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Scodlona helglaria : common on tl.e Greetknd moors ; larvae by sweeping the he' 
in April, images at rest on the ground in June. 
CJwimatoiia loreata : a few larvce by beating birch on Black Fir Wood. 
Eupithecia alUpundcM : bred ; larvee from Coombe Wood, London. 
B. fraxinata : larvae rather freely by beating ash in August. Dirkby. 
E. tenuiata : bred a good series ; pupte from Perth. 
Odontia dentalis: reared a good series; cocoons from St. Leonavd's-ou-Sea-G 
T. PoKRiTT, Huddorsfield, 12th November, 1869. 
[We imagine that few believe in Boarmia perfumaria, as distinct from rhoml 
dana. The story of its having been bred from a peculiar form of larvre feed 
upon ivy, has been proved to be utterly mythical. The " veiy smoky " norti. 
varieties of many species arc not generally considered distinct.-Eos.] 
Captures of Lepidoptera.-^T^av Battle.-May 16th, Ephyra orbicularia, one o 
gas lamp; 21st, A. Mwinosa; 2itli, T. culiciforme, on a bush; 31st, E. decohr 
and Eup. plumlcolata. June 1st to 5th, C. or and P. palpina, one specimen of ea 
flymg round poplar, i\ i^miana, round pines, common, 8elenia lunaria, eneo' 
bush; 7th, Lohophora semlata, one beaten out of sallow; HarpellaGeomk 
abundance; 15th to 24th, Heliodes arluti, Arctia plantaginis, Eup. cMipmct. 
^udMacarianotata. July mh, Lithosia mcsomella and Cymatophora J.,-,7am 
dusk; 26th, Hermi7iia derivalis, one by beating, Aventia flemla, P. syring.ria , 
P. lajuUria, one of each, E.fiammcaUs, C. miniata, and L. compJana. a few of L 
P. glaucinalis, one in a window. August 1st, V. polychloros, two specimens ■ 16 
A. porphyrea; 22nd, Aplcda advena. September 6th, Ennomos iUiaria and 
popularts, on gas lamps. October 8th, Ennomos fiiscantaria and Eulolia ccrvim 
on lamps. 
Near Lewes.-Insects at sallow.s very scarce ; my best capture was 
OraaUs. April 10th and 12th, Lohophora polycommata, on hedges after dar 
25th, E. venosata, bred from pupa dug; 31st, P. vitalbata, over clematis, P. tersa 
over clematis. June llth, T. extersaria, at sugar ; 20th, Crambus chrysonuchelU 
22nd, 0. fluvlata, one, iying at dusk ; 24th, A. aceris, bred. July 6th, A itr^ 
brought to me by a friend, I suppose an hybernated specimen; 7th, M. galiata^ 
procellata, and E^cp. venosata, flying at dusk; 13th, M. miniata and Endotric 
fiammcahs, also Hcrminia derivalis, ten specimens, flying about 10 p m Ti 
friends also took several at the same time; 15th, Crambus falsellus and Pyra 
glaucinalis, over thatch. August 5th, Lithosia griseola, by beating ; 10th to 21: 
A. Atropos, larvae brought, heard of between 20 and SO ; 12th, Botys flavalis m 
O.obscnrata, common; I6tli, P. stratiotaUs ^nd P. vitalbata, on gas lamps- 23r 
Ilepialus syhinus, at dusk. September 6th, S. convolvuli, several specimens ha' 
occurred in this neighbourhood; 7th, E. tiliana, on gas lamp; 8th to 20th, 
austrahs, by searching grass and on sugar, common; 8th, L. cespilis, sever 
specimens ; 21st, A. saucia, on sugar. October 1st, X. aurago, one, on ivy ; 4th • 
14th, P. cmpyrca, on sugar and ivy, several specimens; 5th to 14th, A. sauci 
rather commonly ; 4th H. armigera, one specimen at rest in the town • 6th ( 
fluviata, one, on a gas lamp. November 3rd, P. cassinea and H. pennaria, on gi 
lamps. ^J. H. A. Jenner, Lewes, November 9th, 
