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Lasiocampa quercus callunae Palmer ab. olivacea Tutt, Grantown-on-Spey, 

 Moray; bred Xestia rhomboidea Esp. from Levisham, Yorks.; Lomaspilis marginata 

 L. with brownish suffusion, Lingfield, Surrey; Diarsia mendica F. with enlarged and 

 joined stigmata, East Grinstead, Sussex, and Lycia zonaria D.& S. from larvae found 

 on Iona. 



Colenutt, S. — From Chale Green, I.o.W., Lymantria dispar L., 4.ix.l993 and 

 a very dark Agrotis clavis Hufn. 



Collins, G. — Series of Eilema complana L. from Surrey and Suffolk, and E. 

 sericea Gregson from Shropshire for comparison; also other species of footman to 

 show variation, including E. griseola Hiibn and f. stramineola Doubl.; E. deplana 

 Esp. ab. plumbea Cockayne; Miltochrysta miniata Forst. ab.flava Bigneau; Cybosia 

 mesomella L. ab. flava de Graaf. 



Cook, R. — Included were bred series of Hypena obsitalis Hiibn., Torbay, 1993; 

 Paradarisa consonaria Hiibn. ab. waiensis Richardson, a bred series from Cinderford, 

 Forest of Dean; Lycia zonaria D. & S. bred from Iona, and Synanthedon scoliaeformis 

 Borkh. bred from Rannoch, Perthshire, 1993. 



Corley, M. — From Bladon Heath, Oxon. 22.vii.1993 Eupithecia expallidata 

 Doubl., a new county record; Solidago is absent from the site, but Senecio jacobaea 

 L. plentiful. Amphipyra berbera Rungs, a curious ab. lacking the copper colour on 

 hindwings, 22.vii.1993. 



Dyer, J. — Noctua janthe Borkh. from Britain and Spain, and N. janthina D.& S. 

 from Cyprus and Spain for comparison. 



Elliott, B. — 1993 specimens included a bred series of Agrochola haematidea 

 Dup. from Sussex; Hypena obsitalis Hiibn. from S. Devon; Acronicta euphorbiae 

 myricae Guen. from Co. Galway; Hadena caesia mananii Gregson from Co. Clare; 

 Euphyia biangulata Haw. from Dorset; Eupithecia fraxinata Crewe from Derbyshire 

 and Eumichtis lichenea scillonea Richardson from the Scilly Isles. 



Forder, P. — Odontognophos dumetata Treits., the original two specimens of 

 subspecies hibernica Forder taken in Co. Clare, vii.1991 (Plate II, Fig. 12). 

 Photographs of the moth in natural surroundings showed how well camouflaged it 

 is when resting on the local limestone. Colour photographs of continental specimens, 

 which are brown, not grey, were also exhibited. 



Hackett, D. — Synanthedon vespiformis (L.) reared from oak bark samples taken 

 5.V.1993. Queen's Woods, N. London, em. 16.vii.1993. 



Hall, N. — Specimens of Euxoa tritici L. from Dorset which had been investigated 

 to determine if any of them were E. crypta Dadd, a species with a known range from 

 Spain to Finland, but without positive conclusion. 



Hart, C. — From Buckland, Surrey, rarities included Scotopteryx rubidata D.& S., 

 29.vi.1992; Chloroclysta siterata Hufn., 27.ix. 1992 and 27.x. 1993; Chesias rufataV., 

 24. iv. 1993; Xestia rhomboidea Esp., 19.viii.92; Abrostola trigemina Werneb., 22.vi.93; 

 Macdunnoughia confusa Steph., 20.viii.92, and Hepialus fusconebulosa de Geer, 

 8.vi.l993. From elsewhere moths included Orthonama obstipata F., Gunwalloe, 

 Cornwall, 14. ix. 1993; Mythimna loreyi Dup. and Trichoplusia ni Hiibn. from St 

 Keverne, Cornwall, 17.ix.1992. 



Hayward, R. — Agrotis trux lunigera Steph., Slough, 18.vii.1992, a most unusual 

 record for so far inland. A female Diaphora mendica Clerck taken at m.v. light, 

 Slough, 7.v. 1993. At Slough, and other places to the immediate west of London some 

 species are darker than usual. From Slough the following species were shown to 

 illustrate this — Cyclophora punctaria L., Idaea seriata Schr., Hydriomena impluviata 

 D.&S., Eupithecia assimilata Doubl., Menophra abruptaria Thunb., Peribatodes 

 rhomboidaria D.&S. ab. perfumaria Newman, Pterostoma palpina Clerck, Xestia 



