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evening, then worked with the net down the left side of the Vale. Took 

 Melanippe montanata and Camptogramma bilineata. Nearly trod upon a 

 larva of Odonestis potatoria, which was requisitioned. Examined the 

 treacle, — result, nothing ! June 21st. — Went to the Abbey de Valle 

 Crucis. The curator remembered Ashworth, but had not seen ento- 

 mologists in the neighbourhood for years. Went to the 8. scolicBformis 

 wood, on the lower slopes of the Bron Vawr (Big Breast). Had a difficulty 

 with the tenant, which terminated amicably. The slope of the wood (chiefly 

 birch) is at an angle of something like 45°; there is much loose slate from 

 the top of the mountain. Travelling most difficult. There is a legend in 

 connection with this wood, as follows: — " Once upon a time, a well-known 

 entomologist took away all the decaj'ed birch trunks, and therefore all the 

 Sesia scolicB/ormis." (This brief narrative possibly suggested the story of 

 " The Man in the Moon.") Sticking out of the old birch stumps were 

 pupa-cases (empty) of the Sesia family. Living pupae of S. culiciformis had 

 been taken in the neighbourhood about a fortnight before, and the imagines 

 successfully bred. I was too late ! I found two sizes, or species, of empty 

 cases, — a small one and a large one ; but they might be male and female. 

 Took M. sociata var. subtristata and Euholia plumharia in the wood. 

 As no Se$ia were to be had, we climbed up the Vawr to its crest, the 

 Eglwyseg Rocks, said to be one of the haunts of Agrotis ashworthii. 

 Easier getting up than down ; in fact the latter was dangerous. One of 

 the party suggested a military " right close " to v^here the descent was 

 clothed for a couple of hundred feet or more with close, short grass. We 

 then sat down at distances from each other, and using our hands and feet 

 to regulate the speed, &c., came down tobogganin fashion. It was 

 delightful ; but, like other delights, brief, for the debris was soon reached. 

 In the evening, crossed the railway, and netted along the edge of a birch, 

 oak, &c., wood. Took Drepana falcataria (falcula), Cabera pusaria, 

 Melanippe montanata, Rumia luteolata {cratagata), and exceptionally large 

 and brilliantly green harentia viridaria (pectinitaria). Sugar again useless. 

 June 22nd. — Walked through the fir and oak woods on the Holyhead 

 road to Glyndyfrdwy. Saw our only representative of the " whites." 

 Took Arctia menthastri at rest by the wayside ; also thirty or forty leaden- 

 coloured Micro-looking larvae from spun-together heads of St. John's wort. 

 These larvae all died after reaching Chester. Stretched out along the stem 

 of a g-arden-rocket (one of the sweetest of flowers) was a caterpillar of, 

 probably, one of the Tceniocampa tribe. It pupated, June 28th. Lunched 

 at the Berwyn Hotel, Glyndyfrdwy. The hotel is perched high up on the 

 right bank of the Dee. From the lawn in front is a magnificent view 

 over a long, placid, and beautifully wooded stretch of the river. These 

 pools are still navigated, for fishing purposes, by the basket-like coracle. 

 Walked back to our hotel again by the road (total, eight miles). Took 

 young larvae of Vanessa urticce from wayside nettles. Also a D. falcataria 

 at rest. Wind, up to date, a gentle breeze from the N.W. Threatened for 

 rain ; then showers. In the afternoon, came across, near Llangollen, an 

 Acidalia; hoped it might be the rare A. contiguaria ; turned out to be only 

 a form of A. aversata. Also Asthena candidata, Panagra petraria, Acronycta 

 psi. The last mentioned were exceedingly light in coloration. Sent on 

 traps by last train to Llangollen. Evening wet. T-he rain was of the 

 species "small "; more like mountain mist. Went to birch and oak wood 

 of the previous evening. Took lodis lactearia, G. bilineata, L. viridaria, 



