting on a 

 rock at about a thousand feet on tbe hills opposite Boot, and a few 

 Mixodia schulziana. 



With the kind assistance of Eev. E. N. Bloomfield we have been 

 able to name the following Diptera of those taken : — Tipula scripta, 

 female (Eskdale): Thereva nobilitata (St. Bees); Chilosia illustrata, 

 abundant in places on railway bank at St. Bees ; Syr pirns albostriatus 

 and S. ribesii; Volucella bombylans, Eristalis arbustorum (these four 

 species at St. Bees) ; Xylota seynis (Eskdale). 



Amongst the Hymenoptera I captured a male Cilissa leporina, the 

 identification of whicb has been confirmed by Mr. Edward Saunders. 

 I do not think think this species is often taken so far north, as all the 

 localities given in Mr. Saunders's book are in the southern and 

 eastern counties. 



Of the Neuroptera taken may be mentioned Panorpa germanica, of 

 which we obtained some strongly marked specimens at the foot of 

 Hardknot Pass. 



The following is a list of all the Lepidoptera observed, St. Bees 

 being the locality unless otherwise stated : — Argynnis aglaia, Satyrus 

 semele, Epinephele janira, E. tithonus, Canonympka pampkilus, Polyom- 

 matus phlceas, Lycana icarus, Zygaana filipendultB, Nudaria mundana, 

 Hepialus humuli, H. velleda (and at Eskdale), (Jdonestis potatoria, Leu- 

 cania conigera, L. lithargyria, Axylia putris, Xylophasia lithoxylea, X. 

 monoglypha, Charceas graminis, Cerigo matura, Mamestra sordida (Esk- 

 dale), M. furva, M. brassicce, Apamea basilinea, A. didyma, Miana 

 strigilis, M. fasciuncula, M. literosa, Caradrina morpheus, C. alsines, C. 

 taraxaci C. quadripunctata, Agrotis segetum, A. exclamationis, Noctua 

 plecta, N. c-nigrum, N. f estiva, N. rubi, N. umbrosa, N. baja, N. xantlio- 

 grapha, Triphcena orbona, T. pronuba, Amphipyra tragopogonis, Miana 

 typica, Diantkcecia capsincola, D. cucubali, Euplexia lucipara, Aplecta 

 nebulosa (Eskdale), Hadena dentina, H. oleracea, H. pisi (Eskdale), 



