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mischief to the birch and oak trees. I do not recollect whether a Cossus-infest«d 
birch has been noticed before to be such an excellent trap for Koduae. One small 
tr6e on my hnnring-gronnd was nightly visited by hosts of moths, and what is 
remarkable enough, certain species were taken there and nowhere else ; for 
instance, I only took five specimens of N. glareosa, the whole of which occnrred on 
this wonnded birch, which also yielded one night no fewer than six E. nigra. The 
larvae of X quercus were very abtmdant on heather ; one specimen only, however, 
ont of some 20, yielded the perfect insect on 20th Jtily. The remainder are still in 
their pupa state. P. populi scarce, only one pupa at foot of poplar tree. T. pavonia 
minor not very common, smaller and less richly coloured than Yorkshire specimens. 
C. sparf wfa very abundant. 
The subjoined list of Noctu/E will show that this locality is a very promising 
one. Being, however, my first season's collecting after an interval of some 25 
years, I was imperfectly read-up in the modem system of collecting larvae and 
pnpse, otherwise the list of species might have been considerably augmented. 
A notable feet was the remarkable scantiness of most of the insects which, 
with few exceptions, were fully four or five weeks in advance of their usual time 
of appearance, owing, no doubt, to the heat of the season. 
The date is that on which the first specimen was observed. 
T. hatis, 20th June, scarce, two specimens at rasp blooms. C. dv.plaris, 27th 
June, frequent at sugar ; or, 20th June, frequent at sugar ; f.uvicomis, 30th March, 
rare at rest, afterwards many larvae on birch. A. tridens (?), 27th June, at sugar: 
I suspect I am right in referring this to tridens, being darker than the next. ; psi, 
4th July, not uncommon at sugar, also at rest on birch trees ; leporina, 25th May, 
at rest in Altyre Forest, afterwards many larvae on birch ; ligustri, bred from pnpaB 
taken on ash trees ; rurniciSy 25th May, two at rest ; solids, 17th June, rare at 
sugar; myriccB, 16th Jtine, rare, one specimen at rest near Dallas. L. litha.r 
27th June, very abtmdant at sugar ; coni^era, 4th July, not uncommon flying 
Lychnis vespertirui, and at sugar ; impura, 4th July, not common, sugar ; p 
3rd July, very abundant at sugar and flowers. H. nictitans, 7th Augtist, no: 
common at sugar; micacea, 2nd. August, several specimens at sugar. Z. ru'c-i, 
25th May, common at rasp blooms and sugar ; p>olyodon, 23rd June, very abtmdanb 
at Btigar and at rest. C. graminii, taken last autumn on rag-wort. L. test-acea, 
18th Augtist, abundant at light. M. anceps, 25th June, not unfrequent at sugar j 
hrassicos, 23rd June, occasionally at sugar and at rest. A. hasilinea, 2nd Jane, 
very common at rasp blooms ; jihrosa, 29th June, rare at sugar ; ocvZea, 2nd July, 
very abtmdant at sugar. M. strlgilis, 6th July, not common, sugar ; fasciuncvUa, 
11th June, very abundant at sugar ; literosa, 25th July, common at sugar. C 
cubiculo.ris, 19th June to October, over flowers, at sugar, and swarming in hay-' 
fields. R. teriehrosa, 7th June, very common over rasp blooms, also at sugar. A 
valligera, 27th July, not abundant, stigar, several beautiful varieties ; sufusa, 24tl: 
JtJy until October, not uncommon at sugar ; se^etum, 25th July, not common ! 
sugar; lunigera, 28th July, rare at stigar; exclamationis, 24th June, not common | 
Bugar ; corticeo., 26th Jime, not common, sugar ; nigrico/ns, 17th Jtily, not rare a' i 
rest and at sugar ; tritici, 26th July, sugar, frequent ; agathina, 14th August, no • 
uncommon on heather, but very difficult to take ; porphyrea, 8th June, swarmin} '' 
over heather : pnpse very plentiful, under moss on heaths ; precox, 7th Augu£ 
