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did we see so common a lot, hardly a moth in fifty worth boxing, and 

 still few^r worth setting ; for whilst long series of common things 

 might have been taken in splendid condition, most of the better 

 things were wretchedly worn. The list following includes most of 

 the species that visited the sugar: — Leucania comma, impura and 

 pallens, plentiful ; Axylia putris ; Xylophasia lithoxylta and polyodon^ 

 in abundance ; sublusiris not common ; Maw.estra anceps and alhicolon 

 both common ; Apamea hasilinea, Miana literosa, fasciuncula, strigilis 

 and arcuosa ; Tryphana pronuha with Agrotis segetum and exclam- 

 ationis in swarms ; Noctua plecta and C-nigrum not uncommon ; 

 N.ruhi; one fine female Aplecta occulta; Hadena oleracea and pisi 

 in plenty, with late straggling thalassina. Between the " rounds," 

 and after sugaring, we searched the reeds, grasses and low herbage 

 with tolerable success. The most abundant moth in such situations 

 was Nonagria elyml. This moth, although so comparatively recent an 

 addition to our list, is evidently very abundant all along our coast, 

 from Spurn in Yorkshire, right away to Norfolk. At Skegness we 

 took nearly eighty specimens one night, but it was the only time any- 

 thing like that number was reached. We also got in the same way 

 plenty of Nudaria senex, and a fair sprinkling of Herminia cribralis, odd 

 Lithosia complanula, EiipitJiecia centanreata^ and a few very fine Anerastia 

 lotella and Homceosoma nhnhella. The most interesting species, how- 

 ever, was EupitJiecia innotata, of which two specimens were secured. 

 When, some years ago, Mr. Crewe proved that the mnotata of our 

 lists at that time was in reality not the Continental species known by 

 that name, but a new one, which he named fraxinata, it was doubted 

 if the true innotata did really occur in Britain, and the name was 

 erased from our list. 



Other species taken in various ways included — Orgyia antiqua, Boar- 

 mia rhomboidaria, HemitJiea thymiaria^ Acidalia scutulata, interject aria, 

 imitaria and aversata ; Timandra amataria, Larentia pectinitaria, Melan- 

 thia ocellata, Pelurga comitata^ Noctua f estiva ; Caradrina Morpheus, 

 common and in fine order ; a single fine Mamestra abjecta, the day 

 before we came away, — evidently just appearing ; Caradrina bland a ; 

 the local Scoparia Uneolalis ; Crambus pratellm, tristellus, culmelliis, 

 perlellus, and Warringtonellus. Writing of this Warringtondlus, I 

 quite expect that when the larva of it and perlellus are thoroughly 

 known, they will prove to be only different forms of one species. It 

 is quite possible that the New Forest Warringtonellus may be distinct, 

 as it seems much darker and more constant than these Lincolnshire 

 specimens, besides not always being found in company with perlellus, 



