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trunks, some hundreds of yards away from a beech wood. Do the 
larvae feed on birch also ? Insects seem much later this year than last. 
Ma7nestra albicolon is not yet out on the sandhills, and sugar, on June 4th, 
only produced one Agrotis ripce. I have taken a good many Melit(za 
artemis in a field where they certainly did not occur last year, the question 
is, where did they spring from? Leucania turca also occasionally turns 
up, but it seems hard to get in good condition. Mr. Holland, who has 
been staying with me, has taken Argyi'olepia bau77ianniana^ but 
unfortunately his first day’s catch was all spoilt through carelessness. — 
R. B. Robertson, Skelty Park, Swansea. 
Sligo. — The season here promises to beat the record. All insects are 
exceedingly abundant, and “sugar” seems to have quite regained its 
old attractiveness, absolutely swarming with the commoner Noctu^. 
The time of appearance also is earlier than usual, for instance Plusia v. 
a7ireu77i appeared on June 19th, Apa77iea oculea and Noctua xaTithographa 
on June 29th, all these being fully three weeks earlier than usual. 
Charocampa porcelkis is again abundant, and I am endeavouring to 
procure eggs. — P. H. Russ, Sligo. 
Brockenhurst. — Having just had a week’s collecting at Brockenhurst 
with my cousin, Mr. William Ogden, I thought a few notes might be of 
interest to some of the readers of the Record. Arriving on May 30th 
we were fortunate enough to have fine weather the whole time, until 
the last day, June 6th, which was dull and rainy. ArgyTiTiis euphrosy7%e 
was one of the commonest butterflies and was in fine condition. Gotic- 
pteryx rha77ini was also abundant and occasionally, Euchlo'e carda77ii7ies 
and Theda rubi were taken. Hesperia tages and H. TTialvoe were com- 
mon everywhere, and at Stubby Copse Ne77ieobius lucma was by no 
means scarce, as we managed to take some twenty specimens between 
us. Beating resulted \nEphyra pU7icta7'ia.^ E. trilinearia., E.peTtdularia.^ 
Corycia ta77ii7iata, \Eupisteria heparata., Cidaria silaceala, Halias prasi- 
7iana^ Lithosia aureola., Arctia 77iendica (four females only), Platypteryx 
falcula., P. lacertida., P. hamida and P. UTiguicula. On the heath, 
BoTTtbyx rubi (males) and Phytoi7ietra cetiea were plentiful, and an occa- 
sional Anarta 77iyrtilli., 2 Boar77iia cmciaria., and a single NcTtioria 
viridata. Fido/iia pmiaria., Thera obeliscata and Macaria liturata were 
taken among the pines, but only one specimen of the latter. On 
June 5th we visited Rhinefield, hoping to take Maeroglossa fucifor7)ds 
at the rhododendrons, but found they were not in blossom. However, 
we succeeded in taking seven specimens at the flowers of the American 
honeysuckle, all in fine condition. Other captures during the visit 
were Nimieria pulveraria., Ypdpetes ruberata., Euchdia jacobcece, EpioTie 
advc7iaria and Lobophora hexapterata., and among larvae might be men- 
tioned Triphcena Ji77ibria., Catocala pro77iissa^ Liparis 77i07iacha., and 
ArgyTiTiis paphia. — Russell E. James, Chesterville, Hornsey Lane, 
Highgate, N. 
Hepialus velleda in Bucks. — Whilst mothing at dusk, on June 
1 8th last, round the outskirts of a fir plantation, near Tring, but just 
beyond the boundary of the two counties (Herts and Bucks), I found 
a large number of the common Hepialus lupulinus., hovering over one 
particular spot in the thick herbage, as though in quest of a female, and 
among them I could just distinguish in the dusk a moth somewhat 
larger than the rest ! on making a sweep with the net, among the 
