102 THE ENTOMOLOGISI’S RECORD. 
YDOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
LEPIDOPTERA CAPTURED IN 1899.—During a very busy year I 
was only able to get afew afternoons and evenings at my favourite 
pursuit, but as these proved fairly successful, the result may perhaps 
be interesting to those London collectors, whose outings, like my own, 
are limited to occasional half-holidays and evenings. A North Londoner 
is severely handicapped by the early hour at which the G. N. Ry. Co. 
runs its last train home. All the best localities lie south of the 
Thames, and the late trains from these places arrive just after the 
last G. N. starts home for Highgate. Thus from Chattenden, I have 
to catch the 9.20 from Cliffe, instead of the 10.39 from Higham, 
cutting off the best part of the evening, and similarly from other 
places. Miri Hiri: I generally run down to Mill Hill early in the 
summer, to see how things are getting on, and on June Ist, paid my 
usual visit for a couple of hours at midday. I found Vhanaos tages, 
Syrichthus malrae, and Huchloé cardamines well out, and Heliodes 
arbutt very plentiful ; a fortnight later Adscita statices, Tanagra 
chaerophyllata, Himmelesia albulata, and Timandra amataria, always 
occur abundantly and generally a few Anthrocera trifolii, HMimmelesia 
decolorata and Asthena luteata. The railway (G.N.) cutting towards 
Edgeware is perhaps the best collecting ground, until you are turned 
off, and then the neighbouring meadows. Here you are also liable to 
disturbance, but the diplomatic offer of a ‘“‘drink”’ is all sufficient. 
Cuinerorp: The following evening I went to Chingford, after Zephyrus 
betulac, and beat a few larvee from a favourite corner, where it usually 
occurs. In this corner also Ligdia adustata is always common, and was so 
upon this evening, but I have never come across it elsewhere in the forest; 
iphyra trilinearia was very plentiful, and many commoner things. 
Cuatrenprn: On June 9th, I managed to work in a whole day, and 
spent it at Chattenden. I was delighted to find Scoria dealbata still 
holding its own well. There were some numbers of them, and I could 
have taken a long series had I been so disposed, but contented myself 
with selecting a few specially large males—all were very large in fact. 
Lithosia aureolawas also fairly common, and among dayfliers—Callophrys 
rubi, Cyaniris argiolus and Macroglossa fuciformis occurred.  Aspilates 
strigillaria was walked up, and great quantities of Corycia taminata 
beaten out, with C. temerata, Ephyra omicronaria, Asthena luteata, and 
Hrastria fuscula less commonly, but yet in sufficient numbers, and a 
single very fine Platypterye hamula. Altogether a pleasant day, with 
something useful at every turn. At my next visit, on July 11th, 
however, the place had a very different aspect, and only two species 
beyond the yery commonest occurred in any numbers. One of these 
was Calliyenia miniata, which was very common in its characteristic 
way, half-a-dozen or so within two or three yards, and then no mor 
at all, until the next colony was reached; I came across a number of 
these little colonies, and could have taken a lone series.  Thecla 
w-album, the other species referred to, was local, but abundant where 
found ; in fact, on one fair-sized privet bush, I counted nine specimens 
at once, and they also frequented the bramble-blossoms. Later in the 
day, they showed a marked predilection for the small ash trees, and a 
fair number was shaken out of these after sunset. Besides these 
species afew Zephyrus quercus and Melanaryia yalatea occurred, and 
