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captured the following species at Witherslack, viz. : — Stilbia anomala, Penthina 

 sellana, Orthotcania ericetana, Tinea albipunctella, Hyponomeuta plumbella (whioh I 

 used to take near Gravesend 20 years ago), Depressaria carduella, granulosella, 

 Gelechia punctella, Zelleria hepariella (amongst yew), Asychna profugella (also on 

 yew), and Bucculatrix aurimaculella. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 15, Spring Bank, Preston, 

 September 6th, 1869. 



CoUas Edusa in Lancashire. — On the 27th of August I saw Edusa a few miles 

 north of Lancaster on the railway bank. — Id. 



Captures of Lepidoptera in Westmoreland. — On 16th July last, I met Mr. J. B. 

 Hodgkinson at Preston, and with him proceeded north to Grange for Witherslack, 

 where, by sweeping amongst Trifolium filiforme, we took Coleophora Fabiiciella and 

 Gelechia ligulella, and, among wild thyme, Gelechia Sircomella and senectella and 

 Eupithecia constrictata. .Amongst mixed plants, where Conyza squarrosa grew 

 freely, we found Sciaphila perterana and octomaculana, Euchromia rufana? and 

 Dicrorampha consortana; by beating sloe-bushes, Pcedisca bilunana, Ephippiphora 

 signatana, Argyresthia albisfrriella and Olindia ulmana ; by beating yews, hollies and 

 junipers, Lithosia complanula, Eupithecia pumilata, Crambus pinetellus, falsellus 

 and geniculellus, Scoparia crat&gella, cembrella, muralis and atomalis, Dichelia 

 Grotiana, Tinea semifulvella, Phlceodes immundana, Hypsolophus marginellus and 

 Ephestia semirufa ; by sweeping flowery banks, a new species of Argyrolepia, of 

 which more hereafter, and Chrosis tesserana : where Conyza squarrosa grew on the 

 rocks, we took Pterophorus acanthodactylus ; amongst wild sage, Pterophorus 

 Britanniodactylus (Grega., n. s.) ; amongst Scabiosa columbaria, Pterophorus scabio* 

 dactylus (Gregs., n. s.) ; amongst golden rod, Pterophorus tephradactylus ; and, 

 where Knautea arvensis grew freely, Pterophorus plagiodactylus, and P. fuscus 

 amongst Veronica chamoid/rys, whilst Argyresthia prcecocella was beaten from juni- 

 pers, and A. Andereggiella from apple-trees. On the moss, we got Sericoris politana 

 and Nemoria viridata, amongst Myrica gale ; Gelechia ericinella on heather; Elachista 

 luticomella amongst Dactylis glomerata ; Elachista cerussella, rhynchosporella and 

 (last, but not least noteworthy) serricomis flying over or swept from cotton-grass 

 (Eriophorum) . This last species alone led us out to the moss, after a warning from 

 the farmer at the " Far-a-way Farm," that " them cleggs fair druv him off t* 

 moss-edge i' t' morning, when he wer maaing; an' nae man cud stan' um at nete:" 

 but Mr. Hodgkinson had once taken E. serricomis on Witherslack moss, so away 

 we went. The cleggs and midges did bite, nay, fairly covered us ; and, after about 

 two hours' suffering, both of us having taken the long desiderated species, we- 

 retreated in good order, and, by dashing into the long grass and reeds growing in 

 the ditches of the drained land, obtained relief from our tormentors. Soon we 

 turned our attention to the Valerian plants growing on the banks of the ditches, 

 and on them found the larvae of Eupithecia valerianata from just hatched to full 

 fed ; these we secured in plenty, and slept that night the sleep of the tired-out but 

 contented naturalists. 



Note : there are two or three critical species amongst our captures that may 

 form the subject of another note when they come off the setting boards. — 0. S. 

 Gregson, Rose Bank, Fletcher Grove, Stanley, Liverpool, 20th July, 1869. 



