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Marlborough list last year. — M. Kimber, Cope Hall, Newbury. 
October 6 th, 1891. 
North London. — I have not much of interest to record since my 
last note. Amphidasys betularia, which was very easy to rear, showed 
itself sublimely indifferent as to its manner of pupation, a large propor- 
tion especially of those reared under a fern case turned on the surface 
of the earth, others dived into the earth and there changed ; in no case 
was a cocoon spun. I have found the larvae of Hadena pisi commoner 
than usual at Hampstead this year. I should think, from the number 
of pupae of different kinds I met with in digging at Chingford recently, 
that any member, who is in a good pupa-digging locality, ought to have 
a rich harvest. I find a fern trowel the best to use, the long narrow 
blade will explore corners and angles, into which an ordinary trowel 
will not go. During the hot close weather, from September 6th to 12th, 
insects were very plentiful. I sugared at Wimbledon on the 9th (the 
day had been bright and very hot, afternoon somewhat hazy, night 
clear, wind S.W., very little of it), and never saw sugar so attractive, 
although a worn Triphcena fi7ubria was the only thing out of the 
common. Light was very attractive during the same week. — F. J. 
Buckell. October, 1891. 
St. Amid s-ott-Sea. — The weather during the holidays has been 
simply dreadful here, nothing but wind and rain ; but, notwithstanding 
this, we have managed to get some moths together. We took several- 
well marked Agrotis cursoria on the ragwort, at the beginning of August, 
a few A. prcecox, two A. var. aquilina and the common moths, but 
none in abundance ; also, Gelechia terrella, Coleophoi'a artemisiella, etc. 
I had a few days on the Moors -at Longridge, near Preston, but as the 
weather was so bad I did not do much. We took, however, Cidaria 
populata, Poedisca occultana, Grapholitha geminana, Penthina sauciana, 
Peronea caledoniana, Tortrix viburniana and a few others. At the 
Salt Marsh, at Fleetwood, I managed to get a nice series of Coleophora 
tripoliella, and some very darkly marked Peronea schalleriana in a lane 
near. Also Eupoecilia vectisana, Crambus salinellus and others. I 
was late for Gelechia instabiliella, there were plenty, but most of them 
worn. I have tried sugaring lately but have seen nothing except the 
relics of the past summer, the September moths not having yet put in 
an appearance, with the exception of Hydrcecia nictitans, which seems 
very abundant. H. micacea is an absentee this season, I have not seen 
a single specimen. Anchocelis litura, A. lunosa, Orthosia lota, not yet 
out. Peronea hastiana seem very scarce this season. I have been out 
several times but have not succeeded in getting many larvae ; I fancy a 
great many were killed during the storm we had the third week in 
August, which shrivelled all the heads of the sallows as if they had 
been frozen, and made them go black. — T. Baxter, St. Anne’s-on-Sea. 
September i^th, 1891. 
Wisbech. — On the whole, the present season has been a very good 
one. Sugar appears to have been more attractive than usual, though 
the majority of things taken at it have been of a very common order, 
Cuspidia leporina being about the best. Nonagria typhoe has been 
abundant during the past month, but Calamia lutosa scarcer than 
usual. Hydrcecia micacea has been taken sparingly, as also has Trichiura 
cratcBgi at street lamps. Gortyna flavago quite common on lamps, as 
