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ctceris, Diloba caeruleocephala, Leucania conigera, L. comma, Dipterygia 
scabriuscula, Laphygma exigua (one), Neuronia popularis, Cerigo matura, 
Apamea ophiogramma, Caradrina morpheas, C. taraxaci, T. alsines, T. 
quadripunctata, Miana arcuosa, Gramme-si a trigrammica, Noctua rubi, 
Taeniocampa gracilis, Anchocelis lunosa, Xanthia cerago, Calgmmia 
trapezina, C. pyralina, C. di [finis, (J. a (finis, Dianthoecia carpophaga, 
Hecatera serena, Folia davicincta, Miselia oxyacanthea, Agriopis aprilina, 
Hadena thalassina, Asteroscopus sphinx (cassinea), Habrostola tripartita, 
H. triplasia, Plusia moneta, l\ pulchrina, Catoloca nupta, Epione 
apiciaria, Pericallia syringaria, Selenia hm atria, Odonoptera bidentata, 
Eugonia fuscantaria, Riviera pennaria, Pliigalia pedaria, Remerophila 
abruptaria, Geometra vernaria, Timandra vernaria, Strenia clathrata, 
Abraxas sylvata fulmata) (one), Hybernia rupicapraria, Larentia multi - 
strigana, L. pectinitaria, Emmelesia decolorata, Eupithecia pulchellata, 
Melanthia bicolorata, Anticlea badiata, A. niyrofasciaria, Cidaria fid rata, 
Enbolia cervinaria, also single specimens of Notodonta trepida, N. 
dodonea, N. dictaea, and Poecilocampa populi. This list I have extracted 
haphazard from my diaries, and is not to be taken as a complete one. 
The one specimen of L. exigua was taken at light in 1906 and was 
duly recorded and exhibited at one of our meetings. Apart from this 
capture I think the most interesting specimen taken is A. ulmata, as 
I have never been able to locate it again nearer to Pinner than its 
universally known habitat at Chalfont. 
C. pyralina is, I suppose, the most useful thing that I take at light 
in my own house, and every year, from about July 7th to the 27th, I 
get it in some numbers, and Pinner has undoubtedly subscribed this 
insect to many Entomologist’s cabinets in this country. 
In the notes that I read at one of our meetings on the Cosmiidae, 
I made mention of the fact that I had never taken a female specimen 
of G. pyralina at light—this fact still obtains, but I have taken the 
females in some numbers in the orchards around me, and in my own 
garden by sugaring. 1 also mentioned in my Cosmiidae notes that 
di(finis was apparently the scarcest of the group, but last year, contrary 
to my usual custom, I remained in Pinner for the whole of August 
and worked the the species thoroughly, both with sugar and light, and 
took it quite freely. Another visitor to my house, which perhaps calls 
for special mention, is Chesias spartiata; the specimen was taken at 
light on October 20th, 1911, and I have it in the drawer that I am 
exhibiting to-night. I have never seen the insect in Pinner or near 
Pinner before, and there is nothing nearer than Chorley Wood, ten 
miles away, that appears the least likely to prove a habitat for it. 
There does not appear to be any other entomologist resident in or 
near Pinner, so that I am unable to make any comparison of notes. 
The nearest kindred spirit that I had was the late Harry Leach, who 
lived at Rickmansworth, and he and I used frequently to work together 
the beautiful Bucks districts so easy for us to reach. 
The specimens of Poecilocampa populi and Notodonta trepida, both 
of which flew to light, I also consider very interesting, as except for 
these single specimens, I have found no other sign of either, but I 
confess to having made no special effort about them. I have been 
able to rear series of P. syringaria, H. pennaria, H. abruptaria, T. 
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