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it was quite easy for the shoal to miss the mouth of the fiord altogether, and 

 then, as in the case of some of the Scotch lochs and friths, it might be said 

 the fish had deserted them. Deep sea fishing is always more or less success- 

 ful, shore fishing when successful is generally very successful, and that is 

 accounted for by supposing that " the vanguard of the shoal finds itself con- 

 fronted by the land and pulls up, while the main body are still pushing for- 

 ward instances are on record of great quantities of the fish being cast 



ashore in this country, and more particularly in Norway, by the receding 

 tide/' 



NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA. 



By B. LOCKYER. 



(Continued from Page 190 J 



Ellopia Fasciaria. — Larvae on young fir trees, in N ew Forest. March 

 and April. 



Eurymene Dolobraria. — May and June. Much commoner as a larva 

 than as an imago ; comes to sugar. There was a large holly bush in Bamnor 

 Inclosure, New Forest, noted as the resort of this species. It requires a 

 quick eye and hand to effect its capture, as it has a habit of darting out 

 a V instant, perhaps after some moment's efforts to dislodge it have all but 

 exhausted one's patience. It is remarkable that specimens bred from larvae 

 are scarcely, if ever, equal in size or depth of colour to captured ones, and but 

 a small proportion emerge at all. New Forest, Bishops Wood, Hampstead, 

 and West Wickham. 



Pericallia Sybingaria. — Used to occur sparingly in Bishops Wood, 

 Hampstead, also at Lyndhurst. Bather a high and rapid flier. July. 



Ennomos Erosaria. — Taken sparingly at sugar, and as a larva in the 

 New Forest. Larva, July and August ; imago, August and September. 



E. Angularia. — At light and on palings. Hampstead and Lyndhurst. 

 August and September. 



E. Tiliaria. — At light and as a larva. Hampstead and Lyndhurst. Bare. 



Phigalia Pilosaria. — Common as a larva in all the woods near North 

 London and in the New Forest. May and June. Never saw an imago, and 

 99 out of 100 of the larvse dry up underground, or otherwise perish. 



Amphidasys Prodromaria. — At rest on oak in the New Forest (accord- 

 ing to George Tate, who never found it abundantly, though the larvse are 

 usually common.) 



