302 TftE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



to twenty being on one patch of sugar. I would like to record the abundance 

 of autumnal larvae in the Forest : Notodonta dromedarius, Loplwpteryx 

 camelina, D.falcataria, Hylophila jn-asinana, Hadena pisi {v/h']ch appeared 

 to feed indiscriminately on half a dozen different plants), Amphidasys betu- 

 laria, and various other kinds of " sticks," all in the utmost profusion. 

 Acronycta leporina was rather scarce, but I succeeded in obtaining five. 

 Comparing the past season with some previous ones, I do not consider that 

 the year 1891 has been such a failure as the meteorological reports would 

 have led one to expect. The abundance of larvae seems to indicate that the 

 weather has been less unfavourable for the hunted than for the hunter, and 

 presages well for next year. — Geo. 0. Day ; Old Bank, Sale. 



Notes from Yarmouth. — The most noteworthy captures made by me 

 during this year are as follows : — Smermthus tilice, a specimen, the first one 

 recorded from here, was taken in the Market Row, in July, where it was 

 most probably attracted by the light. Two specimens of Plusiafestucce, one 

 of P. iota, a fine 0. savihucaria, and a Thecla quercus from Reedham, 

 and Procris statices from Hemsby. Referring to the last-named species, 

 Messrs. Paget, in their * Sketch of the Natural History of Yarmouth,' say 

 of it, "common on the Caistor Marrams." As in the case of several other 

 insects, Procris [Ino] statices does not occur there now. I also netted two 

 Mamestra albicolon, one rather dark, at the sallows on Caistor Road. — J. 

 E. Knights; 41, St. George's Road, Nov. 9, 1891. 



The Season in North Notts. — The results of my season's collecting 

 here are by no means representative of the district's entomological resources, 

 as, besides being absent during some of the best weeks of the summer, I 

 made no attempt at sugaring after two futile expeditions in June, and did 

 no collecting at all in Sherwood proper, confining my operations almost 

 entirely to Clumber Park. Still, though I only worked in this partial 

 manner, I met with several interesting species, the first of these being 

 Hepialus velleda, of which I took a beautiful female variety about the 

 middle of June. Next evening, while making my way to the locality where 

 I had caught this one, I noticed a hedgerow swarming with " swifts," and, 

 finding that they were of the right sort, remained on the spot, and took a 

 number in a very short time. On the following night a regular expedition 

 was organised, and velleda had an extremely bad quarter of an hour, during 

 which time three of us secured about forty specimens, besides turning away 

 many more. Some of the varieties were extremely beautiful, one especially, 

 in which the ground colour was nearly black, the silvery markings standing 

 out with fine effect. We also got several of the unicolorous variety carnus, 

 and Hepialus lupulinus was in evidence, but not so abundantly as velleda, 

 while humuli and hectus only appeared occasionally. I found Diurni very 

 scarce indeed, an occasional Argynnis adippe being all that relieved the 

 monotony of "meadow browns," "cabbage whites," and "small tortoise- 

 shells." I believe I once saw Vanessa poly chloros, but could not make sure 

 of it. Several species that have been taken here regularly for years, such 

 as LyccBna (sgon, Argynnis selene, A. euphrosyne, Epinephele hyperanthus, 

 and Vanessa atalanta, did not appear at all, and I only saw one V. io. 

 Colias edusa, of which odd specimens turn up pretty regularly in one locality, 

 was also a failure, and the same may be said of Gonepteryx rhamni, which, 

 however, is always rare here. The failure of Diurni induced me to devote 

 the mornings to certain palings, and here again the unusual abundance of 

 Hepialidae was very apparent. In about half an hour I boxed thirty beautiful 



