NOTES ON COLLECTING, 189 
found me at Bishop Wood, Selby, to meet the Rev. C. D. Ash and Dr. 
Cassal. Mr. Hewett appearing also made up a quartette, chiefly in 
quest of Pachnobia leucographa. The sallow bushes here are mostly 
very large and high, really trees in one or two instances, standing 
about fifteen feet from the ground, which makes the use of large 
sheets a necessity. Umbrellas and trays are of little use. The four 
of us combined our sheets, which made a good display, and we were 
able to have them in the most suitable positions. The first shake at 
dusk brougbt down lots of moths, but by no means so great a number 
as I have seen on the sheets on such an apparently favourable night. 
P. leucoygrapha was in fine condition, Taentiocampa gracilis scarce, as it 
usually is with us, 7’. popaleti rather scarce and in poor condition, and 
little beside. The other bushes were all tried in turn, and in the end 
our united bag of P. leucographa appeared to be twenty-four, which 
was considered a poor one. On the evening of the 27th I went again 
to the wood, this time alone. The night was warm, and long before 
dusk the trees were alive with moths, which, however, were “difficult 
to box, as they rose up very soon after falling on the sheets, but 
the result of the night’s work was very good-—between 40 and 50 P. 
leucographa, and a lovely pink 7. gracilis, the first I have netted alive 
in my collecting experience. J’. opima was present, but only one 
specimen was taken. I followed up my success by going again the 
next night, but I was not so fortunate, although I had a fairly good 
time. P. leucographa was most abundant, and another 7’. optima fell 
into the sheet in response to the repeated shakings of my boy 
assistant, who had to climb the tree to shake with effect.—S. Waker, 
York. April 27th, 1900. 
LynpHuRst AND BournemoutH.—Hverything has been very back- 
ward this spring. I spent from April 12th-17th at Lyndhurst, but 
only took a few Taeniocampa miniosa, Panolis piniperda and Xylina 
socia, at sallows (one of the latter of which has laid a few eggs), with 
a few larve of Cleora glabraria and C. lichenaria, by beating. 
Tephrosia bistortata also was found on larch trees. Since my return I 
have taken several Tephrosia crepuscularia (biundularia) on larch, but 
I never knew the two species to occur at the same time in any 
numbers.—(Masor) R. B. Roserrson, Forest View, Southborne Road, 
Boscombe. April 80th, 1900. 
Reapinc.—I am pleased to say this season has opened fairly well. 
The lamps produced during February and March Hybernia rupica- 
praria, H. marginarta (progemmaria) and Anisopteryx aescularia in abun- 
dance, and there were quantities of Hybernia leucophaearia on trunks 
and palings throughout February. Nyssta hispidaria was very scarce on 
oaks in early March. On March 13th a few Cymatophora flavicornis 
were found on the birch stems, and on March 17th I sugared for Dasy- 
campa rubiginea and got two males only ; plenty of Tephrosia bistortata 
were found on the larch trunks on April 8rd, and I may here remark 
that Major Robertson’s record (supra) of 7. crepuscularia seems 
very early, I have never taken it here before May 10th. Amongst my 
T.. bistortata this year are some very light ones, hardly to be separated 
from true 7’. crepuscularia (biundulavia). Ihave never seen an early 7’. 
erepuscularia with 1’, bistortata, but have taken late 7. bistortata with 
T. crepusculavia many times. On April 12th I took a female Endromis 
versicolora, and imagines also appeared in the breeding-cage a few days 
