CAPTURES AND FIKI.D RKPORT S. 51 



no variation. On Auf:f. 2nd light again proved attractive at Crouch I'hid, 



amongst others Caradiiiia blaiula and Orthosia upulon putting in an 



appearance, whilst, on the following evening, treacle utterly failed at Lark's 



Wood, Hale End, only three moths coining at all, including one quite fresh 



T. batis. Aug. 8th to 14th was spent in a boat on the River Thames, 



between Oxford and Taplow, so that 1 had little opportunity for collecting ; 



but twice when I treacled it totally failed. At Clifton- Hampden, honey-dew 



on the brambles was very attractive to Noctuas ; firaong them Trlphana 



orhona, Noctua ruhi, N. umhrosa, Leiiccniia palleiis, L. impura, and Agrotis 



nigricans, whilst Acidalia emarginata and Ciiix spinula were netted. Near 



P'jiigbourne (Aug. 10th), on the slope of a hill, Analtis jylagiata abounded, 



and was in fine condition. Strenia clathrata was also kicked up, and 



LyccBiia corydon, Colias ediisa, and Epiiiephele janira (a blotched female) 



taken. On the following day Colias edusa was seen in some nnmbers near 



Reading, flying across the river; also Gonepteryx rhamni, and a great 



number of Vanessas and other common butterflies. Colias edusa was 



occasionally seen down to Taplow, and also six counted from the train 



between there and London, one close to Paddington. L. corydon was 



again seen near JMarlow. On Aug. 13th Apamea opkiogravuna was netted 



over some ribbon-grass in the garden here (Highgate), and on Aug. 17th 



Agrotis nigricans was taken at light. As already recorded, on Aug. 23rd 



11 G. hyale, 15 C. edusa and one var. lielice were taken at Lowestoft in 



one small lucerne field, and also a rather small form of F. atalanta, with 



very dark bands more or less suffused with black. The Vanessidse were in 



the greatest abundance, especially V. atalanta. and Agrotis tritici was 



frequently seen flying in the sun over the lucerne. Once, also, was T. 



pronuba seen, hovering from flower to flower, and looking like a small 



stellatarum. Ennomos angularia and Catocala nupta began to appear very 



sparingly on the fences with the first days of September, but were soon 



over. Between Aug. 10th and Sept. 10th my cousin at Waldringfi.eld took 



25 C. hyale, besides seeing a good many more, and a nice series of C. edusa 



(which were very common), including 11 of the var. helice. One male C. 



edusa, though quite fresh, has the hind wings and the black spots on the 



fore wings very thinly scaled, giving the insect a pale and semi-transparent 



appearance, and two others (also males) have a purple gloss on the hind 



wings. Other captures included Vanessa j^olychloros, Satyrus seinele, 



Macroglossa stellatarum, Heliothis dipsacea, Tethea subtusa, Cosmia affinis, 



C. dijfinis, Luperina cespitis, L. testacea, Heliopkobus popularis, Charceas 



graminis, Habrostola urticce, Noctua rubi, Agrotis puta, Miana captiuncula, 



Melanippe unangulata, Cidaria picata, Acidalia emarginata, Epione apici- 



aria, Ennomos fuscantaria (3 imagines and I larva), Cilix spinula, and 



Nudaria mundana. Larvse of Notodonta cainelina, Ptilodontis palpina, 



Thyatira derasa, Orgyia pudihunda (common), Acronycta psi, A. tridens 



(both common), Amphidasis betularia (verv common), Halias prasinana. 



and Platypteryx liamula. Pupse of Agrotis saucia, Hadena protea, and 



Smerinthus ocellatus. On Sept. 23rd Gortyna flavago was found on a 



brick wall at Finsbury Park, and on the 29th Agrotis saucia on a wall in 



Cornhill, City: this was fairly fresh, except that one side seemed to have 



received a blow. Oporabia dilutata appeared on Oct. 5th, Miselia oxy- 



acanthcB on Oct. 15th, and Hybernia defoliaria on Oct. 20th, all at Crouch 



End. The season wound up with a night's treacling at Chingford, on Oct. 



15th, when moths again swarmed. Cerastis vaccinii was almost rivalled 



in numbers by Scopelosoma satellitia, both varying considerably and in fine 



