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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [November 



this year. There was a heavy dew, but it was a warm night. At 

 sugar were numerous examples of X. polyodon, A. oculea, A. nimieis, T. 

 orbona, pronuba, A. pyramided, L. conigera, lithargyria. — Major Still, 

 Bridestowe. 



Girdeness, Kincardineshire. — igth July, 1893. 



Coast ; wind E., moderate ; cloudy ; heavy showers occasionally. 

 Lucemea and Conigera were common on heather bloom. At sugar were 

 Furva 9, Rurea 2, Gemina (worn) 3, Polyodon abundant, dark and black 

 vars. common, Conigera 3, Oculea common, Pronuba common, Literosa 1, 

 C-nigrnm 1, Orbona 1, Impnra 2, Pollens 1, Suffusa (worn) 3. — A. Home, 

 Aberdeen. 



Sandown, Isle of Wight.— 17th July, 1893. 



Chalk Downs ; wind W.N.W., rather strong ; clear ; moderately 

 dry. Sugar spread on posts supporting a wire fence, and on flowers. 

 On posts only were one each of L. pallens, A. suffusa, and segetum. On 

 both posts and sugared flowers were numerous examples of X. polyodon, 

 A. oculea, M.juruncula, literosa, 0. pnta, C. blanda, A. nigricans, and four 

 A. lunigera. On sugared flowers were L. conigera 5, lithargyria 2, A. 

 tritici 3, T. pronnba 2, P. gamma 2, H. chenopodii 1. On unsugared 

 flowers I only saw C. blanda, eubicularis 1, and A. nigricans, all at 

 Marjoram. — L. B. Prout, London. 



Aberdeen. — 20th July, 1893. 



Wood with undergrowth of bilberry and heather ; strong Southerly 

 gale ; cloudy ; showers throughout the evening, clearing up about 

 sugaring time. I got 1 Myelins and 3 Sobrina on flowers in a sheltered 

 part of the wood. This was my best night at sugar this season in 

 point of numbers and about the worst for quality. At sugar were 

 Polyodon, F estiva, Pronnba, abundant, Baja, Oculea, Pallens, Impura, 

 common, Suspecta 4, Rurea 2, Conigera 1, Umbrosa 3, Brunnea 2. — Arthur 

 H orne, Aberdeen. 



Woodstock, Oxford. — 20th July, 1893. 



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

 moonlight at first, cloudy about 10 p.m. ; damp, rain all previous 

 nigrrt. Very few insects about. Temperature 59 0 . At sugar were A. 

 megacephala 1, T. pronuba 3, A. pyramidea 1, M. typica 1. — J. H. D. 

 Beales, Woodstock. 



Sandown, Isle of Wight. — 20th July, 1893. 



Chalk Downs; wind W., light; obscured; damp. I sugared posts 

 supporting a wire fence, and flowers. There had been much rain in 

 the morning and flowers and grass still retained a great deal of 

 moisture. On sugared flowers I took L. conigera, a few, L. lithargyria, 

 a few, C. eubicularis 2, A. segetum 1, A. tritici 2, A. lunigera 4, N. c-nigrum 



