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Pyralis fimbrialis (2), Endotricha flammealis^ Pio 7 iea forficalis^ etc. On 
fences, Boar?nia rhoi 7 iboidaria, Cosmia trapezina^ Pyralis fartnalis^ 
Peronea sponsana, Semasia wieberana, etc. At dusk I took a Platypieryx 
hamula^ and saw another which I unfortunately misse<l. — A. Ford, 
Claremont House, Upper Tower Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. 
North Bucks. — I have this year spent a month in North Bucks, on 
the edge of Whittlebury Forest, and worked there diligently during the 
whole of July, but the results on the whole were not very satisfactory. 
I was too late for Hesperia paniscus.^ which, however, is to be found 
there (I believe) pretty freely; hwt Leucophasia sinapis was still flying 
in some numbers. The best insects I took were Boarmia roboraria^ of 
which I took a few off tree trunks, and Phorodesma bajularia^ which 
was fairly common at one place in the wood, but of which many .speci- 
mens were very much faded. I also got some very good Aventia 
flexula. Can any one inform me how to get this insect ? I took it 
flying at dusk along hedges on a turnpike road, but never got more than 
one specimen at a time. — Charles k. Thornewill, The Soho, Burton- 
on-Trent. September.^ 1891. 
Warrington. — All my exertions of late have been directed to larvae 
hunting and beating. I have taken a large number of Lophopteryx 
camelina and Notodonta dromedarius larvae ; plenty of Actonycta 
(Cuspidia) leporina, and more A. (Viminia) menyanthidis larvae than 
ever I got before. Saturnia carpini larvae a few. I also got a fair lot 
of Notodonta ziczac., a few N. dictcea, one N. dictceoides., A. {Cuspidia) 
megacephala.^ Amphidasys betularia., and about a score of Trachea pini- 
perda. Smerinthus ocellatus and S. populi were, as usual, very plentiful, 
but I did not go in for any.— jJ. Collins, Warrington. September 2\st. 
Howth and Liverpool. — I have been to Howth in search of Luperina 
barrettii mainly. We had a good time there and I was lucky enough 
to get six of the above rarity. It is a brute to catch, frequents the most 
inaccessible places it can find. I always used to think the price the 
insect fetches exorbitant, but having stood for twelve nights wet and 
dry, in a place where a slip would have meant broken limbs, and a 
constant look out had to be kept for falling stones, with the result of 
getting four good specimens and two bad ones, I am inclined to think 
it is fair enough. We found Dianthoecia capsophila common and worn, 
Eupithecia vtnosata also, very large specimens. There was little else 
among the macros except very fine Lyccena alexis. Among the micros 
we found Eupoecilia albicapitana and Sciapliila colqiihounana and larvae 
of Eudorea lineolalis, Gelechia leucomelanella and another Gelecliia. 
Amongst macro larvae we found Cleora lichenaria., I believe new to 
Ireland, Enbolia palumbaria., what I take to be a strange form of 
Larentia didymata (unfortunately it got wet with ammonia, and damaged) 
and Plusia chrysitis. Eumea nitidella was abundant on the rocks and 
another case-bearing moth perhaps a Solenobia. I have bred some 
scores of this (female) but never a male, and, as no one has ever bred 
a male, the species is still incog. Here in Liverpool, there has been 
nothing doing to speak of. The weather has put a stop to' collecting. 
Coenonympha davus we found common a week or two ago, and Sesia 
bembeciformis has been abundant in Sefton Park. This latter is much 
given to saccular distension, about nine out of ten seem to suffer from 
it. — Geo. Harker, Liverpool. July 315/, 1891. 
