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very much worse than that produced by three Germau bands playing each a 

 different tune at the same time, and on ascending the hill to see what occa- 

 sioned it, we were told that it was an amateur band enjoying a pic-nic. Glad 

 to get beyond earshot of the horrid noise we penetrated into the depths of the 

 wood, and renewed our collecting. Insects were here a little more common, 

 and Boarmia repandata and one specimen of Miana arcuosa were quickly 

 added to our captures. Cidaria immanata was also on the wing sparingly, 

 but was difficult to net. We came across a little lake in the middle of the 

 wood, completely surrounded by trees. Here we found freshly emerged 

 specimens of that beautiful little pyrale Hydrocampa stagnalis y in great 

 profusion. Several very handsome species of dragon-flies were fitting over 

 the surface of the water, in the bright sunshine, like burnished streaks of red 

 and blue light. It was altogether a beautiful sight. After filling almost 

 all our spare boxes with specimens of stagnalis and dragon-flies, we resumed 

 our way, much satisfied with our success and the lovely scene we had just 

 witnessed. As we went along a good many specimens of Emmelesia albu- 

 lata started up from the grass at our feet, and we took each a fair series of 

 the species. Among our other captures we took some nice examples of 

 PteropJwrus Bertrami> and a great number of good tortrices. 



Being by this time pretty well tired with our long ramble, we retraced our 

 steps, and reaching the road found the carriage waiting to drive us back to 

 Houston. We were not long in arriving at our destination, where we treated 

 ourselves to a good wash, after which we did full justice to an excellent 

 supper which was placed before us. On looking over my captures I found 

 that 1 had taken over a hundred specimens, and, although, owing to several 

 causes, 1 did not take many of the species which I had hoped to meet, I was 

 far from dissatisfied with my first day's collecting at Linwood. 



Some days latter I paid another visit to Linwood in the evening, and at 

 honeysuckle, in my friend's garden, I took a large number of beautiful speci- 

 mens of Plusia C. aureum> Iota, and Chrysitis, along with other species 

 such as DiantJicecia cucubali, &c. 

 Kingston, Glasgow. 



NOTES ON MICROS. 



By W. MACHIN. 



1 take this opportunity of jotting down some of the results of my collect- 

 ing during the last few years, which have been devoted almost entirely to the j 

 Tortrices and Tinea. I am simply a working-man, and my collecting has I 

 been principally confined to a radius of about 20 miles around London, and j 



