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CAPTUEES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Rkport on the Season of 1892. — The entomological season of 1892 

 was the best it has yet been my lot to experience. On the whole the weather 

 was very favourable, and though no rarities turned up, there was an 

 abundance of common species. Pupae dug in Epping Forest, in the 

 late autumn, yielded 1-3 Nyssia liispidaria (9 males and 4 females), 20 or 

 30 Phigalia pilosaria, also Hybernia leucophearia (females), H . progemmaria, 

 TcBuiocavipa gotJiica, T. stabilis, T. instabilis, and T. cruda. Other winter 

 pupse, from Waldringfield, near Woodbridge, produced Amphidasys betidaria, 

 A. prodromaria, Notodonta dictcBa, N. cameiina,Piilodontis palimia, Dicra- 

 nura furcula, Noctua plecta, Axylia putris, Hadena pisi, Dianthcecia cap- 

 sincola, Acronycta tridens, and Cymatophora ocularis. A nice series of 

 Hybernia leucophearia and several Phigalia p)ilosaria were taken from tree 

 trunks in Richmond Park on Feb. 18th, and on April 2nd single specimens 

 of Amphidasys prodromaria and Xylocampa lithorhiza from oaks in Fair- 

 mead Bottom, Epping Forest. On the following Saturday the sallows 

 near High Beech yielded Tceniocampa gothica, T. stabilis, T. instabilis, and 

 T. cruda (all commonly), also 3 T. miinda, 1 Paclmobia rubricosa, and a 

 dozen or so Cerastis vaccinii, whilst Selenia illunaria, Larentia multistrigata 

 and Anticlea badiata were netted ; X. lithorhiza was again taken, this time 

 on a pine trunk. The evenings of May 26th, 27th, 28th, and 30th, at 

 Highgate, were exceedingly close and dark, light proving very attractive; 

 Pliisia gamma, Rumia cratcegata, and several other common species, came 

 in the window much quicker than I could put them out, and among them 

 12 Odontopera bidentata, with occasional Hadena pisi, H. thalassina, 

 Habrostola triplasia, Cucullia umbratica, and Notodonta camelina. A 

 couple of hours at Chingford, on the evening of May 31st, turned up lodis 

 lactearia, Numeria pulveraria, Ephyra punctaria, Lithosia aureola, Thyatira 

 batis, and Odontopera bidentata, the latter very abundant just at dusk. 

 Dicraniira bifida, just emerged, was found at rest on a poplar on Clapton 

 Common on June 5th, and on the following day (Whit Monday) I saw the 

 first 1892 Colias edusa at Darenth Wood, where I spent the earlier part of 

 the day. Argynnis euphrosyne and Anthocharis cardamines were plentiful, 

 but moths, were scarce, and the best ones taken were Phibalapteryx vital- 

 bata (4 from Clematis), Venilia maculata (abundant), Lomaspilis marginata, 

 Platypteryx falcula, Tephrosia biundularia, Halias 2^'>'<^sina7ia, Numeria 

 pulveraria, lodis lactearia, and Anaitis plagiata. June 9th, at Chingford, 

 was a repetition of May 31st, with the addition of 3 Eurymene dolabraria, 

 but on the following evening, and again on June 16th, treacle attracted 

 swarms of NoctuaB. Among these were Thyatira batis, Xylophasia rurea 

 and var. combusta, X. hepatica, and Aplecta nebulosa (all very common), 

 Leucania comma (2), Apamea gemina (3 only), Noctua /estiva (very fine and 

 in great variety), N. brunnea, N. plecta, Miana strigilis and var. cethiops, 

 M. fasciuncula (both abundant), Puisina tenebrosa, Mamestra anceps, 

 Hadena suasa, H. thalassina, H. dentina, and also 'H lodis lactearia; whilst 

 3 Amphidasis betularia were taken on tree trunks, and Halias inasinana, 

 Tephrosia biundidaria, Platypteryx hamula, and Numeria jndveraria were 

 beaten out. A week at Folkestone (June 18 — 26) was interrupted by the 

 only thoroughly wet day during the month, which totally spoiled one day 

 and the best part of the next. The principal feature of this visit was the 

 immense number of the Lyceenidee : L. adonis, L. alsus and L» icarus 



