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common. Miselia oxyacantlm, occasionally. Agriopis aprilina, not common, 

 Euplexia lucipara, sometimes common. Phlogophora meticulosa, occasion- 

 ally, but not common. Aplecta prasina, A. occulta, A. tincta, has been 

 taken here, but not common. Hadena adusta, very common; H. glauca, 

 not common ; H. dentina, common, mostly on the coast; H. oleracea, com- 

 mon everywhere ; H.pisi, fairly common, the larva is found commoner than 

 the insect ; H. thalassina, not common ; H. rectilinea, sometimes common, 

 but has been scarce this year. Calocampa vetusta, C. exoleta, common in 

 spring and autumn. C. solidaginis, common at rest on trunks of fir trees, 

 and also comes freely to sugar. Cucullia umbratica, not common. 

 Gonoptera libatrix, very local, and not common. Habrostola tripartita, 

 common. Plusia chrysitis, common amongst nettles; P. bractea, rare; 

 P. festuccB, rare ; P. pulchrina, common ; P. gamma, common in spring 

 and autumn ; P. interrogationis, sometimes common. Anarta myrtilli, 

 flies commonly when the sun shines. Chariclea umbra, rare. Phytometra 

 viridaria, occasionally. I have been informed of one Catocala fraxini, 

 taken at sugar in Aberdeen about the end of September this year. Rumia 

 luteolata, common everywhere. Metrocampa margaritaria, common and 

 local. Ellopia prosapiaria, also common and local. Selenia bilunaria, 

 common. Odontopera bidentata, common. Crocallis elinguaria, common. 

 Boarmia gemmaria, very common. Gnophos obscuraria, local and not 

 common. Geometra papilionaria, common, but local ; I have not taken 

 this species myself. Acidalia aversata, common, but local. Cabera 

 pusaria, also common, but local. Macaria liturata, occasionally. Scodiona 

 belgiaria, scarce. Fidonia carbonaria, rare. Ematurga atomaria, common. 

 Bupalus piniaria, very common. Abraxas grossidariata, common in gardens. 

 Gheimatobia brumata, C. boreata, common. Oporabia dilutata, common ; 

 0. autumnaria, not common. Larentia didymata, L. multistrigaria, 

 L. casiata, L. viridaria, always common. Emmelesia albulata, common 

 along the coast ; E. minosata, not common. Eupithecia oblongata, 

 common; E. satyrata v. callunaria, common, but local; E. indigata, also 

 local ; E. nanata, E. vulgata, E. lariciata, common ; E. pumilata, common, 

 but local. Thera variata, common ; T. firmata, not common. Hypsipetes 

 ruberata, rare ; H. trifasciata, fairly common, but local ; H. sordidata, 

 common everywhere. Melanthia bicolorata, common, butlocal ; M.ocellata, 

 common. Melanippe sociata, common ; M. montanata, M. fluctuata, also 

 very common. Anticlea nigrofasciaria, rare. Coremia munitata, common ; 

 C. designata, scarce. Camptogramma bilineata, common everywhere. 

 Cidaria miata, occasionally; C. truncata, C. immanata, C. suffumata, 

 C. silaceata, C. prunata, C. testata, C. populata, C.fulvata, C. dotata, 

 always common. Eubolia limitata, common; E. plumbaria, common, but 

 local. Anaitis plagiata, common. Chesias spartiata, common ; 0. rufata, 

 not common. Tanagra atrata, common along the coast. I have not yet 

 done much in collecting Micro-Lepidoptera here, but I intend to work these 

 next year, and hope to be able to give a good report of the species that occur 

 here. — L. G. Essox ; 46, North Charlotte Street, Aberdeen, N. B. 



Hypsipetes sordidata (== elutata). — It would be interesting if ento- 

 mologists, working districts where both the sallow and bilberry forms of this 

 species occur, would make notes of the times of appearance of each form. 

 In North Devon, I noticed that the smaller specimens, whose larva3 feed 

 on bilberry, had passed their zenith before the larger, sallow-feeding speci- 



