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Captures of Lepidoptera in the New Forest. — The following are our best cap- 

 tures taken in various parts of the Forest during the past season : — L. sinapis, 

 common in May and June ; P. cratcegi, not rare, in young fir plantations ; C. Hyale, 

 saw one specimen in June ; A. Paphia, very abundant (black variety, Valezina, 

 20 specimens) ; A. Adippe, common ; A. Aglaia, males common, females rare ; 

 V. polychloros, common in the spring; the larva? (from which we bred a fine series) 

 were abundant in June. Our specimens emerged as early as the beginning of July. 

 L. Sibylla, abundant, also bred from larva ; A. Oalathea, a few ; H . Semele, common ; 

 P. Argiolus, males common, females three ; P. JEgon, abundant ; N. Lucina ; S. 

 fuciformis, common at rhododendron flowers ; S. bombylifurmis, 10 ; C. porcellus, 

 L. aureola, H. hectus, T. trifolii, 0. miniata, L. mesomella, L. complanula, C. villica, 

 A. fuliginosa, A. mendica, L. monacha, E. lanestris, larva? abundant on sloe and 

 hawthorn, E. advenaria, E. dolobraria, P. syringaria, B. consortaria, T. consonaria. 

 P. cytisaria, N. viridata, E. porata, punctaria, and trilinearia, A. yrigeminata, C. 

 temerata, C. taminata (abundant), A. strigillaria, S. plumaria, M. liturata, M, 

 rubiginata, S. undulata, L. viretata, T. chcerophyllata, A. subsericeata, A. plagiata, 

 E. palumbaria, M. euphorbiata (common), P. unguicula and hamula, E. punicealis 

 and purpuralis, H. barbalis, E. glyphica, E. flammealis, E. fuscula, E. angularia, 

 H. prasinana, A. caliginosa, common, but worn. We obtained our specimens of this 

 by sweeping the long grass in damp woods. I am kindly indebted to Mr. Capper 

 and Mr. Owen for furnishing me with the exact locality for the species. 



On the whole, sugar was unprofitable. Our best captures were T. batis, fresh 

 from the pupa and in fine condition the first week in September, which is, I think, 

 very late ; C. diluta, H. nictitans, C. cytherea (abundant), A. puta, A. saucia, 

 several, N. umbrosa, baja, triangulum, and neglecta (2), C. diffinis, H. contigua (1), 

 R. tenebrosa, T. fimbria, janthina and orbona, C. sponsa (6), and C. promissa (2). 

 Many other common species surrounded every tree. Besides the above, we 

 captured an immense number of common species not worth recording. — J. E. & H. 

 Eamsat Cox, W. Dulwich, S.E. 



Lepidoptera captured at Darlington. — I annex a list of a few things which I 

 have met with this season ; all of them, excepting C. albersana, were taken within 

 three miles of the town. With one exception, there is nothing very wonderful 

 about them ; the wonder is, that, though I have lived here and collected assiduously 

 for the last twenty years, I never before met with them in this locality. Thyatira 

 batis, one at sugar ; Macaria liturata, common ; Mixodia Eatzeburgiana (common 

 among spruce firs) I never took before ; Halonota tetragonana, one, beaten out ; 

 Coccyx nanana, in the same manner as M. Eatzeburgiana ; Eetinia pinicolana, 

 common among Scotch firs ; Eetinia pinivorana, one, among Scotch firs ; Carpocapsa 

 grossana, one, beaten out ; Catoptria albersana, one bred, larva in April ; Eupwcilia 

 atricapita.na, one flying ; Lampronia luzella, one, beaten out ; Cerostoma lucella, 

 a few from young oaks, T find that by day they generally drop straight down, but 

 not towards evening ; Gelechia Mouffetella, one bred ; Gelechia dodecella, a few 

 from fir ; Zelleria hepariella, one, beaten out (no yew or privet in the wood) ; 

 Asyclma profugella, one, beaten out. The larva of Gelechia rhombella is very 

 abundant in the apple bushes in hedges about the town. The moths are all of a 

 very dark grey colour, none of them being light like southern specimens. — J. Sang, 

 High Eow, Darlington, September 6th, 1869. 



Thera juniperata near Edinburgh. — On the 28th of October, I beat one sickly 



