270 THE entomologist's record, 



(c) $ returns to Tamarisk. 3 follows and again repeats previous 

 movements, this time apparently raising and lowering his 

 body from the flower spike by movements of the legs. 

 {(I) $ after several minutes begins to respond to J s demonstra- 

 tions by partly opening and quivering her wings. 3 walks 

 up to 5 and turns round several times. ? finally flies off 

 rapidly with 3 in pursuit. 

 4. Hei<})eria evanida. — I took one 3 and two $ s of this interest- 

 ing species in the desert, near Kassassin, on October 23rd, an interest- 

 ing record, proving that this species is at least double-brooded. 



Convolvulus layiatiis was common where it occurred. I have nothing 

 to add to Colonel Mander's account — would that he had been spared to 

 give us more of his observations — of this " skipper," except that the 

 butterfly, when settled on the desert sand or stones, is extremely hard 

 to see, the white and olive underside closely resembling a variegated 

 quartz or limestone pebble. 



Some Lepidoptera of Guernsey, 1915. 



By the Bev. F. E. LOWE, M.A., F.E.S. 



For the first time for twenty years or more the writer was in 

 Guernsey during the whole summer. I hoped by renewing my 

 acquaintance with what were once familiar hunting grounds, to renew 

 some of the pleasure with which I exploited these places in days gone 

 by. There was also reason to suppose that possibly there were not a 

 few species of lepidoptera in the Island which had not yet been 

 recorded. Though we had a splendid summer, and insects were very 

 abundant, there was little in the way of discoveries to reward diligent 

 work. I have reason to fear, on the other hand, that the number of 

 species has declined, and that the enormous extension of greenhouses 

 and the frequent destruction of trees to accommodate them with 

 sufficient sun, and the cutting up of many pastures for bulb-growing, 

 have considerably reduced the numbers of our butterflies and moths. 

 In two important respects, it must be admitted, my investigations were 

 seriously handicapped, I could neither "sugar" nor use the attraction 

 of light. Owing to the war, military authority prescribed the use of 

 light under severe limitations — which were especially stringent by the 

 coast. Thus ray enjoyable stay of five weeks at the extreme south end 

 of the Island, at the Pleinmont Hotel, from June 22nd to the end of July, 

 was robbed of more than half its entomological possibilities, and there 

 was added practically nothing to our list of the local fauna. In a few 

 instances, where only a single specimen of a species had been recorded, 

 and on what seemed sometimes doubtful authority, I was able to give 

 fresh testimony to its occurrence. The season opened late — due 

 perhaps to drought. An entry in my diary on June 21st reads : " first 

 rain for a month." So if " a drip in June, sets all thintjs in tune," any 

 little discordant note may be accounted for by this month's short- 

 comings. 



My first important country walk Avas on April 19th, to the clifi's, 

 beyond Petit Bot. Poranje aef/eria ab. interwedia was to the fore. 

 Larvae of Dasychira fastelina, noted very small; also a few of the " oak- 

 eggar," Lasiocampa <juercits. On May 11th the first brood of Bumicia 

 {l'h)ysn])hanus) phlaeas was out with Paranie viei/aera. Larvfe of Melitaea 



