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approaching unicolorous. — iV. Forsyth, 4, Ranelagh Terrace, Wey- 
mouth. June 4th, 1891. 
Erratum. — Page 57, last sentence, for “True though it is, as Mr. 
Tutt says, that all British tiimbella are saxicola ” read “ . . . that all 
British 7iimbella are not saxicola^ 
^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 
Notes of the Season (Lepidoptera). — Castle Moreton. — The 
season here is very backward, and very little is to be obtained from the 
sallows. I have been up to the woods four times, and the only insects 
I have taken worth mentioning are two T(jeniocampa niu?ida^ three or 
four T. rubricosa^ and four Lareniia multistrigaria. Last night I worked 
a quantity of sallow bushes through the woods, and, except on one bush 
in a sheltered corner (having any number of the commonest things on 
it), not an insect was to be found. It was a warm night and no wind, 
but there was a bright moon, and this, I believe, is often fatal to a good 
bag from sallow. — E. C. Dobree Fox, Castle Moreton Vicarage, Tewkes- 
bury. May^ 1891. 
Gloucester. — I have been for a week in Gloucestershire, where I have 
had the opportunity of working sallow several nights. Insects seemed 
plentiful as to numbers, but the species were but few. Tcenioca77ipa 
gothica and T. stabilis swarmed, and Cerastis varcinii and Scopeloso77ia 
satellitia were fairly numerous, but the better species of sallow-frequenters 
were conspicuous by their absence. The effect of moonlight on the 
flight of insects was curious to note. The evening of Thursday, April 
1 6th, was cloudy, showery, and mild — the sallow bushes were crowded 
with moths, every blow from the beating stick brought down scores of 
T. gothica and 2 \ stabilis., but the following evening, when the moon 
was shining very clearly and the air was cold, the total number of insects 
taken did not reach a dozen. — M. Kimber. April 2^tk, 1891. 
Newbury. — Before I left home Notodonta trepida, Arctia 77iendica^ 
and Tephrosia biimdularia were coming out in my forcing-house, and I 
am glad to say that from half a dozen pupae of Notodonta carijielita 
bred last year, I have four most perfect imagines. — Id. April, 1891. 
Highbury. — Bistofi hirtaria is again very plentiful on tree trunks, 
occurring most frequently on lime, often on acacia, occasionally on other 
trees. I did not see any until April loth ; last year my first record 
is March 17th. — Francis John Buckell. April 29M. 1891. 
Crosby and Wallasey. — We are having real fine weather now, and 
what insects are appearing seem fairly plentiful. Nyssia zonaria has 
occurred in hundreds at Crosby, more, I think, than I have ever seen 
before, and at Wallasey, Larentia 77iultistriga7'ia has been equally abun- 
dant. The sallows are very backward and have very few buds, but 
where the Tcenioca77ipas are to be found, I believe they are plentiful, 
except T. opi77ia, of which I have been unable to take a single speci- 
men. We were at Crosby yesterday looking for Arctia fuliginosa\2iXw?Q, 
So scarce were they that in two hours we only found about twenty each, 
while in the autumn it would have been easy to get two hundred in 
the same time. We picked up two or three Tcenioca77ipa gracilis and 
