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to investio-ate the island ot' Caldey. I visited it from July 24th to 

 2Sth, 1914, and collected rather widely, hopinj^ that my collections 

 mjoht supplement those of others at other seasons. There is now no 

 hope of the investigation heing completed and I am publishing this 

 list because Caldey is an interesting locality and seldom visited. Its 

 interest is this, that it is separated from the naainland of Wales by a 

 couple of miles of tide-swept sea, yet it contains many forms of wing- 

 loss Arthropoda, for instance I'lati/art/irus, and ('ainpoilca and Litlinhvia, 

 all of which are not only wingless but subterranean. The geologists 

 must decide whether Caldey Isle has been lately connected to the main- 

 land. If it has )iot, then w'o must suppose that it has been colonized 

 through the medium of that ancient bone of contention — the floating 

 log. It is clear enough that we must know much more before we 

 can decide for or against these accidents ; personally I incline to 

 favour the log. 



The isle is less than two miles long, and large parts of it are 

 covered by gorse, bracken and heath vegetation. The clifi's. which 

 are 300 feet high in places, are covered with thrift and many other 

 maritime plants. The isle is inhabited and owned by a Benedictine 

 Brotherhood, who would always be willing to further faunistic 

 researches, and in whose Guest House I was most comfortably 

 entertained. 



Lkpidopteka : I'ieris brasKicor, P. rapae, /'. napi, Af^lais iirtirac, one 

 rararf/c (U'lieria, ApIiovtapiiH kyperantus, Einnephele jurtina (janiro), 

 J'tili/niiniiatiis icai us, 'Jliniiicia p/dacas, Spliiji.v lifiitstii (bred from larva 

 by Brother Gilbert), Anthioccra fdipentlulae, generally distributed and 

 not rare even at this early date. I took a g with a "Triungulin" 

 larva on its head, and another bearing poUinia which I fancy were 

 those of On/iis pi/raiin'dcdis. 



Aefferia DiKftcarformis {philanthiinrinis) (not uncommon on the 

 thrift on the cliffs); llipoiiitti jncohacae : Spilosnnia mentliastri ; 

 llt'pialiis humtdi (abundant) ; 11. liipiiliniif; and Vicvanura vinida : 

 Xntnilonta ziczac (larvae of both these on poplar in the guest-house 

 garden); Xijlophasia tuonnrihipha : ^lamfistra hrasHicae ; Miaijo fasciun- 

 rida (on flower heads of HcradriDii) : Ar/rotis e.rcla)iiati(iiiii< : Xortiia 

 jdi'fta : lladcna olnacfd : H. dentinn : <_'Hvidlia iDnbratica : C/iarirlca 

 iiiidira : I'ldiuiopliora nieticidnsa : Boaruiia rcpandata : Ln^of/raiiniia 

 petraria : I'litpitlx'ria ptinulata : Xanthorho'e [Melanijtpi') jliictiiota : 

 Cmuptofiramnm hilineata : Scoparia dKhitalin (pi/ralclla) ; S. atntiidlis : 

 l\nd()tri(ha flaw meal is : Ktirilnjpaia urticata : Scopiila jiriitialis : Khulea 

 sa)id)iiralis ; Stevia piinctalis ; Hiidroramfia iiyiiiphaeata : Crauibiis 

 liortiielliis ; ('. pratdbis : ('. perlelhis and var. icarriiKjtoiiellns ; Hmiweo- 

 soma ainiiella : /V. niinbella : PIn/cis ornateUa ; Gallcria mellonetta ; 

 Peronea a.ipctsaiia : Scrimris laninana : S. iirticana : '''Grajdiolit/ia 

 iiiipomaodatm : I'!ii.ra)it/iis aiKjtistana : '■ ]''.pln}>piphora triifeiiiinana : 

 Pi<-lnnrawjdia jirtirrrclla : ('ato]itria i(i)ia : Xanthosetia hatnana : C/irosis 

 alcella {iessarana): Pliitdla rni< ^rrannii (the imagines frequented plants 

 of Reseda after dusk, rather than the various Cruciferous plants) ; 

 J>epressaria castusa : Bri/otrop/ia terrella ; "'(jelechia iiianiioiea (beaten 

 from Psa)in)ia) : Oerapdiara psemlnspretella : Kudvosis fenestrella : Tinea 

 )ii i sella : ''(Tli/p/iijiteii/.r /isrheiielln : Ari/i/icst/iia nitidella : ( 'nlenpliora 

 fiiseedinella ; I'llarhista rtjiinipeimeUa and Siniaet/iis fabriiiana {o.eij- 

 iu-autli(U(i). 



