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On August ist, I took Apamea ophiogramma^ one specimen flying in my 
garden at dusk. — F. J. Buckell, 32, Canonbury Square. August 
1891. 
Ply77iouth, — Collecting during the first nine months of this year has 
been much interfered with by unfavourable weather ; but, although we 
have not tried sugar, we have obtained some good moths in the intervals 
of fine weather, and a fine lot of larvae during wet weather in August 
and September. In February, La7'e?itia muliistriga7'ia and Phigalia 
pedaria {pilosa7'io) came to light ; in March we bred Tephrosia biu7idu- 
laria p in April the best things at the sallows were PacJmobia rubricosa 
and T(Enioca77ipa gracilis^ whilst Lobophora carpmata {lobulata) was 
found at rest ; in May we captured Tephrosia co7iso7taria, Eupisteria 
obliterata {heperata\ Bapta te7tierata^ Ligdia adustafa, Eicpithecm pusil- 
lata, 7ia7tafa, and abbrtviata ; in June, Tephrosia crepuscularia^ ^ 
lu7‘idata {extersaria) and pu7ictularia^ Zonoso77ia porata^ PaTtagra 
petraria^ Nu77ieria pulveraria^ Eupithecia exiguata^ Hypsipetes trifas- 
data {i77ipluviata\ Core77iia desigTiata {propugnata), Cidaria siterata 
{psittacata) hybernated, Cidaria corylata^ silaceata, and Aspiiates 
ochreariit idtraria) ; in July, Argy7i7iis aglaia, and adippe, Cal- 
Uge7iia 77ii7iiata^ Calli77iorpha do77ii7mla^ Ne77ieophila russula^ Hetero- 
ge7iea asella {asellus), one $ , Thyatira batis, Cy77iatophora duplaris^ 
Agrotis strigula {porphyrea)^ Erastria fasda7ia (fuscula), A7ige^07ia 
pru7iaria, including varieties ^ and $ , Eury77ie7te dolob7'aria^ Cleora 
licheTiaria, Pseudoterp7ia pruhiata {cytisaria), Asthe7ia sylvata, 
Macaria 7iotata^ Mda7iippe tristata, procellata^ U7ta7igulata^ ATitidea 
rubidata, Cidaria picata^ popidala^ dotata^ Gnophos obscuraria^ Eupi- 
theda inrgaureata, and Eucos77iia undulata ; in August, Argy7Z7iis 
paphia^ Drepa7ia falcataria (fa/cuia), Leucania co7iigera, Stilbia a7io77iala, 
Triphce7ia mterjeda and Eupitheda absynthiata ; in September, Agrotis 
puta^ and EugoTiia erosaria. Our captures of larvae were : — In April, 
Polia flavumda^ Epiuida lidmiea and Cleora Udie7ia7'ia ; in May, 
Miselia oxyacanthcB ; in June, PcEdloca77ipa populi^ Notodo7ita ziczac^ 
moth emerged in August, we find this species double brooded, and 
Xylifia soda i^petrificata) ; in July, Lophopte7yx ca77ielina^ Notodonta 
dro77iedarius^ Gortyna flavago^ Cucidlia ve7'basd, dia77i077iill(B and 
Eupitheda puldiellata ; in August, S77ierinthus ocellatus^ Hylophila 
prasi77a7ta, Cossus Ug7iiperda^ Bo77ibyx rubi^ plentiful, Drepa7ia lacer- 
tmaria (lacertula), PJotodo7ita didceoides^ trwiacula {dodo7iea), De77ias 
coryli^ plentiful, Cuspidia leporina^ ten on alder, C. ahu^ five on alder, 
and Hade7ia pisi, abundant on Pteris aqidli7ia ; in September, S77ieri7i- 
thus tilioi^ Stau7Vpus fagi, four, Noiodo7iia ziczac^ Thyatira batis, Mo77ia 
orion, and Bisulda ligustri . — H. W. Basden-Smith, 6, Hillsborough, 
Plymouth. Septe77iber 21 st, 1891. 
HaTiis a7id Dorset. — I was in Bournemouth during the early part of 
August, and having the good fortune to experience fine weather I made 
several entomological excursions in the neighbourhood. The immediate 
vicinity of the town did not afford very much sport, but I found Satyrus 
se77iele, Lyccena ceg07i and Epi7iephele titho7ius all very abundant and in 
fine condition. Pseudoierpna cyiisaria was also very common, but other 
moths were decidedly few and far between. I visited Little Alum Chine 
for Leucania littoralis., but it did not put in an appearance, though I 
^ T. creguscularia occurs normally in March, T. biundularia in May and June. — E d 
