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THE entomologist’s KECORD. 
We captured as many Brephos parthenias as we wanted, flying by day 
among the birches, and at dusk Selenia illunaria and Antidea badiata 
were very common, besides a few worn Scotosia duhitata. 
Although we did not begin to search the sallows till April 20th, we 
met with very fair success, and I append a tabular list of our captures : — 
T. 
stabilis. 
T. hi- 
stahilis. 
T. 
gracilis. 
T. ru- 
bricosa. 
T. 
cmda. 
T. 
gothica. 
T. 
JHUttda. 
C. 
vaccinii 
T. 
populeti 
Apl. 20th 
innum’ble 
I 
a few 
a few 
,, -ist 
do. 
5 
plenty 
abund. 
2 
plenty 
\ 
,, 22nd 
do. 
3 
3 
do. 
do. 
4 
do. 
M 23rd 
a few 
2 
a few 
do. 
a few 
I 
,, 24th 
very few 
I 
a few 
do. 
,, 25th 
abundant 
4 
abund. 
abund. 
5 
abund. 
,, 27th 
a few 
2 
2 
2 
I 
abund. 
2St]l 
a fe'.v 
i 
I 
I 
a few 
a few 
Also I Tradiea piniperda^ i Gonoptera libairix, and a number of 
battered specimens of Scopelosoma satellitia j about i dozen full-grown 
larvae of Xanthice. 
By sugaring we obtained numbers of Cerastis vacd 7 iii and ScopelosoJtia 
saiellitia, about half a dozen T. munda^ and a few T. stabilis and T. 
cruda. — C. Wells, Hurstfield, The Avenue, Gipsy Hill, S.E. May 
15M, 1891. 
Cannock Chase. — I paid a visit to Cannock Chase at Easter, and 
found Cytnatophora flavicornis abundant ; I could have taken many 
hundreds had I been so minded, but contented myself with looking for 
varieties and succeeded in getting a very variable series. Brephos 
parthenias did not put in an appearance until the 31st March, somewhat 
later than usual. 
At the beginning of May, I was again in the vicinity of the Chase ; 
one Tephrosia punettdata was my only take, but I didn’t do much work 
being invalided at the time. 
On the 20th May, when I paid another hurried visit, I took Hadena 
g/auca, sundry Tephrosia punctulata., one T. crepuscularia (surely very 
late), Theda rubi., and Ejjiatiirga atoniaria were abundant ; the former 
feeds on bilberry ( Vacciniu 7 ?i 77 iyrtillus) here. The blackthorn was in 
full bloom, and the bilberry had not yet burst into flower. It is the 
latest year I can recollect. — Richard Freer, St. Mary’s Hospital, 
Paddington, W. Jime \si. 
Meteorological Influences and Sugaring. — Several collectors 
grumble at the moon as a cause of failure. My own experience has 
led me to think the moon is a great deal too much abused. Some 
time ago, I went for a week’s collecting, there was a bright moon, 
cold clear nights, and very little flying. “ Oh ! it’s the moon,” I said, 
“ I’ll always avoid the moon for the future.” The next time I planned 
my work on nights when there should be no moon. Cold, clear, 
dark nights, very little flying. I began to doubt about the moon, and 
set it down to the cold clear atmosphere. Since then I have not 
changed my opinion. Cold, clear nights, with or without moon, bad ; 
warm nights, with or without moon, good. Some of the best nights 
I have had, have been warm and cloudy, but the moon for long 
