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Ccssiata, Immanata, &c. Geometers were flying abundantly in the open 

 part of the wood. At sugar: Tenebrosa 3, Fasciuncula, red form, 1. 

 A. Home, Aberdeen. 



Wicken. — 19th June, 1893. 



Fen- and adjoining lane; wind E., scarcely so dark and colder. 

 A. advena and L. pudorina came commonly to sugar, but most other 

 species were in fewer numbers. I got 2 A. ravida this night, and netted 

 a fine Q C. ligniperda flying about the sugared trees. Geo. T. Porritt, 

 Huddersfield. 



Sunderland. — 20th June, 1893. 



Sea banks;' wind E., but very light, sky cloudy; temperature 

 about 54 0 Fahr. At sugared flowers : TV. c -nigrum 9, plecta 6, f estiva 2, 

 exclamaiionis 2, H. adusta 2, pisi 6, oleracea 6 (these three worn), A. 

 basilinea about 30, A', rurea about 12, M . fasciuncula about 30, R. tene- 

 tvosa 1. L. S. Brady, Sunderland. 

 Hartlepool. — 20th June, 1893. 



Sand hills and railway embankment ; wind E., slight ; sky clear, 

 dry. I sugared about 30 posts with the following results : TV. c -nigrum 

 1 , A . fasciuncula 1, X. polyodon 1. On flowers of Hieracleum at the 

 same place, I found the following species, all of which were very 

 abundant except when I give a number : L. comma 1, conigera 1, lith- 

 argyrea, A. cubicularis, morpkeus 1, T. orbona, pronuba, X. polyodon 3 or 4, 

 rurea 1, M . fasciuncula, grey forms in hundreds, red forms 3, H. oleracea, 

 adusta 1, worn, pisi 1, A. scgetuui, exclamaiionis, A. basilinea, TV. plecta, 

 C -nigrum, f estiva 10, augur a few. John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



I have previously commented on the results of these two reports, 

 and have no doubt that Mr. Brady's insects went to the flowers quite 

 independent of the sugar he had spread on them. The localities 

 in a direct line are only some 20 miles apart, and of a very similar 

 character. 



ROTHERHAM. 20tll June, 1893. 



Woolly wood and railway fences ; wind N., slight ; sky obscured, 

 but very dry. Sugar was put on about 40 trees and posts, the mixture 

 was black treacle, honey, and rum. Stayed till 11 p.m. without seeing 

 a single insect on any of the patches of sugar. Took on the wing 

 Pulcliriua 2, Rurea 3, Basilinea 3, and a few plumes and pugs. Several 

 A. ulmata, and M. montanata were on the wing. W. Brooks, Rotherham. 

 Wicken. — 20th June, 1893. 



An old orchard near the fen. A similar night to last, and moths 

 very abundant. A. advena and L. pudorina more numerous than ever. 

 Geo. T. Porritt, Huddersfield. 

 Loch Nabo, Morayshire. — 20th June, 1893. 



On the banks of the Loch ; wind W., very slight ; sky obscured, 



