NOTES—LEPIDOPTERA. 
Abundance of Pachnobia gopttnuinnsorn at Bishop’s Wood.—This pretty 
moth being now considered one of our rarest yess I determined this spring 
to make special efforts to bait a good settes $, an endeavour in which I have been 
I had bee: i 
Frida: a givapod. beeps ey to the wood, again in company with Mr. Hewett, 
our joint take on this occasion reaching the total of forty-six P. /eucographa, besides 
many commoner scaled: Again on the Saturday we worked together, but the 
weather had in the meantime become colder and the eng blo one om was nearly 
over, so that although we stayed until II.o p.m only some thirty 
P. leucographa between us. The Sunday was ay still oo ‘this affected the 
insects to a an extent that two gentlemen from York took but fourteen speci- 
mens of ?. ee ged between them. Sunday night the wind again chopped 
the M i orms, An 
round to onday was cold with occasional s 
appointment Pooled re me to go again to the wood, bu expected the object 
of my journey was ts t home—only one individual being hardy enough to 
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ozen insects. This ended my doings at Runt * allows, and in spite of the occa- 
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wish to take this pretty oe for themselve or pigs _— wind is 
almost fatal to success even if the sallows are on a ren side o ood and 
consequently sheltered ; while a warm South or West wind with light breeze 
and sky overcast is the bea idéal of ay age I did not observe that moonlight 
affected the flight of the sallow visitors in any a sient degree, but cold was 
fa! MANSBRIDGE, Horsforth, June 11th, 1892. 
Variation in Diurnea fagella at Bishop’s Wood.—During the time I ca 
. Bihon's. Wood for ape en I kept a look out for D. fagel/a, and was v 
nterested to find two melanic specimens of this variable moth. Last yest 
alth ough I saw very many examples, I did not meet with one no oticeable for 
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rker, and ree mentioned above are quite as dark as the majority of this insect 
found round Leeds. It will sae Hage to learn val results of the Ne 
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altered climatic conditions or a oad environmen aes 
I also took a specimen of the same moth, which has the costal margin of the 
right _ — ochreo a for about half its —— the other wing being normal. 
M MANSBRIDGE, - orsforth, June 11th, 1892. 
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