i8 93 J THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



Redmire.— 20th May, 1893. 



Border of wood and trees in field close to the banks of the Yore ; 

 wind W. ; cloudy and damp, rain falling slightly all the time. Results 

 at sugar : nil. Before dusk, found 3 A . psi at rest on fir, M. Montana, 

 R. cratcegata, E. albulata, and C. pusavia fairly common on the wing. 

 Took 1 A. basilinea and 1 5. lunaria in grand condition about 10 p.m. — - 

 W. Hewett, York. 



Askham Bog, near York. — 2nd June, 1893. 



Wind S.K., overcast but dry. Sugared about 60 trees, principally 

 birch and alder. Results: H. thalassina 1, H. olevacea 1 , M '. fasciuncula 

 1, A. vumicis 1, X. vurea 2. Saw M. montanata, subtristata, and R. cratce- 

 gata common on the wing. Took 2 P. lignata. — Id. 

 Askham Bog. — 3rd June, 1893. 



Wind N.E., cloudy, damp. Sugared 150 trees in wood at end of 

 Bog and about 30 in the open. Results : A. rumicis 1, A. menyanthidis 



1 . Took several T. biundularia also several of the var. Delamerensis at 

 rest on beech. Beat 3 to 6 L. marginata at once, took E. albidata and 

 L. mesomella on wing. — Id. 



Epping Forest. — 21st June, 1893. 



Wood ; wind S.W., light ; clear, a few light clouds, dry ; moon in 

 second quarter. Geometrae flying freely. The noctuae at the sugar 

 all seemed remarkably shy, it being almost impossible to box any of 

 those species which are usually very quiet. Results : T. derasa 2, 

 batis 3, N. augur and j 'estiva common, D. 00 3, A. nebulosa 1, X. polyodon 



2, M. strigilis, N. brunnea, baja, and A. psi, a few of each. — E. H. 

 Taylor, London. 



York. — 26th June, 1893. 



Askham Bog ; wind S.W., slight ; cloudy, but dry, the night very 

 warm and close. It began to rain about 10-45 p.m., so only went 

 round the sugar once. H. hectus and C. spar sat a were common. I took 

 about 40 of the latter and saw many of the former paired on the stems. 

 Sugar results : T. pronuba, N. augur, N. rubi, common, H. thalassina 8, 

 A. leponna 2, A. gemina woru, N. c-nigrum, L. pudorina, A. segetum, 

 exclamationis, L. p aliens, M. strigilis, var. yEthiops, fasciunctda, H. oleracea, 

 N. plecta, all common, 0. suspecta 3 (a very early date) B. vepandata 5, 

 A. aversata 1, C. bilmeata 2, C. spavsata 3. 



This was the best night of the season so far, in fact the first at 

 which moths were really numerous at sugar, as many as 16 or 17 

 being on a single patch. I sugared about 150 trees, mostly in the 

 wood, but some also in the open. A beau ideal night for sugar and 

 one on which I have almost always found moths common, viz. : 

 cloudy, warm and close, wind S.W., and slight breeze. — W. Hewett, 

 York. 



