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one T. rubricosa. The larvae of Leuca7iia litoralis are plentiful, but 
as yet only half grown. Nyssia zonaria seems to have almost totally 
abandoned Wallasey. I have seen none at all there this year, and have 
only heard of a solitary ? having been taken.— Geo. A. Harker. 
Aprils i 8 qi. 
Tilgate. — Mr. Harker is indeed fortunate in his “weather and crops” 
(of insects). Here it is a delusion and a snare to attempt collecting in 
any form. Incessant hard frosts, easterly winds and bitter nights seem 
invariable. The sallows were all spoiled by the Easter snowstorms, and 
I have never come across any fortunate collector in this district who 
has taken anything worth mentioning. I believe Brephos parthenias 
was not scarce at Tilgate on the i 8 th inst., but sugar and sallows 
combined, at Christchurch on the same evening only produced about 
four specimens of the commonest Taiiiocampas^ one Scopelosoma satellitia 
and a Cerasiis vaccinii. — C. Fenn, Lee. Aprils 1891 . 
Warrington. — About a fortnight ago I was at Delamere Forest with 
my friend, Mr. Acton, and spent a couple of nights larvae-hunting. We 
found Noctua larvae plentifully along the lanes and wood edgings and 
inside the woods. The larvae of species obtained were Triph(x,7ia fimbria.^ 
commonly; Noctua brunnea and N. triangulum, abundantly; Leuca7iia 
lithargyria and Aplecta nebutosa, a fair number. We also got a few 
Ellopia fasciaria and quantities of Thera variata by beating pines ; a 
few Trachea piniperda imagines tumbling into the umbrella at long in- 
tervals. Altogether, we were much pleased with our success, bringing 
home over three hundred larvae. I am indebted to sallow for half a 
dozen Tceniocampa gracilis and two T. rubricosa this season, and for 
these I repeatedly visited the sallows of this neighbourhood. The 
common Tceniocanipas were numerous, and I sorted out a few light, 
mottled, and banded forms of T. instabilis. Of black vars. I saw 
several, but some years they are very common. Hybernating Calo- 
campa exoleta and Scotosia dubitata females appeared also. I kept 
several for ova, but could not induce them to deposit, even though I 
put them out of doors in a wire-guaze cage over growing plants. — 
J. Collins. May 2 T,rd, 1891. 
Pitcaple. — During the last week of April and first week of 
May, insects, on favourable evenings, literally swarmed at sallows. 
Tcenioca77ipa gothica and T stabilis were, as usual, most abundant. T 
instabilis and T rubricosa were not uncommon, var. gothicma a few. 
T. gothica^ T. stabilis and T. mstabilis varied to an extraordinary degree, 
but the latter, unfortunately, were mostly all showing signs of wear. 
Hybernated species, such as Cerastis vaccinii^ Calocanipa vetusta and C. 
exoleta^ though not uncommon, were of course left to enjoy themselves. 
General collecting has been fairly good lately, and, among others, I 
have taken or seen the following : — Pieris rapce and P. 7iapi., a few ; 
MelitcBa artemis^ larvae abundant in one locality ; Polyo77Wiatus phlceas, 
one at Muchalls ; Sesia philanthifor77iis larvae on coast ; Nudaria 77iun- 
dana larvae excessively abundant at Muchalls ; Chelo7iia plantaginis 
larvae not rare ; Arctia fuligmosa pupae common ; Bo77ibyx callimoe larvae 
a few ; Sele7iia illu7iaria only coming out ; Dasydia obfuscata larvae at 
Muchalls ; Melanippe fluctuata., a few ; Lobophora lobulaia^ a few ; 
A7iticlea badiata, just appearing; Cidaria suffiwiata^ common, var. 
piceata^ not rare, about 15 per cent.; Chesias obliquaria, a few; Dasy- 
