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this season: Smerinthus oceUatus and populi, Sesia bembeciformis, Odonestis pota- 
toria, Odontopera bidentata, Fhigalia pilosaria, Amphidasis betularia , and vars. 
Acidaha aversata,Notodonta dictcea (larva Leucania p aliens, Xylophasia lithoxylea, 
Apamea gemina, Noctua rubi, Fhtsia chrysitis, Mania typica, and Agrotis snffusa. 
Whilst others usually seen have not been represented, viz.: Eriog aster lanes tr is, 
Py9 (Rra bucephala, Centra furcula and bijida, Notodonta dromedaria, Mameslra 
anceps, and Hadena suasa. Others again have been taken sparingly : Folyommatus 
phloeas, JBombyx guenons, Ennomos erosaria, Acidalia immutata, Collix sparsata, 
Abraxas ulmata, Hypsipetes ruberaia, Eupithecia pimpinellata and fraxinata, 
Acronycta tridens and leporina, Leucania conigera, Triphoena janthina, Folia clii , 
Flusia iota, and llabrostola triplasia. I have also taken the following for the first 
time : Euchelia Jacob cece, larva on Ragwort, Aplecta occulta, Miana liter osa, Orthosia 
suspecta visited sugar, Pyralis glaucinalis in a spidei'’s web, Cryptoblabes bistriga 
at rest on the trunk of an oak tree, Gelechia ligulella, Swammerdamia ccesiella 
captured on the wing, Argyresthia Gcedartella, curvella and albistria motliing, 
Gracilaria Swederella and Elachista cerussella, the latter I found flying over reeds 
and long grass in a boggy place, Cerostoma scabrella taken at rest on a hawthorn 
hedge, Laverna epilobiella, bred six specimens from larva taken on Epilobium 
Mrsutum. Also several other species which are as yet undetermined. 
Eepticula argyropeza taken as larva last year; I reared five imagos. Coleophora 
currucipennella , this species I incorrectly named in my last communication ; having 
opportunity of showing it to Mr. Sang of Darlington, he referred it to C. ardece- 
pennella of Scott, remarking that the cases of this species and ibipenella were 
similar in form, but that the former stood upright on the leaf while the latter was 
nearly prostrate ; having taken both species I can speak to the same effect. I may 
mention also that Trichiura cratcegi and Triphana fimbria have been taken in this 
locality, the first as larva the second at sugar. 
I also had the pleasure of visiting Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, when I 
succeeded in obtaining a fine series of Scoparia basistrigalis and Olindia ulmana, 
also larva of Pcecilocampa populi and Hyponomeuta plumbella, from the latter I 
have now a nice set. 
On the 17th of this month, a fair specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was captured 
in a garden at Holgate, by Mr. Skilbeck, and given to me ; it is larger than usual, 
measuring 3 inches 1 line in expanse of wing. On the 20th, I took Agrotis saucia 
and Anchocelis rufina at sugar, neither of which is common in this neighbourhood. 
On the 27th, a second specimen of Vanessa Antiopa was seen by myself in the 
nurseries here; it flew over some trees and settled down about six yards before me; I 
tried to get my hat over it but failed. — T. Wilson, Holgate, York : October, 1880. 
Captures of Lepidoptera in the vicinity of Ijondon . — A short account of the 
insects I have taken in the vicinity of London this season may be of interest to 
some of your readers. Early in April Micropteryx purpurella. and semipurpurella 
were common near Plumstead, and M. unimaculella on Wimbledon Common. In 
Headly Lane during the season I have beaten from Juniper Ze/leria insignipenella, 
Argyresthia prcecocella, arceuthina, dilectella, aurulentella, and abdominalis, the last 
being much the rarest : on August 31st, G. semifascia was common among the 
junipers in the neighbourhood of maples. Hampstead Heath produced Coleophora 
