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Grammesia trilinea. Not uncommon at sugar in Forest;
not taken at Leyton.
Caradrina morpheus. Fairly common in garden and Forest.
C. alsines and blanda. Both species occurred somewhat
commonly, but were not recorded separately.
C. cubicularis. Common in garden and house.
Rusina tenebrosa. Not common at sugar in garden; com-
mon in Forest.
Agrotis suffusa. Occasionally at sugar in garden and
Forest.
A. saucia. Five taken at sugar in garden in September and
October, 1869.4
A. segetum. Very common at sugar and on wing ; absolutely
swarmed in 1869.
A. exclamationis. Common at sugar, at light, and lime
blossom.
A. nigricans. Occasionally at sugar in garden ; commoner in
Forest.
A. tritici and aquilina. Both species occurred, but not
commonly. They were not recorded separately as I could not then
distinguish them.
A. porphyrea. A fresh specimen taken flying by day over
heathy part of Forest near Loughton Camp, July 19th, 1888.
Triphaena ianthina. Occasionally at sugar in garden ; com-
moner in Forest.
T. fimbria. Two specimens at sugar in garden in 1869 and
1870.
T. orbona. Common at sugar and on the wing.
T. pronuba. Abundant throughout district.
Noctua glareosa. Once at sugar in Forest ("Gilbert's
Slade"), September 8th, 1869.
N. augur. Occasionally at sugar in garden; commoner in
Forest.
N. plecta. Fairly common at sugar and on wing, in garden
and Forest.
N. c-nigrum. Common at sugar.
N. triangulum. Scarce at sugar in Forest ("Rushey Plain")
in July, 1870.
4 This species appears to be somewhat capricious in its appearance, 1869 must have been a
good season for it, as it swarmed at sugar in a copse near Brighton on September 21st of that
year, when, among other things, I captured a specimen of Leucania vitellina,
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