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Capture of Lepidoptera at Lewisham. — Agrotis radia, September, 1, one attracted 

 by light 



Episema ceruleocephala, September 3, one attracted by light. 



Larentia cervinata, October 3, one attracted by light. 



___ October 23, one attracted by light. 



Orthosia pistacina, abundant, at sugar, October 12 — 31. 



lota, upwards of sixty specimens, at sugar, October 12 — 31. 



Miselia Oxyacanthae, abundant, at sugar, October 12—31. I took one of the 

 brown variety on the 15th. 



Glaea Vaccinii, common, at sugar, October 13—31. 



subnigra, abundant, at sugar, October 15 — 31. 



satellitia, six specimens, at sugar, October 15 — 31. 



Phlogophora meticulosa, common, at sugar, October 20—31. 



Calocampa exoleta, one at sugar, October 20. 



Polia flavocincta, one at sugar, October 20. 



Agrotis suffusa, one at sugar, October 26. 



Hypena rostralis, common, at sugar, October 15 — 31. 



Petasia cassinea, one attracted by light, October 31, very fine. 



I had little or no success with sugar here throughout the summer ; but since the 

 12th of October the noctuae have been very plentiful. I find that a sweetened fir- 

 bough is far more attractive than several trunks of trees sweetened. O. lota, G. satel- 

 litia, C. exoleta, and P. flavocincta, with many of the others, were taken at sugar on 

 the fir-foliage. — H. T. Stainton ; Lewisham. 



Capture of Lepidoptera on the Downs, near Godstone Road. — On the 13th of Sep- 

 tember I paid my last visit this season to that locality, where I expect to reap a rich 

 harvest next summer. I met with Acontia luctuosa, one, Polyommatus Agestis, P. 

 Adonis, male only, Pamphila Comma, one, much faded, and a worn specimen of Ma- 

 crochila marginella. A fine female P. Corydon was taken by Mr. Wild, who accom- 

 panied me. — H. T. Stainton ; Lewisham. 



Capture of Lepidoptera in Scotland. — Gortyna Petasitidis, one, September 1st, near 

 Carron, flying at half-past seven, p.m. 



Caradrina glareosa, Boyd's Planting, September 2, one; Carron, September 4, one; 

 Dunoon, September 20, one. 



Leucania pygmina, Carron, September 4 ; Latham Moss, September 10, fifteen ; 

 Dunoon, September 21, seven ; Torwood, September 23, sixteen. 



Orthosia litura, Carron, September 9 — 18, common, at sugar. 



Celaena Haworthii, Latham Moss, September 10, one ; Kilmun, September 21, two, 

 on the top of the hill. 



Polia Chi, Dunoon, two, flying at dusk, September 12. 



Charaeas graminis, Dunoon, September 7, one ; Kilmun, one, September 21. 



Euthalia psittacata, Dunoon, September 10, one. 



Miselia Aprilina, Torwood, September 23, two, on trees resting, and two, at sugar ; 

 October 11, one, at sugar. This insect was common there, in 1843, but last year not a 

 single specimen was taken. 



Xanthia rufina, Torwood, September 23, at sugar, plentiful. 



Spilonota Strcemiana, Torwood, September 23, three, among bushes. 



Chelaria rhomboidella, September 23, one, among bushes. 



Glyphisia eniargana, Torwood, September 23, one, and several near Carron, 



