18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



pratense,, of which the imago is common in the fen. Maybe I did 

 not go the light way to work. I have not time to take entomology 

 as seriously as I should wish, but I should like to know where I 

 went wrong. — Harold Hodge ; 9, Highbury Place. 



Lepidopteba attracted to Light. — The following is a list 

 of Lepidoptera taken at light last year in a room lit by two 

 acetylene lights. The dates are the earliest on which each species 

 was observed; — Smerinthus popidi (two), May 13th and 22nd; 

 Euchelia jacobcece, May 13th ; Spilosoma mendica, May 14th ; 

 S. lubricipeda, June 5th; S. menthastri, May 4th; Hepialus 

 hqmlinus, Aug. 20th ; Porthesia auriflua, Aug. 7th ; Dasychira 

 pudibunda, May 4th ; Poecilocampa populi, Nov. 18th ; Drepana 

 lacertinaria, May 15th and Aug. 7th ; D. falcataria, Aug. 14th ; 



D. binaria, May 4th; Cilix spinula, May 4th and Aug. 7th; Dicranura 

 bifida, June 17th ; Pterostoma palpina, May 4th and Aug. 14th ; 

 Lophopteryx camelina, May 4th and Aug. 7th ; Notodonta dictceoides, 

 Aug. 8th ; Glostera reclusa, April 20th ; Diloba ccerideocephala, 

 Oct. 20th; Acronycta psi, May 4th; Leucania lithargyria, June 30th; 

 L. comma, June 7th ; L. impura, June 30th ; L. pattens, June 30th ; 

 Tapinostola fulva, Sept. 16th ; Hydrozcia nictitans, Aug. 10th ; H. 

 micacea, Sept. 4th ; Axylia putris, June 8th ; Xylophasia rurca, 

 May 30th ; X. lithoxylea, June 8th ; X. monoglypha, June 17th ; 

 Neuronia popularis, Aug. 27th ; Cerigo cytherea, Aug. 10th ; Luperina 

 cespitis, Sept. 5th ; Mamestra sordida, June 14th ; Apamea didyvia, 

 Aug. 6th ; Miana strigilis, June 7th ; M. fasciuncida, May 30th ; 

 Grammesia trigrammica, May 22nd ; Caradrina morpheus, June 7th ; 

 C. bland a, June 10th ; Rusina tenebrosa, June 7th ; Agrotis puta, 

 Aug. 7th; A. segetum, July 6th ; A. exclamationis, June 3rd ; A. cor- 

 ticea, June 29th ; Noctua plecta, June 17th ; N. festiva, July 3rd ; 

 N. rubi, June 26th ; jV. umbrosa, Aug. 16th ; N. xanthographa, 

 Aug. 16th ; Triplwna ianthina, Aug. 16th ; T. comes, Aug. 30th ; 

 T. pronuba, June 30th ; Amphipyra tragopogonis, July 29th ; Tcenio- 

 campa gotluca, April 10th ; Orthosia lota, Sept. 28th ; Anchocelis 

 pistacina, Sept. 27th ; A. lunosa, Sept. 4th; Cerastis vacinii, Oct. 21st; 

 C. spadicea, Sept. 23rd ; Scopelosoma satellitia, Nov. 1st ; Xanthia 

 citrago, Sept. 4th ; X. flavago, Sept. 16th ; X. fcrruginea, Oct. 6th ; 

 Calymnia diffinis, July 10th ; Dianthoscia capsincola, May 30th ; 

 Miselia oxyacanthce, Oct. 21st ; Hadena dentina, May 20th ; Xylo- 

 campa lithoriza, May 4th ; Cucullia umbraiica, June 17th; Plusia 

 chrysitis, June 30th ; P. moneta, June 19th ; P. gamma, May 23rd ; 

 Catocala nupta, Sept. 14th ; Ourapteryx sambucaria, June 30th ; 

 Epione apiciaria, Aug. 14th ; Rumia luteolata, May 6th ; Angerona 

 prunaria, July 7th ; Metrocampa margaritaria, June 17th ; Eurymene 

 dolobraria, June 7th ; Pericallia syringaria, July 5th ; Selenia bilu- 

 naria, May 5th ; S. lunaria, May 30th ; Odontopera bidentata, May 

 3rd ; Crocallis elinguaria, Aug. 14th ; Ennomos alniaria, Aug. 15th ; 



E. erosaria, Sept. 14th ; Himera pennaria, Sept. 21st ; Ilemcrophila 

 abruptaria, May 3rd ; Boarmia repandata, June 17th ; B. gemmaria, 

 June 30th ; B. roboraria, June 30th ; Tephrosia biundidaria, May 15th ; 

 Gcometra papilionaria, July 10th; Iodis lactearia, June 17th; Ephyra 

 porata, May 4th; Acidalia scutulata, July 2nd; A. subsericeata, 



