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to the collector is a red ichneumon ; a friend labels it, with a 

 query, Ophion. This insect is a little larger than a wasp, and 

 possesses a sharp and down-curved sting or ovipositor, which it 

 can use in a very unpleasant manner. I have often small lumps 

 the size of a pea, and more, raised on the back of my hands by 

 these creatures, although the pain is by no means equal to the 

 sting of a wasp or bee. The ichneumon gets into the lamps, or 

 buzzes outside by the dozen, and seems to angrily resent all 

 intrusion. The whole scene reminds one of the early Greek and his 

 moral, viz., that these seductive lights are as fatal to the insect 

 tribes as the sinful pleasures of this world are to women and to 

 men. I will now append a list of Chester captures. Those 

 marked with an asterisk are rare : — 



January. — Cheimatobia brumata, Hybernia defoliaria, Phigalia pedaria, 

 I ' pilosaria). 



February. — H. rupicaprcria, H. marginaria (progemmaria), P. 

 pedaria. 



March. — Selenia bilunaria (illunaria), P. pedaria, Anticlea badiata, 

 Anisopteryx ascularia, H. rupicapraria, H. marginaria, Eupithecia abbre- 

 viata. 



April. — S. bilunaria, H. marginaria, A. ascularia, A. badiata, Triphosa 

 dubitata. 



May. — S. bilunaria, A. badiata, Melanippe fiuctuata, Cidaria suffumata. 



June. — A. badiata, Coremia unidentaria, Melanippe montanata, M. 

 fiuctuata, Timandra amataria, Camptogramma bilineata, Cabera pusaria, 

 Acidalia aversata with var. remutata, Rwnia luteolata {cratcegata), Caradrina 

 quadripunctata (cubicularis), Arctia menthastri, A. lubricipeda, Triphana 

 promiba, Agrotis exclamationis, A. segetum, Leucania comma, Scapula 

 olivalis. 



July. — Phorodesma pustulata* (bajularia), by Mr. J. Lyon Denson, 

 Chester; TJropteryx sambucaria, A. aversata with var., A. inornata, C. 

 exanthemata, Geometra papilionaria, Abraxas grossulariata, S. illunaria 

 var. juliaria, Cidaria fulvata, Metrocampa margaritaria, Iodis lactearia, 

 Camptogramma bilineata, Phibalapteryx vittata (lignata), Arctia caia, Liparis 

 similis [aurifiua), L. pallens, L. conigera,* Noctua augur,-'- N. plecta, 

 Mamestra brassica, M. anceps,* Xylophasia monoglypha (polyodon), Gram- 

 mesia trigrammica* var. bilinea, C. morpheus. C. alsines,* Luperina cespitiz, 

 Plusia gamma, P. iota,* Hepialis humuli (?), Ebulea sambucalis, Perinephele 

 lancealis, CEdematophorus lithodactylus, Scopula prunalis, S. lutealis, 

 Zanclognatlia tarsipennalis, Diurnea fagella, Lemnatophila phryganella, 

 Tortrix viburnana, T. rosana, Teras contaminana, Platyptilia yonodactyla, 

 Crambus tristellus. 



August. — G. papilionaria, Pseudoterpna pruinata {cytisaria), Hypsipetes 

 sordidata (elutata), the dark form ; A. grossulariata, Epione apiciaria, Cro- 

 callis elinguaria, Eugonia alniaria (tiliaria), Cidaria truncata (russata), 

 Coremia unidentaria, C. designata (propugnata), M. fiuctuata, C. pusaria, 

 Eubolia limitata (mensuraria), E. cervinata, Boarmia repandata, T. dubitata, 

 C. aversata, S. illunaria var. juliaria, Halia vauaria (ivavaria), Neuronia 

 popularis, L. testacea, Noctua rubi, L. cespitis, L. pallens, A. caia, Ancho- 

 celis lunosa, Orthosia lota, Calymniapyralina,* C. trapezina, Bryophila perla 



