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a rest would have suited the in as it did me. After half-an-hour's chat I got 

 up and giving them the price of a gallon of ale I started down the road, Mr. 

 Rose doing the same, we got the blessing of the keepers and directions 

 for the best road; in less than half-an-hour we found ourselves wrong 

 again, there being no gate where we expected, so we tried back again and 

 found the proper road, trudging on, talking of the beautiful collecting 

 ground we were passing through. Mr.. Rose remarked he knew where the 

 yellow balsam (Impatiens noli me tangere) grew near here, and at half-past 

 one a.m. it was suggested we should go and examine it for traces of Cidaria 

 reticulata. Mr. Rose found the plants without any trouble in a wood, fine, 

 and in abundance; but as they were only just coming into flower (no seed 

 pods yet) we left, promising ourselves a later visit. We were soon on ground 

 well known to Mr. Rose, and set off briskly for Barnsley, reaching there soon 

 after 3 a.m., having spent a successful, episodic, and pleasant night in and 

 about Wharncliffe Wood, in August, with the following results : — 



Trip ft ana fimbria. Type, pale. 



Apamea connexa. Pine and freely, say about 30 good specimens fell to 



my share. 

 Noctna glariosa. A few. 



„ /estiva. A few. 



„ plecta. Yery fine. 



„ dahlii. Plentiful. 



„ baja. Wasted, but one variety secured, grey, and entirely want- 

 ing the usual dark mark near the top of the wing. 



Cloantha solidaginis. Two, this is the first time I ever saw this insect 

 at sugar ; it is usually taken at rest upon walls or rails. 



Cosmia trapezina. Swarmed. Two bright red varieties were secured. 



Orthosia suspecta. Beautifully marked forms. Var. congenor, the uni- 

 colorous form was most abundant. 



Ampkyra tragopogonis. Fine as bred, in plenty. 



Only one Geometer was seen in the wood whilst sugaring, Cidaria im- 

 manata, a single specimen ; and only one other species was seen as we beat 

 the hedges on our way home, Larentia didymata. A single specimen of 

 Eudoria ulmella (wasted) came to sugar, but not even a common Crambus 

 of any kind was seen. The night was dark as erebus, and all we could 

 wish for. Insects were abundant at sugar, but absolutely absent amongst 

 the herbage. 



