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Ebulea sambucalis. Not uncommon in garden.
Pionea forficalis. Very common in garden.
Scopula olivalis. Common in garden and Forest.
S. prunalis. Common in garden and Forest.
S. ferrugalis. Not uncommon in Forest.
Stenopteryx hybridalis. Common in Forest.
Of the remaining species of this tribe and of the Crambites I have
not sufficiently complete records ; nor is my recollection of captures
sufficiently distinct to make the list trustworthy. I prefer, therefore,
to leave its completion to later collectors better acquainted with the
species than I was at the time covered by my notes. I can only add
that many species of Eudorea were common ; that Phycis roborella
was occasionally taken on the wing in the Forest, and Pempelia
palumbella in the same localities, flying over the heathy parts. Of
the genus Crambus, the beautiful C. pinetellus is a noteworthy
Forest species. I have also taken Aphomia sociella commonly in
the Forest; and once a specimen of Galleria cerella at rest by day
on a fence, bearing a most remarkable resemblance to a raised splinter
of wood.
The list now presented, although confessedly incomplete, will, it
is hoped, serve as a basis for the more complete catalogue which in
time it will be possible to draw up from the joint observations of all
those who have collected in the district.
NOTES—ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.
Bottle-nose Whales in the Thames.—Two male specimens of this whale
(Hyperoodon rostratus) occurred in the Thames at the end of July—one near the
Nore lightship, which was towed into Leigh, and one near the entrance to Bark-
ing Creek. Our member, Dr. Murie, has made a careful examination of the Leigh
specimen, and has promised to communicate a paper on it to the Club, and Mr.
Crouch will append a few remarks on the Barking example.
Short-eared Owls in Essex in May.—Mr. F. Kerry, of Harwich, writes as
follows to the "Zoologist" :—"Whilst looking for the nests of some gulls, Larus
ridibundus, on the bentlings near Walton-on-the-Naze, on Whit-Monday last, I
flushed a short-eared owl. It had just killed a black-headed gull, and had com-
menced to pluck and eat it ; the blood was flowing from the dead bird. Being
very fearless, it did not fly more than ten yards at a time ; most probably it was