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the sugar and then flying away again after taking very little. Results: 

 T '. pro nub a 3, A. tritici 1, exclamationis 1, ravida 1, M. strigilis 4, C. trape- 

 zina 4, L. p aliens 2, N. baja 1. — H. S. May, The Green, Marlborough. 



London, N.E. — 10th July, 1893. 



A broad ride bordering a well timbered park; wind S.S.W., strong, 

 falling about 9 ; sky obscured ; rather damp. Just the sort of night 

 one would expect to be good for sugaring, dark and moderately warm, 

 after stormy weather. Wasps swarming at the sugar before dusk. 

 At sugar I found T. derasa several, L. lithavgyvia rather common, X. 

 polyodon common, often 6 or 8 at a batch, lithoxylea 1, D. pinastri 1, 

 M. brassier 4 or 5, A. oculea rather common, Ophiogmmma 1, M. strigilis 

 a few worn, arcuosa 1, C. blanda 6, A. nigricans 2, T. promiba rather 

 common, ovbona 1, N. augur 4 or 5 worn, triangulum 2, brunnea 2, A. 

 tragopogonis 2, C.trapezina common, affmis 4, H. oleracea 1, M. typica 

 several, H . proboscidahs i,grisealis 1. A.pyramidea was also taken drying 

 its wings on a tree trunk about 9-30 p.m. — Louis B. Prout, Dalston, 

 London, N.E. 



Banffshire. — nth July, 1893. 



Banks of Avon at Ballindalloch ; wind S.E., very light ; cloudy ; 

 dry. Geometers were plentiful, I captured Rubiginata, Papilionaria, 

 Simulata, Munitata, Mensuraria, Margaritata, Rtiberata, Immanata, Didy- 

 mata, Fulvata, and Populala. Saw Graminis and Baja on ragwort flowers. 

 At sugar were Polyodon 6, Augur 11, Festiva 5, Fasciucula 2.— A. Home, 

 Aberdeen. 



Hastings.^ — nth July, 1893. 



Wood, mostly oak, a few birches and sallows ; wind S.E., very 

 slight ; sky very clear, but damp with heavy dew. I only sugared a 

 dozen oaks about 8-30 p.m. I stayed until 10 p.m., and found A. 

 rumicis 1, X. polyodon, a few. — A. Ford, Hastings. 



Marlborough. — 12th July, 1893. 



Wood; wind N., slight ; cloudy; very damp. There had been 

 showers in the morning, and a heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon. 

 Results at sugar: A. nigricans 4, C. trapezina 11, T . pronuba 6, M. typica 

 1, L. pollens 2, impura 2, lithargyria 8, X. polyodon 4, A. pydramidea 1, M. 

 strigilis 4, A. oculea 4, X. sublustris 1, C. blanda 1, A. exclamationis 1. — 

 H. S. May, Marlborough. 



Wimbledon. — 12th July, 1893. 



Wood on Wimbledon Common ; Wind N.N.W., fresh ; cloudy ; 

 damp and showery. Plenty of Noctuae were flying about after dark, 

 but they 'did not seem much attracted by the sugar, much more so by 

 the lamp. At sugar there were a few only of Baja, Promiba, Polyodon, 

 Affinis, Trapezina, and Brassiccc. — E. H. Taylor, Fulham. 



