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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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York.— 24th July, 1893. 



Askham Bog ; wind N.W., obscured, damp, warm. At sugar : 

 C. tvapezina common, N. baja several, O. suspecta 7, A. oculea 3, T. pronuba 

 several, Orbona i,N. plecta 1, L. pollens 2, X. polyodon several, C. immanata 

 several. Heavy showers fell about 7.15 and 9 p.m. — Id. 



York.— 25th July, 1893. 



Askham Bog; wind N.W., obscured, dry. On this occasion I 

 sugared 465 birch trees. Results : — 0. suspecta several, C. tvapezina 

 common, ^. oculea several, X. poly 0 don 2, N baja several, T. pronuba 

 common, Orbona i,C. iinmanata 5. I took 1 C. elingudfia at rest on the 

 roadside. — Id. 



York. — 26th July, 1893. 



Sandburn Wood, about 6 miles from York ; wind S.W., obscured, 

 dry, and to-night I sugared principally oak trees, and found 0. suspecta 

 common, C. trapezina common,^, baja and brunnea several, A. nigricans 

 3, M. literosa 1, T.jimbria 3, C. duplaris 1, T. pronuba and A. polyodon 

 several, A. aversata 1. On the wing I took a few Y. elutata,C. immanata, 

 1 B. repandata and 1 G. papilionaria, very worn. — Id. 



York. — 28th July, 1893. 



Askham Bog ; wind N.W. Sugared 465 trees, principally birch, but 

 very little came, the results being A. oculea 5, A", polyodon 2, worn ; 

 N. baja common, but worn ; T. pronuba common, Orbona i,C. trapezina 

 common, 0. suspecta 6 (only one fine) ; C, im?nanata 5. — Id. 



Aberdeenshire. — 1st August, 1893. 



Wood at Moneymusk ; light, variable breezes, sky obscured, dry. 



1 got at flowers 2 Myelins, 22 Sobrina 1, Neglecta 3, var. Castanea, 



2 Nigricans, Festiva, Baja, Impura, P aliens, Pronuba, Orbona, Test at a, 

 Populata, CcEsiata, and Munilata. Only a few Polyodon turned up at 

 sugar from 9.30 to 12 midnight. — A. Horne, Aberdeen. 



Marlborough. — 1st August, 1893. 



Wood; wind W., moderate; obscured, drizzling rain, warm air. 

 N. depuncta 1, A. pyramidea 1, A. nigricans 3, T. pronuba 4, N. baja 2, 

 A. oculea 2, T. orbona 1, C. trapezina 3, L. lithargyria 1 — total observed, 

 18.— H. S. May, Marlborough. 



Kincardineshire. — 2nd August, 1893. 



Coast at Bay of Nigg ; wind E., light, cloudy, slight showers 

 throughout the evening. I only got 2 Lucernea on heather ; the rain 

 appeared to have spoiled the attractiveness of the bloom. At sugar on 

 palings I took Furvayz, Tritici 6, Literosa 3, Fasciuncula 2, Testacea 1, 

 Nigricans, Conigera, Pronuba, and Orbona, all common ; Polyodon, 

 Xanthographa, and Oculea abundant. — A. Horne, Aberdeen. 



