276 THE extomolomst's record. 



the Scotch Tortricid, Coccijx cnsiitdjiJiorana, was obtained sparingly. 

 It has been taken in one wood here pretty regularly since 1893. It 

 seems to fly quite naturally in the morning sunshine, lictinia tnrin- 

 nana was to be had in plenty by searching the branches of young firs 

 in plantations. A little earlier, pupse were taken from the accumula- 

 tion of resin at the extremities of the branches. The flowers of Caltha 

 jxdustris yielded a plentiful supply of Microptcnj.r calthdla. M. .tcppdla 

 was swept on a weedy railway bank, and probably came from Veronica 

 cJuuiiaedri/n, which grew plentifully on the ground. A single M. man- 

 siietella was netted on the borders of a wood, and is a new record for 

 this district. The beautiful M. aureatella was abundant in most of 

 our woods. The locality for Stii/nionota dorsana — the before-mentioned 

 railway bank — was worked early in June, but only one example of this 

 desirable species was taken. S. jieiiepidana swarmed, and to detect a 

 superficially similar insect like S. dorsana among its numbers was well 

 nigh impossible. On the same ground, DicrurJuwiplui .satuniana and 

 D. Ju'iinisana were also met with, whilst Kpliiiipiphura hninnichiana 

 and Platyptilia [lonodactijla occurred among patches of Ttisailanu farfara. 

 Some nice examples of Knpoecilia macnhmina were disturbed and 

 netted from a bed of Aijiaidiis nutans in bloom. iJamjcera sidphun'Ua 

 was boxed off a fence. From the flowers of (Jardamine pratensis a few 

 Adda rufunitrdla were captured. Usually a scarce Geometrid here is 

 Pana(/ra petraria, but this June it was taken in some numbers by dis- 

 turbing the dead fronds of bracken, its food-plant, among which it 

 appears to have a predilection for resting. On rough meadow land, 

 Ephippipliora pjimiiana, L\ cirsiaita and (Th/pJn'jitt'n/.c ftisrociriddla were 

 much in evidence. The usual summer Noctuids came freely to sugar. 

 The abundance of Leucania coimiia and the appearance of Xulophasia 

 hepatica after an absence of some years, are perhaps the only things 

 which call for comment. After the middle of July sugar attracted but 

 little. During July Tortrix forstcrana was occasionally met with in 

 woods. In meadows Sericoris micana, S. urticana and Xanthosetia 

 haniana were more or less plentiful. In August I noticed Mdanthia 

 hicuhrata in considerable numbers on the banks of an alder-fringed 

 stream ; the 5 , as usual, was rare. By beating along hedge-rows 

 after sunset, Scardia arcella, Harpiptcri/.v .vylustdla and Catoptria cana, 

 were obtained, also (Kcophora fitsci'ncens and Vlnbalucera qnercana. 

 The moors in the south-east of the county were visited on two occa- 

 sions, and both outings were fairly successful. Wherever the heath 

 had been recently burnt l'Ji;/cis /^.sfrt was to be seen. The C^rambids 

 noted were ( '. si/lrelliis, (/oiicidctis, tristdlm, cuhndhis and itian/aritdlus. 

 Nomiipliila nocitidla was generally common. Those essentially moor- 

 land Tortricids, Tartri.r vihurniana and the lovely MLwdia adnddana 

 were common enough. Caraia paUidata was taken on both visits. 

 Single examples each of Afirotis af/athina and Calovawpm solidaiiinU 

 were picked up. Kupot'cilia awinstana swarmed. A search for Stilhia 

 anoinala, which was taken on this ground by Messrs. Wilkinson and 

 Britteu, did not meet with any success. "Dusking," in the same 

 district, produced Pcronca scludlerlana, aspcrsana and rarict/ana, and 

 Faedma mlandriana larvte were beaten very freely from birches ; 

 isolated, stunted bushes in damp parts of the moors being the most pro- 

 ductive. XotoiltDita dro malar ills was present in numbers. Lciocainpa 

 dicta I'D ides, Ijoplutpteryx caiudina, A-ipJialia flavivarjiis, Drcpana J'alca- 



