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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [September 



Woodstock, Oxford. — 6th June, 1893. 



Edge of wood bordering stream ; wind S., very light ; sky cloudy, 

 rain threatened during afternoon ; temperature 6i°. Insects well on 

 the wing at 9.15, but nothing came to sugar. I imagine that the 

 abundance of honey-dew may be the cause of this absolute failure, as 

 there appear to be numbers of Noctuae about, most of which came to 

 light. J. H. D. Beales, Woodstock. 

 Castle Qary, Somerset. — 6th June, 1893. 



Edge of corn field ; Wind N.E., slight ; dry. At sugar nothing, 

 but I took the following at flowers of bladder campion ( Silene inflata ) 

 L. pollens 1, A.puivis 2, X.rurea 2, lilhoxyho 2, polyodon 6, TV", saponaria 1, 

 M. anceps 1, A. hasilinea 3, exclamationis 1, N. pleclo 2, D capsincola 6, 

 cavpophoga 2, H. serena 1, A. advena 12, C.umbvatica 4, P. chrysitis 3, 

 iota 2, gamma 1, E. venosata 7, S. olivalis common, G. melonella 1, A. 

 sociella 1, C, pralellus, culmellus, P. monodactyla, A. pentadactyla, all 

 common. Wm. Macmillan, Castle Cary. 



Murtle, Aberdeenshire. — 6th June, 1893. 



Wood ; no wind ; sky obscured ; foggy, with frequent showers. I 

 found 2 Menyanthidis, 1 Adusta, and 1 Rurea, var. combusta at rest. 

 Geometers were not flying in such numbers as on 3rd. I netted a few 

 Hectus, nearly all the undernoted came to sugar on trees along a foot- 

 path in the thickest part of the wood. Out-standing trees on moor 

 were almost blank. Sugar results : Reclilinea 10, Adusta 6, Pisi 1, C- 

 nigrum 2, Tenebvosa 7, Menyanthidis 1. A. Home, Aberdeen. 



London, S.W. — 7th June, 1893. 



Wood ; wind E.S.E., slight ; sky clear, but misty ; temperature 

 rather low. Geometrse fairly abundant just before dusk. Sugar 

 results : D. pinastri 2, A. nebulosa 3. E. W. Taylor, Fulham. 



Muchalls, Kincardineshire. — 9th June, 1893. 



Coast ; wind S.E., light ; sky partly obscured ; dry, but heavy 

 dew. We only saw one Conspersa at Silene, apparently it was not a 

 suitable night as we did not find anything at rest. Sugar produced 

 Tenebvosa 8, Adusta 5, Oleracea, Myvicce and Lucipava one each. Wm. 

 Reid, Pitcaple. 



Sunderland, Durham. — 12th June, 1893. 



Sea banks, Hendon ; wind E., light ; sky slightly cloudy ; temper- 

 ature 50 0 . Sugar spread on posts, thistles, and umbelliferous flowers. 

 Only three or four moths were taken off posts and - thistles^ the bulk 

 being on the sugared umbellifera ; 10.15 to 11.30 was the most pro- 

 ductive time, only one or two appeared after that. Results : N. 

 c -nigrum 20, /estiva 5, plecla 3, M. brassier 2, H. adusta 7, X. rurea 30, A. 

 hasilinea 30, H. pisi 3, oleraeea 8, M . fasciuncula 2. Everything very fine. 

 L. S. Brady, Sunderland. 



