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numbers. Brephos parthenias also has been abundant on sunny days 
in Leigh Woods, but my opportunities for day collecting being limited, 
I have only so far secured a very few specimens. — G. C. Griffiths. 
April 16 th, 1891. 
Weymouth. — Twice this season I have been out “sallowing,” I have found 
insects fairly plentiful, but nothing actually worth taking. Tceniocampa 
cruda, T. stabilis and T. gothica^ the latter in abundance, and a few 
T' instabilis. As we have had a very severe winter, other species may 
be a few days or weeks later. — A. Forsyth. April 1891. 
Chiiinor. — Sallows are very late this year. I beat nine Taniocampa 
populeti last evening from one sallow bush growing under a row of six 
aspen poplars. — A. J. Spiller, Chinnor, Oxon. April i^tli, 1891. 
Clevedon. — Sallows are almost over. Insects have been tolerably 
abundant at the catkins on the few favourable evenings we have had, 
but I have taken nothing special. — J. Mason, Clevedon, Court Lodge, 
Somerset. April 1891. 
Carlisle. — On Good F riday, I set out for Carlisle, prospecting new grounc 1 
for the summer; I went first to Armthwaite on the Eden and into Barrow 
Wood. Mr. Eales and I searched the mosses on the walls for Eudorea 
larvae and Gelechia confinis.^ and among the lichens for Xysmatodoma 
argentvnaculella. After a walk of four hours and much searching we 
returned discouraged and thoroughly done up. About the middle of 
April I started for Kingmoor, and in a sheltered place discovered 
Micropteryx in great numbers ; I shook a dozen into my umbrella at 
once, and, although having a hundred boxes, had to put eight or ten 
into one large box. They are such a size and in splendid condition. 
They vary much, many I think are purpurella^ a species I am little 
acquainted with. On April 22nd, Mr. Eales, my nephew and I went to 
Corby to search the Luzula for Elachista larvae. In two hours we 
found about a dozen, which I believe to be trapeziella., and were much 
discouraged, thinking we were too early for magnijicella.^ when I noticed 
a Luzula leaf puckered together, and my friends also brought some for 
investigation. On one small spot about five yards in length we got 
them in profusion. No blade was without a larva, some contained two 
and even three. My large canister was soon full and my coat pockets 
filled with roots and soil. What turns up in breeding will tell what 
we have. I brought the whole away and they are doing well. — J. B. 
Hodgkinson, Ashton-on-Ribble. May ist, 1891. 
Wicklow and Exmouth. — I had 3 days at sallows in Wicklow 3 weeks 
since, and one night in Exmouth, Devon. Insects were scarce, especially 
in Devon. I took a few \Xylocajupa litho7'iza., Xylina rhizolitha., 
T(Enioca7upa munda., one T. opuna, one X. petrificata (Exmouth) ; and 
two Hybernia proge77wiaria on the 20th April (rather late for this 
insect in South Devon I think), as well as common Tcenioca77ipas. I 
also found at rest in the day time two Cidaria 77iiata, the $ of which 
laid a batch of ova. These hatched out on April 30th, but the larvae 
would not feed on the young birch leaves I supplied and all died ! Will 
some one explain ? I think I have taken the larvae when half-grown 
on birch. There is no alder here or I should have tried that. I put 
one larva on lime, but fear it is dead also. My experience was 
equally unfortunate with Catocala fraxini (foreign) ova. The larvae 
would not feed on the young balsam-poplar leaves, sallow nor 
