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unangulata, bilineata, Acid alia imitaria, Abrostola urlica, Fmmelesia affini- 

 tala and decolorata, Boaru/ia repandata, Corycia temerata, Sfc. Then came 

 the time for examining our sugars (about 9.30). I may remark that I could 

 not get treacle, but used black sugar, which Mr. Rope got from Saxmund- 

 ham, some three or four miles away, boiled in beer, to which was added a fair 

 proportion of rum. Then there was a sight for a lepidopterist, aye, and a 

 coleopterist would benefit by sugaring also, for moths swarmed on each patch, 

 and beetles too. As a rule we took I)ipterygia pinaslri, which I really believe 

 was the commonest moth at sugar; Leucania pallens, impura, which was 

 very scarce compared with its near relative ; Xylophasia rurea, Poly don, 

 Lithoxylea, and Hepatica, which were in splendid condition ; Leucania 

 camma ; Mamestra brassica was also very scarce, and much lighter than our 

 form, in fact quite a warm colour, nearly approaching Gemina, of which we 

 took a few, including one of the variety Remissa ; two Mamestra anceps j 

 Apamea oculea only a few dark specimens, I was rather disappointed in this, 

 I had hoped to get a large and variable series. Miana fasciuncuta, furun- 

 cida, and strigilis occurred in vast numbers ; Sirigilis was especially interest- 

 ing ; The variety Prteduncula, with white hind-margin, was quite common, 

 in fact I never saw so many of this form as I did on those trees ; the rich 

 brownish green form (Latriuncula) occurred, but I do not think they were 

 more plentiful than Prmduncula. JEthiops was absent, I could not get one 

 as dark as what we take here or what I have received from London ; it is 

 curious to note that the light variety Prceduncula is by far the largest, aud 

 the black, Ethiops the smallest, the size increasing as the insect gets lighter. 

 The sugar was also visited by Grammesia trilinea, Caradrina morpheus, Rusina 

 ienebrosa, which was finer marked and very much lighter than we take ; two 

 specimens of Agrotis valligera, light form ; Exclamationis and Segetum were 

 abundant, among the latter were some very black form. The Noctuas were 

 well represented by a few specimens of Augur, C.-nigrum, Plecta, Triangu- 

 lum, Brunnea, and Festiva, with the exception of the latter, they were all 

 normal forms. Festiva was very variable, the very red forms greatly pre- 

 dominating. I only took one Qrthosia upsilon \ I had hoped to take the red 

 southern variety, but this was exactly our form. Then would come the treat 

 of the evening, for as we had nearly finished, and were preparing to go home, 

 we would be encouraged, if that was necessary, by a large noctua daintily 

 sipping our sweets. No mistaking that, Aplecta advena in all its glory, but 

 not greedily, for she invariably waited till the more common fry had supped, 

 before condescending to attend the feast. Gonoptera libairix was also there, 

 hybernated but still fine ; Eadena oleracea was scarce, but rich in colour ; 

 also lladena dentina. This then was what we would take in the " Fudder 



