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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [Septe 



Wicken Fen. — 15th and 16th, June, 1893. 



Fen and adjoining lane ; wind E. ; starry and not dark, but cold 

 and the fen quite wet. Scarcely anything came to light this evening 

 and very few Geometrae were on the wing. At sugar the same species 

 came as on the 14th, but in much smaller numbers, except A. advena, 

 of which six or eight occurred each night, and Pudorina which should 

 have been even more numerous as they were coming out fast. G. T. 

 Porritt, Huddersfield. 



Aberdeen. — 16th June, 1893. 



Wood ; wind W. ; sky cloudy ; dry and very warm. Found one 

 Menyanthidis at rest. Sugar produced Exclamationis 1, Tenetrosa 3, 

 Fasciuncula 1. A. Home, Aberdeen. 



Sunderland. — 16th June, 1893. 



Sea banks ; wind W., scarcely any ; sky clear ; rather damp air ; 

 temperature 64 0 Fah. The only apparent reason for comparitive 

 failure to-night was the clear sky (see notes for June 12th) when wind 

 was east, but sky cloudy. Sugar results: N. festiva 3, C-ingnim 3, 

 plecta 1, H. olevacea 6, pisi 3, adusta 2, A. basilinea 6, X. nirea 6, R. 

 lenebrosa 2, M. fasciuncula 50, M. bfassicce 1, A. segetum 2. There were 

 immense numbers of huniuli, lupulinus, and montanata flying at dusk, and 

 many Noctuse, but the latter did not turn up at sugar in proportion to 

 the numbers that appeared to be on the wing earlier. L. S. Brady, 

 Sunderland. 



Woodstock, Oxon. — 16th June, 1893. 



Side of wood, bordering stream ; wind S.E., very slight ; starlight, 

 a slight shower yesterday. Intensely close, thermometer at 9.17 was 

 69 0 . Numbers of insects about, principally Geometers. Sugared 

 trees, mostly willows, but not a single insect of any kind came to the 

 sugar. J. H. D. Beales, Kiddington Rectory, Woodstock. 



Wicken. — 17th June, 1893. 



Fen and and adjoining lane ; wind N.E. ; sky black, dark ; very 

 warm and fen perfectly dry. Moths abundant at light, including 

 about a score N. cilialis, 2 M anindinis, 2 Amataria, hosts of E. apiciaria, 

 C. pragmitellus, H. cribralis, and a few A. immutata. At sugar A. advena, 

 and L. pudorina were plentiful, and all the species taken on the 14th 

 occurred. G. T. Porritt, Huddersfield. 



Marlborough, Wilts. — 17th June, 1893. 



Wood; wind W., mild ; sky clear, dry. At sugar A. lignstri 1, 

 exclamationis 2, ncbnlosa 1. H. S. May, Marlborough. 



Aberdeen. — 19th June, 1893. 



Wood ; wind N.W., gentle breeze ; sky cloudy, dry. 1 netted 

 PorpJiyrea, Plecta, Velleda, Repandata, Liturata, Lariciata, Satyrata, Ocellata, 



