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three other specimens of this in Bath. In a lane at Combe Down, on 

 the 10th, Cacoecia rosana was excessively abundant. Bryotropha 

 acaminafella occurred and Scapula jivKnalis was no rarity. About this 

 time Tinea seniifulrella and two specimens of Sphaleroptera ictericana 

 were found on a hawthorn hedge near the town. On the 12th, again 

 at Bathford, I Avafcched Seda (Macrofilossa) steUatarnm hovering at 

 flowers close to the ground and saw one or two Plusia gamma, twa 

 Harpipteryx xylostella in a bush, and took one Anacanipsis taeniolella. 

 Ancyliii comptana are freshly out in its second flight, and there were 

 manj^ Zyyaena tilipendulae on thistles and knapweed. Two specimens, 

 with each pair of spots confluent, were noticed, and one or two with 

 pink spots on the forewings and red hindwings. These latter had 

 probably been well washed by the rain on the forewings, while the 

 hindwings were tucked away safely beneath. At Combe Down 

 Cacoecia pndana, A. idmana, Tortrix heparana and J. ribeana came out 

 of the hedges, as well as Ehdea sambucalis and Hypena proboscidalis, 

 while Swatiuiierdammia lutarea was enjoying its afternoon flight over 

 the hedges. Mines of Lithocolleti^ spinicolfiUa (one bred) and Nejiticida 

 plagicolella were frequent on blackthorn. The afternoon of the 14th 

 was hot and sunny on the Bathford Down, and it was a day when the 

 Pyraiistidae enjoy themselves and the entomologists also. Pyrausta 

 purpuralis, Ennychia cinr/idata and E. nigrcUa were all flying together 

 over the short herbage and constantly settling on the various flowers. 

 After this day the weather became unsettled and somewhat roughs 

 On the 19fch, in a lane near the town, the appearance of two species 

 showed the progress of the year. Croesia Jwlmiana, and especially 

 Peronea imriegana were evidence that June was over. The specimen 

 of the latter species was of the form cirrana, and I have since seen the 

 white and grey, the ochreous and grey, and the form with the dark 

 blotch on the costa. In this lane there are a few bushes of Etiouywus 

 and Hyponowenta plunibellns occurs in the hedge, as it does in several 

 other parts of this district. On the London Road, be5'ond Bathford^ 

 a few he)inm,ene petiverella were found on the " weeds," among which 

 were one or two plants of Hyperictun, and from these a specimen of 

 Gracilaria aurogHttella was taken. This surprised me, as when I have 

 previously taken this species, as at Bos Hill and Clandon, it was 

 among great masses of the food plant. I saw one Melanthia pmcellata. 

 Clematis is everywhere abundant in the hedges here. On the 21st the 

 wind prevented things from flying, but the following were seen at 

 Conkwell, Oecopiiora fuscesceJis, Gracilaria aiiroguttella, Craiidxis in- 

 cjiiinatdliis, Poecilochroma corticana and Epiiiephele tithoiuis in rich 

 condition. On the 24th, at Combe Down, Eiipoecilia duhitana was 

 taken and a beautifully white CrambiiK perlellKn boxed. The next day, 

 in a walk near the town, I noticed several Bryophila perla, and came 

 across a bush of Pkillyrea media in a garden. This is a south 

 European plant belonging to the olive family, like ash and privet. I 

 mention it because Gracilaria ayringella had also found rt and was 

 mining in the leaves. On the 26th, at Bathampton, on a railway 

 bank, Ancylis liindana was on the wing in abundance and two Strenia 

 clathrata were flushed. The following day, at the foot of the Bathford 

 Down, under the shelter of bushes, I discovered some Nepticulid 

 mines in the lower leaves of Agrimonia eupatoriiun. All but one larva 

 had left the mines. These began as very fine galleries and ended in a 



