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vagans, Woll., Hanwell (Fowler). H. fungi, Grav., South Ken- 

 sington {Pratt) ; Bloomsbui'y {Brit. Mm.). H. orphana, Er., 

 Hammersmith Marshes {Fowler). 



Placusa pumilio, Grav., Highgate {Foivler). 



P. denticulata, Sharp, Bishop's Wood {Foivler). 



Phloeopora corticalis, Grav., Hampstead (i^oz(;Z3r). 



Oligota atomaria, Er., Colney Hatch {Foivler). 0. inflata, 

 Mann., Bloomsbury {Brit. Mus.). 0. Jlavicornis, Lac, Ken- 

 nington {Fowler). 



Gyrophcsna nana, Payk., Bishop's Wood {Fowler). G. luci- 

 dula, Er., Hammersmith Marshes, olim {Fowler). G. minima, 

 Er., Bishop's Wood {Foivler). 



3, Fairfax Eoad, Bedford Park, Chiswick, W. 



(To be continued.) 



■ ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Notes on Lepidoptera taken in the Bloxworth Distkict in 

 1890. — It seems rather late in the day, now that we are just entering 

 upon the season of 1891, to record the entomological doings of 1890 ; but 

 various circumstances have hitherto prevented the earlier compilation of the 

 following notes. On the general character of the entomological year 1890 I 

 can fully endorse the accounts given of it by many other entomologists. 

 I think I have known seasons as barren, but scarcely any one more so than 

 the past. One night at sugar, in June, produced eight Aplecta herbida, one 

 Leucania comma, and a few other common Noctuidae, but on several 

 following nights not a single moth of any kind was seen. Sugaring was 

 again wholly unproductive in August. Many of our commonest Geome- 

 tridse were either missing altogether or only appeared as great rarities ; nor 

 did I see a single Plusiagamma during the whole season. Even wasps were 

 here very scarce (though at Cadbury, in Somerset, there were swarms of 

 them about the end of August). Psoricoptera gibhosella was worked for, 

 but not a single specimen was seen where in 1888 we took it in abundance. 

 The above being the general character of the year, we still captured some 

 good things, among which were — Nemeobius lucina (not nearly as abundant 

 as in 1889, when twenty-five were netted in one day) ; Drepana hamula ; 

 Tapinostola fulva ; Tephrosia extersaria; Cleora glabraria, one specimen, 

 just out, in an orchard, new to Dorsetshire ; Eupisteria heparata, one, worn, 

 new to this district; Aventia fiexula ; Scoparia niercurella, a var. of the inland 

 form, corresponding exactly to the var. 8. porllandica, which occurs amongst 

 those of the species found in the Isle of Portland. Aciptilia paludum, only 

 ten examples during many evenings' work. Peronea comariana in great 

 abundance among Comaria jjcihtstris in a swampy spot on the heath ; out of 

 120 specimens taken only three were females ; the reddish brown variety of 

 the male was less abundant than the greyer form. Ditula semlfasciana, two 

 specimens ; Phoxopteryx lundana, abundant, many of them of large size ; 

 Cnephasia sinuana, three exam[)les only. Chrosis audouinana, one, rather 

 worn : this is only the second specimen I have ever met with here ; the 

 other was taken in 1805. Eupcecilia notulana, one; E. pallidana, several, 



ENTOM. — APRIL, 1891. 



