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by Mr. Morley (Ent. Fu'c, ante'., p. 186). Eggs of the species were 

 found here, and in south Devon, laid upon holly twigs on which they 

 are deposited far more indiscriminately than those of the second brood 

 on the ivy-umbels, the base of the calyx being chosen, however, in 

 most cases. The older larvae, it was found, were just as well content 

 to eat the young leaves at the top of the holly- spray, as to mine out 

 the contents of the green berries, but, in my experience, the leaves of 

 the ivy are never touched, either in captivity or at large, by the larvfe 

 of C. an/iolns. The butterflies of the second brood are again (Aug 14th) 

 very common hereabouts. — Ibid. 



:ig|OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Lepidoptera at Selby and Bpjghton. — Up to date (June 5th), 

 everything has been very late and I have done little collecting. I have 

 seldom seen Tteniocampids so scarce as they were this spring, and here 

 I had but one night, not a favourable one, and only got two dark 

 Taeniocampa opima. The nights have been so persistently cold that 

 searching and sweeping for larvfe have been really disappointing work. 

 Aijrotis aijathina are very backward, and I have had hard work to fulfil 

 promises to some of my friends. On May 8th I went for ten days' 

 holiday to Brighton, intending to work some of my old Sussex 

 localities. However, the weather effectually stopped that, as it was 

 bitterly cold with a fierce north-east wind and leaden sky the whole 

 time, and beyond getting a few larvae of Sesia asiliformis from oak 

 stumps, I did literally nothing. Since my return I have been 

 diligently searching for our dark form of Cmpidia menyanthidis, 

 but at present have only taken three, and a few Eupithecia 

 indigata. On Saturday I spent a long day at Bishop's Wood with 

 Messrs. Porritt and Tunstall. Here again we found everything very 

 backward — Lomaspilis mcm/inata and Acidalia remntata were only just 

 out, and neither Cidaria silaceata nor Melanthia albicillata were to be 

 seen. Larv£e were scarce and small, and we failed to get either 

 Taeniocampa popnleti or Tethea suhtusa, indeed, I never saw the wood so 

 destitute of insect life at this time of the year. Adela viridella was the 

 only species really abundant. Larvae of Cleoceris viminaUs were fairly 

 plentiful in shoots of sallow, but many of these were still quite small. 

 — (Rev.) C. D. Ash, B.A., Skipwith Vicarage, Selby. June 5t/i, 1900., 



Lepidoptera at Market Drayton and in North Wales. — 

 Following up my notes (ante., p. 188) there appears at present to be 

 every prospect of an abundant season, though insects are very lute, 

 some remarkably so, while a few only have been up-to-date. Taenio- 

 campa r/otJiica in a fresh state on May 23rd, Anticlea hadiata on May 

 30th, and Calocampa exnleta on June 5th, are very unusual as far as 

 my experience goes. Kola cristulalis (confnsalis) was fairly numerous 

 on oak-trees on May 23rd-24th, and five Macaria notata showed 

 themselves. On June 1st I went into North Wales. A visit to the 

 Anthvocera ininoa colony on the 2nd produced no result, and another 

 visit on the 8th only produced two specimens, but a third visit on the 

 13th showed them in large numbers. The weather was very disap- 

 pointing, cold on the whole and frequently very windy. Sesia 

 philanthifurmis [inmciformis) was not flying during the first week, 

 but I found a considerable number of pupte by examining the 



