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Nonagria geminipuncta, at sugared reeds, Benfleet ; 

 larvae in the ditch at the foot of Leigh slopes, 

 north of the railway, Leigh side of the Crow Stone. 

 N . neurica, Benfleet, at sugar ; two specimens only. 

 iV. lutosa, Benfleet ; abundant and variable in size, 

 colour and markings. 



Hydroecia nictitans, forms lucens and paludis. Some 

 beautiful examples occur. 1 have bred one or two 

 paludis from larvae found at roots of sea-wormwood. 

 H. micacea, Benfleet, rather common at gas-lamps, 

 Southend ; larvae abundant in roots of dock. 



Axylia putris, at sugar, Benfleet ; not common. 



Xylophasia lithoxylea, very common. X. mono- 

 glypha, abundant. X. hepatica, two or three speci- 

 mens seen in a small collection formed at 

 Shoeburyness. 



Neuronia papillaris, at gas-lamps, Southend ; not 

 common. 



Cerigo matura, common at light, Southend ; also 

 at Benfleet. 



Lupcrina testacea seems abundant everywhere. 

 L. cespitis, scarce; one fine example at a Southend 

 gas-lamp. 



Mamestra abjecta. Benfleet and Shoeburyness ; 

 not uncommon. A few of the var. variegata taken, 

 I have only once found the larva. M. sordida, 

 Benfleet ; not common, M. brassicae, very common. 



Apamea basilinea. Leigh, Southend, Shoeburyness. 

 A. gemina, not uncommon at Benfleet. A.didyma, 

 abundant, in almost endless variation. 



Miami strigilis and M. fasciunculu, common and 

 variable. M. literosa, Shoeburyness ; not common. 

 M. bicoloria, all over the marshes in countless 

 numbers; much variation. 



Gvammesia trigrainmica, common at Leigh, Ben- 

 fleet and Shoeburyness. 



Caradrina morpheas, C. alsines, C. taraxaci and C. 

 qiuidripunctata, generally common. 



Agrotis vestigialis, one only, in the day-time, under 

 Scdum on the sand-hills near South Shoebury 

 Church. A.put.i, fairly common at Southend and 

 Benfleet. A. suffusa, very common. A. saucia, 

 rather common ; varies considerably. A . segetum, 

 abundant and variable. A . exclamationis, very 

 plentiful, with much variation ; examples with 

 confluent stigmata not uncommon. A. cor.icea, 

 Benfleet; rare. A. nigricans, at sugared ragwort, 

 Benfleet; very variable. A. tiitici, Benfleet; 

 scarce ; fine large form with broad pale costa. 



Noctua augur. Leigh and Shoeburyness. N. 

 c-nignim, generally common. N. triangulum 

 Southend. N. /estiva, at sugar, Eastwood. N. 

 umbrosa, rather common at Southend and Benfleet. 

 N. xanthographa, exceedingly common and variable. 



Triphaeiuiiantliina. Prittlewell and Hadleigh; not 

 common. T. fimbria, larvae at Eastwood. T. 

 intevjecta, sugar at Benfleet and Shoeburyness ; 

 larvae on reeds. T. comes and T. pronitba, both very 



Amphipym tragopogonis, everywhere common. 



Mania typica, larvae abundant. M. maiira, Shoe- 

 buryness. 



Pachnobia rubricosa, at sallows, Southend, but not 

 common. 



Taeniocampa gothica, abundant at sallows. T. 

 incerta, at sallows, Southend ; not common. T. 

 opima, once bred from a Southend larva ; a fine 

 moth found among sea wormwood near Vange 

 Creek. T. stabilis, common at sallows, Southend. 

 T. gracilis, not uncommon at sallows at South- 

 end. T. miniosa, Eastwood, but not common. T. 

 pulverulenta, at sallows, Southend ; not common. 



Orthosia upsilon. Benfleet, at sugar. O. lota, rather 

 common at Southend ; larvae on sallows at East- 

 wood. O. macilenta, Eastwood ; not common. 



Anchocclis rufina. Southend; fairly common. A. 

 pistacina, abundant; exceedingly variable. A. 

 lunosa, Benfleet and Southend; much variation. 

 A. litura, very common some seasons. 



Ccrastis vaccinii. Southend and Eastwood ; very 

 common. C. spadicea, abundant. 



Scopelosoma satellitia. Southend and Eastwood ; 

 rather common, though not a single example was 

 seen in 189S. 



Xanthia fulvago. Southend; a large number bred 

 from sallow catkins gathered at Eastwood ; but 

 only one var., flavescens, appeared. A', flavago, at 

 sugar, Southend ; not common ; several bred last 

 year from sallow catkins. X. aurago, larva once 

 beaten at Eastwood ; two moths at sugar, South- 

 end. A', gilvago, at light and sugar, Southend ; not 

 common. A', ocellaris, one only at sugar, Southend ; 

 flies with gilvago, but seems very disti.net ; has 

 pointed wings and white spot at base of reniform. 

 A', circellaris, very common at sugar, Southend. 



Cirrhoedia xerampelina, near Southend. I have 

 obtained most of my specimens by searching the 

 angles at the roots of ash for the emerging moths 

 in early September ; the moths are not often found 

 on the trunks ; a few taken at sugar. 



Calymnia trapezina. Eastwood and Southend. 

 C. diffinis, common on sugared elm. C. affinis, 

 Southend and Benfleet, not common. 



Eremobia ochroleuca. Benfleet ; a few at rest in 

 the evening on sea wormwood growing among 

 cock's-foot grass at Shoeburyness ; it would 

 probably be found more freely at flowers of 

 Ccntau rca. 



Misclia oxyacaiithae, common ; var. capucina 

 occasionally. 



Phlogophora mcticulosa, common everywhere. 



Aplccta advena. Benfleet ; scarce. 



Hadena protea. Southend ; not common. H. 

 dentina and H. trifolii, generally distributed. 

 R. dissimilis, abundant and variable; larvae as 

 variable as imagines ; egg clusters often found on. 

 the salt marshes. H. oleracea, Southend and Shoe- 

 buryness; larvae beaten from, A triplex. H, pisi, 



