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THE entomologist’s RECORD. 
(abundant everywhere) and Eupithecia virgaureata (worn). Tanagra 
chcerophyllata was abundant, flying amongst bracken, and a few Hepialus 
hecius and H. velleda at dusk. Fidonia atomaria^ A?iaitis plagiata and 
Cidaria suffumata were common on heaths, and I took one Coremia 
7?iunitata. Tree trunks produced Notodo7ita dictoeoides (i) and Bisulcia 
itgustri {i), nothing else of note. Larvae were decidedly scarce, but I 
turned up one each of NotodoTita chaoTiia and A7iiphidasys prodro77iaria 
and a few Folia chi. In one place only, I found larvae of Eupithecia 
pulchellata^ not only in the spun up bells of foxglove, but, in a younger 
stage, inside the capsules from which the bells had already fallen off. 
Sugar was very poorly patronised. — F. H. Wolley Dod, Collingham, 
Newark. A ugust 2 3 1891 . 
Bedford. — I spent the month of August at Bedford, during which 
time I did a little collecting with my friend Mr. Edwin Gray, who is 
well acquainted with the locality. The Rhopalocera were very poorly 
represented, partially owing, no doubt, to the lack of sun, all the warm 
weather being concentrated into the last week. We took the following 
in fair abundance : Pieris napi.^ P. rapce. P. brassiccB^ Epmephele janira, 
Pararge 77iegcera and E. tithoTius. Occasional specimens of Lyc(Z7ia 
icarus, Polyo77i77iatus phloeas and Gonopteryx rha77i7ii were met with, and 
the total closes with one of each of the following : VaTtessa urticce^ V. 
polychloros^ V. io and Pyra7ueis cardui. We did not have time to collect 
the Heterocera, hence the smallness of the list, which only includes 
the following : — Hepialus sylvaTtus, i ; Lithosia co77iplanula ; Chelonia 
caja^ several (I am now feeding up larvae of the latter on laurel and 
ivy). Liparis chrysorrhcea ^ occurred in numbers ; one morning early, 
in a distance of four miles, I counted about 150 pairs, and could have 
counted many more had I looked. I do not know whether this species 
has been unusually abundant elsewhere this season, but the larvae 
swarmed all about Kensington in July. Uropteryx sa77ibucata, several ; 
Epione apiciaria, i ; Ru77iia craicegata, 2 ; Crocallis elmguaria and 
Eti7io77ios iiliaria, i ; Acidalia aversata ; Cabera pusaria^ several : 
Abraxas grossulariata, common; Melanippe subtristata^ M. 7no7ita7iaiay 
M. jluctuata., several ; Core77iia ferrugata^ 2 ; Eubolia cerviTtaria., 6 ; 
E. 77te7tsuraria and E. paliunbaria., common ; PtilodoTitis palpijia.^ i ; 
NoiodoTita dictcea^ i ; and several specimens of the following ; — Leuca7iia 
liihargyria, L. wipura^ L.palleTis.^ Hydfoecia nictitaTis, Axylia putris, Xylo- 
phasia polyodoTi^ Cerigo cytherea, Ma77iestra brassiccB.^Apa77iea oculea^ Agrotis 
TtigricafiSj PriphoeTta subsequa, T. orbona^ T. proTiuba., Nociua festiva^ 
PI. xanthographa, Cosmia diffinis^ Plusia ga7)mia and Caiocala 7iupta. 
We were most successful in pupae digging and larvae hunting, getting a 
great number of the former, about 200 in three diggings. I took a pupa 
of Smerinthus populi as early as the 9 th of August, and several more 
pupae fell to our trowels in the course of the month, of which the most 
abundant was Cos?7iia dijfiTiis. I also took one of Notodo7iia dictcEa^ 
which emerged the next day, and one of Agriopis aprilma emerged on 
the 20 th. Amongst the larvae taken were specimens of S77iermthus 
ocellatuSj some of which Mr. Gray took on apple, others I found on 
willow ; and the contrast in colour of the two lots, strikingly illustrated 
^ For years L. chrysorrhcea has been rather scarce. L. atcriflua has been very 
abundant this year. From the remark re larvae at Kensington, I should say the species 
is certainly not chrysorrhcea. — Ed. 
