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P Lepidoptera at Market Deayton. — Following up my notes {ante., 

 pp. 269-271) I may add that insects since the middle of June have been 

 more numerous than I ever remember to have seen them before. On 

 June 20th an hour's walk in the woods produced nearly 50 Macaria 

 notata, whereas in ordinary seasons ten per hour is a fair average. 

 Unfortunately half of them were a little worn. On the 23rd, in another 

 wood, a couple of hours resulted in 40 Asthena sylvata, a dozen in a day 

 being my previous maximum. Venusia cambricaria and Eiqnthecia 

 dehiliata have been unusually numerous, as also Acidalia faniata. 

 Noctuids were abundant at sugar on the only two occasions tried, viz., 

 on June 20th, when Aplecta tincta was the most numerous species, and 

 again some three weeks ago when Xylophasia monor/lijpha'wa.s beginning 

 to swarm. Last Saturday, I tried a duplex lamp in a peat moss. 

 Acidalia immutata swarmed at it, but were a little worn, and among 

 others two Geometra papilioyuiria, one Leiocampa dictaeoides, and one 

 Drepana falcula were attracted, Noctuids only waltzed around without 

 coming within reach. Insects have come out well in the breeding- 

 cages, especially Cijmatophora daplaris and Notodonta dromedarias, also 

 Zonosoma porata, of which species every pupa produced an imago. 

 Some species are very late. Many larvae of Cncullia chamomillae are 

 now only about an inch in length ; those of Plusia iota and P. 

 pulchrina are unusually scarce, whilst those of Habrostola triplasia 

 are more abundant than usual and I secured ova. Two large black 

 examples of Amphidasys hetularia paired in the breeding-cage, and I 

 have now about 500 larvse feeding. — F. C. Woodforde, Market 

 Drayton. July 24:th, 1900. 



Lepidoptera in the Norfolk Broads. — I have just returned from 

 Norfolk, where I have made three short stays ; the first in mid-June 

 was not very productive, and Senta idrae, my chief quarry, was scarce, 

 as the nights were unfavourable to its flight. Arsilonche albovenosa, 

 Meliana flaininca, Spilosoma urticae, Leucania pudorina, Hydrelia mica, 

 Phibalapteryxliynata, &c., were the species that came to light. In the 

 first week of July thunderstorms so cooled the air that absolutely 

 nothing but gnats (of the most venomous kind and formidable size) 

 flew at dusk or to light. Hyria auroraria occurred by day, but the 

 wind was too high to make it worth looking for. The last visit at the 

 end of July and beginning of August produced some good nights, and 

 Leucania brevilinea, Lithosia mmcerda, Nonayria cannae (pupae) have 

 rewarded persistent working at last. — E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.E.S., 

 Myddelton House, Waltham Cross. Auyust dth, 1900. 



Lepidoptera in Westcombe Park. — Two species struck me as being 

 exceptionally abundant from July 20th-28th in Westcombe Park, I'l^., 

 Cyaniris aryiolm, second brood, which often flew about the waste ground 

 like Polyommatus icarus, and Hecatera serena, which came into the gas- 

 lights night after night. The beautiful little Pyralis Jimbrialis also 

 came in to light freely. — J. W. Tutt. 



Lepidoptera at Castle Moeeton. — The season here has been a 

 very late, but at the same time a fairly good one. Geometrids in June 

 were abundant, Minoa euphorbiata, Zonosoma omicronaria, and Asthena 

 luteata being much more common than usual, whilst such species as 

 Acidalia remittata and Asthena candidata were almost a nuisance. In 

 July insects came rather freely to light. It is perhaps worthy of note 

 that Cidaria dotata, usually scarce here, was abundant, whilst on the 



