THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
Failure of Sugar . — T think the “ bad 
success at sugar” maintained by Mr. 
Walker, in a late number of the ‘ Intel- 
ligencer,’ is well accounted for by the 
great number of flowers which were pro- 
duced by the unusual heat of the sum- 
mer. As an example, I may mention 
the blossom of the bramble, as also the 
fruit itself, both of which I have found 
very attractive this season : to the blossom 
came troops of Wainscots, Triphcence, &c., 
and the fruit the moths, seemed much to 
prefer to my richest sugar-mixture, for 
on nights when sugaring produced no- 
thing but spiders and earwigs I have 
found moths swarming at the brambles ; 
some hovering over, others crawling, but 
the majority sitting on the fruit, and, 
with out-stretched trunks and wagging 
heads, wholly absorbed in the pleasures 
of their meal. Of course the bulk of them 
were N. Xantliographa and baja, and after 
them A. Pistacina and Rujina , but some 
were of a better sort, the last that I took 
being the portly Xantkia Cerago and Fla- 
vago , — the latter coining freely to the 
feast ; and then, wheu the ivy is covered 
with blossom and the yew with its lus- 
cious berries, how can we expect the 
moths to come to our scanty fare, placed, 
as it generally is, on the hard trunk of a 
tree. — T. L. 
Persevere in Sugaring . — As some of 
your readers complain of bad success at 
sugar, I will just give them a word of 
advice. Let them not he discouraged, 
but take Mr. Greene’s advice on pupa 
digging, — persevere. I see one corres- 
pondent says he has sugared fifteen limes 
since July, and scarcely taken anything: 
I have sugared more than sixty in the 
lime, and have had more than fifteen 
bad nights; but it must be remembered 
that I have had many good ones to make 
up for them. I conclude that sugaring 
is nearly over, as there is plenty of ivy to 
work at, — wet or dry, I always look over 
some. Last night the rain came down in 
torrents, but, nothing daunted, I went to 
work ; I sought some large ash trees, 
covered almost with ivy, and found moths 
in abundance : I took two beautiful spe- 
cimens of D. Rubiginea, A. Saucia, 
X. Aurago, X. Gilvago, X. Semibrunnea, 
and a great number of others ; of course 
I got wet through, but what real lover of 
Entomology would mind that, after cap- 
turing such rare insects ? It is a well 
known fact that moths vary much in their 
flight, and I am confident there is nothing- 
like working regularly, for by so doing 
you must, in the end, take something 
good. — H. Rogers, Freshwater, Isle of 
Wight; October 28. 
Success at Sugar. — I have been rather 
surprised at some notices that have ap- 
peared of the scarcity of insects at sugar 
in the latter part of the season. I have 
been sugaring occasionally for the last 
few weeks, and have taken the following 
insects : — 
Antliocelis Rufina, 
„ Pistacina, 
Gleea Vaccinii, 
Chariptera Aprilina, 
Miselia Oxyacanlhse, 
Scopelosoma Satellitia, 
Hadena Protea, \ 
Xauthia Ferruginea, 
„ Flavago, 
„ Cerago, 
Gltea Spadicea, 
Orthosia Lota, 
„ macilenta, 
Xylina Rhizolitba (5), 
Xantholeuca Croceago (I), 
Calocampa Exoleta (3). 
I took four specimens of Ennomos Fus- 
cantaria and two of E. Tiliaria at light 
this autumn. I also took a specimen of 
Ypsipeles Impluviaria (the May high- 
flyer) at light, in either August or Sep- 
tember, — I believe early in September ; 
it is smaller considerably than the May 
brood, and in good condition. — C. G. 
Barrett, 37, Park Street, Mile End; 
October 29. 
In great abun- 
dance. 
■ Common. 
A few speci- 
mens. 
