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found me at Bishop Wood, Selby, to meet the Eev. CD. Ash and Dr. 

 Cassal. Mr. Hewett appearing also made up a quartette, chiefly in 

 quest of Pachnobia leucorirapha. The sallow bushes here are mostly 

 very large and high, really trees in one or two instances, standing 

 about fifteen feet from the ground, which makes the use of large 

 sheets a necessity. Umbrellas and trays are of little use. The four 

 of us combined our sheets, Avhich made a good display, and we were 

 able to have them in the most suitable positions. The first shake at 

 dusk brought down lots of moths, but by no means so great a number 

 as I have seen on the sheets on such an apparently favourable night. 

 P. li'ueoijraplia was in fine condition, Taeniocampa f/racilis scarce, as it 

 usually is with us, T. pojjuleti rather scarce and in poor condition, and 

 little beside. The other bushes were all tried in turn, and in the end 

 our united bag of P. leiicof/rapha appeared to be twenty-four, which 

 was considered a poor one. On the evening of the 27th I went again 

 to the wood, this time alone. The night was warm, and long before 

 dusk the trees were alive Avith moths, which, however, were difficult 

 to box, as they rose up very soon after falling on the sheets, but 

 the result of the night's work was very good — between 40 and .50 P. 

 leiicof/rapha, and a lovely pink T. (/racilis, the first I have netted alive 

 in my collecting experience. T. opima was present, but only one 

 specimen was taken. I followed up my success by going again the 

 next night, but I was not so fortunate, although I had a fairly good 

 time. P. leucoijraplui Avas most abundant, and another T. opima fell 

 into the sheet in response to the repeated shakings of my boy 

 assistant, who had to climb the tree to shake with effect. — S. Walker, 

 York. April 21th, 1900. 



Lyndhuest and Bournemouth. — Everything has been very back- 

 ward this spring. I spent from April 12th-17th at Lyndhurst, but 

 only took a few Taenioccunpa miniosa, Panolis pinipjerda and Xijlina 

 socia, at sallows (one of the latter of which has laid a few eggs), with 

 a few larvae of Cleora (jlahraria and C. lichenaria, by beating. 

 Tephrosia bistortata also was found on larch trees. Since my return I 

 have taken several TepJirosia cyepuscularia (Inundularia) on larch, but 

 I never knew the two species to occur at the same time in any 

 numbers. — (Major) E. B. Eobertson, Forest View, Southborne Eoad, 

 Boscombe. April SOtJt, 1900. 



Eeadinct. — I am pleased to say this season has opened fairly well. 

 The lamps produced during February and March Hybernia riipica- 

 praria, H. marginaria [profiemiiuiria) and Anisopteri/x aescularia in abmi- 

 dance, and there were quantities of Hybernia leiicophaearia on trunks 

 and palings throughout February. Nyssia Mspidaria was very scarce on 

 oaks in early March. On March 13th a few Cymatophorafiavicornis 

 were found on the birch stems, and on March 17th I sugared for Dasy- 

 campa ntbiyinea and got two males only ; plenty of Tephrosia bistortata 

 were found on the larch trunks on April 3rd, and I may here remark 

 that Major Eobertson's record (sitprci) of T. crepiiscnlaria seems 

 very early, I have never taken it here before May 10th. Amongst my 

 T. bistortata this year are some very light ones, laardly to be separated 

 from true T. crepuscularia (biundularia). I have never seen an early T. 

 crepuscidaria ^\ith T. bistortata, but have taken late T. bistortata with 

 T. crepuscularia many times. On April 12th I took a female Endramis 

 versicolora, and imagines also appeared in the breeding-cage a few days 



