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to do, prefacing them by two of earlier date which have marked 

 peculiarities. 



Sparham, Norfolk. — September 1st to 10th, 1878. 



Garden and paddock ; bright moonlight ; treacle spread on apple 

 and oak. Results : plenty of Xanthogvapha, Meticulosa, Saucia, Lituva, 

 Protect, Suffusa, Segetum, &c, &c. Glariosa 1. — Frank Norgate, Bury 

 St. Edmunds. 



Sandy, Bedfordshire. — October 5th to nth, 1878. 



Garden ; during six consecutive nights of bright moonlight, some 

 fine, calm, some rainy or very strong wind, moths came in abundance 

 to sugar and rum spread on apple trunks, most of which were within 

 three feet of a very extensive mass of ivy in full bloom, on which were 

 six ladders to enable us to search it, but the sugar was the great 

 attraction every night, whether bright moonlight or rain, calm or wind. 

 Results : Semibvunnea, 1 at ivy, 14 at sugar, and many more were 

 taken at this sugar after I left Sandy on the 12th. Lota, Oxyacanthce, 

 Cubicularis, Meticulosa, &c, &c, were numerous, and one Nupta. Frank 

 Norgate, Bury St. Edmunds. 



London, S.W. — March 15th, 1893. 



Wood ; wind, N.E., very light ; sky, clear ; atmosphere, very 

 damp, a thick white fog. Sallows just coming out, a few insects at 

 them. Progemmaria, Fagella, &c, very abundant ; some at sugar, but 

 as they occurred at every tree trunk, their presence at the sugar may 

 have been accidental. Results : swarms of C. vaccinii and S. satelletia, 

 a few T. stabilis and cruda, one C. flavicomis. E. H. Taylor, Fulham. 



Two reports for 28th March and 3rd April from Mr. S. L. Mosley, 

 Huddersfield, were printed on p. 125. From this time forward sugar- 

 ing was absolutely without results. Four reports from the North of 

 Scotland were given on p. 124, from 5th to nth May, q.v. I resume 

 the reports from that date, showing how other parts of the country 

 were affected. 



Newbury, Berkshire. — 15th May, 1893. 



Oak wood, undergrowth just cut; wind, E., very still; sky, cloudy, 

 after thunder showers. Sugared on trees with treacle, rum, and 

 jargonelle essence. Honey dew actually dropping from maple and 

 sycamore leaves. Results: A . exclamationis 2 . (Miss) Mary Kimber, 

 Cope Hall, Newbury. 



Elgin, Morayshire. — 18th May, 1893. 



Wood of fir, oak and birch; wind, W., light; sky, obscured; 

 atmosphere, damp and very warm. Geometers were flying abundantly 

 especially Remutata which was in hundreds. I also got Bidcntata, 

 Liturata, Fervugata, Exanthemata, Pusaria, Vulgata, and one Falcula. 

 Not a single moth appeared at sugar. Arthur Home, Aberdeen. 



