SOME NOTES ON COLLECTING IN lllOil. 18 



locality Apanwa nonina and Hcpialiis lii/m/iini,^, iho only insect taken at 

 sugar being (irannnesia tr'Kjraiinirica. 



One specimen of Aiujiades sylraniin was captured on June 4th, and 

 also Hcfijicria molrae, the date mentioned ])eing a very early one for 

 the insect in question. 



The collecting on the south coast was carried out during Aveek 

 ends, and also during a week comprising the last few days of May, 

 and the first week of June. Work nearer to London was, however, in 

 force during the earlier days of the week. Searching for larvie, the 

 writer was pleased to find that of T.asiocainpa ijiicrcus at the back of 

 Shooters Hill, showing that it had not entirely forsaken its old haunts 

 despite the growth of greater London, and that motor traffic passed 

 constantly, while larva^ of < 'nsmotrichi' /lotatana were largely in 

 evidence. Dusking at Chislehurst gave Scoliopteiy.r libatri.r, Ejilnjra 

 jicndiilaria, Tcplnosia junictulayia (on tree-trunks), (Tonodoritis buleiitofa , 

 and Cahcra pnmria, with the following at Shooters Hill, ri\., Anticha 

 bailiata, Aatlwna randidata, lodis lartearia, <'ainpt(i(ira}inita bilineota, 

 tiHinia crataei/ata, Apatiwa badlinea (Kidbrooke, May 28th), and 

 Hi/driuinena itnphniata (Blendon, June 13th). 



Sugar during the spring and early summer gave exceedingly poor 

 results, constant wet days and cold nights spoiling any possibility of 

 good results, and even such insects as were captured, were generally in 

 poor condition, the only ones to record for June being Dipteryriia 

 srabriiisrida, XijlDpliasia lithoxylca, X. viono(fl>/p/ta, iivaphipliora aiiyur, 

 Xaenia tj/pica, yortiia festiva, Tn'phaena proniiba (also on the wing 

 in mid-September in perfect condition everywhere), Phloyophora 

 tiieticiddsa, and Mcoiiestra brassirat', with Dasydiira piidibidtda at light, 

 a very sorry list for several nights' work at Crown Woods, Eltham. 

 A newly-emerged Hylopldla praainana was taken at rest on a nettle 

 stem (Blendon), T/icrctra porcelliis (Ciilham, Oxon), ParaHeivia 

 plantayijiis (South Downs, Hants), all in June, and Mdanoryia yalatca 

 (Shoreham, Kent), Knndia hyperanthtts (Cudham), and Epiiifphcie 

 tithonuH (Portsdown Hill) in July. At this time (July) the breeding- 

 cage was giving large numbers of Anthrocera /ilipendulaeivom collected 

 pupai from the last-mentioned locality, Porthesia siviilis (Blendon 

 larvte), Kupructia ehrysorrhoea (Southend, larv* collected in autumn 

 of 1908), Plasia iiinneta (larvae collected at Shoreham, Kent), and a 

 few Kiitrifha (pienifolio, and iMsincanipa ijiierci'is from larvte taken on 

 hawthorn at Culham, Oxon, earlier in the year. 



Dusking from mid-June till end of July, secured Acidalia atrrsata 

 (Kidbrooke), llcpicdna hcrtiis (Chislehurst), and H. lutmidi (Black- 

 heath), Lozoy 1(1)11 Ilia petraria (Chislehurst), Metrocoiiipa maryaritaria, 

 and Kiichloiis puatidata (Shooters Hill), llciiicropldla abrnptaiia 

 (Blackheath, at rest), Mamestra perdcariae (Blackheath), Acidalia 

 imitaria (Shooters Hill), Mesoleiira albicillata (Chislehurst), Srotoaia 

 vetidata (Chislehurst), Xanthorho'e sociata (Eltham), Hypcna probosci- 

 dalis (Chislehurst), XactKa trianyidum (Chislehurst), and Asthena 

 vandidata (Eltham), also the day-fiying Oit/mlitlia liniitata (Cudham). 



During the first three weeks in August, the writer w'as practically 

 unable to undertake any field work, but in the last week of that month 

 took a trip to Devon, staying inland about three or four miles from 

 Sidmouth, Devon. Probably the stormy weather of the several weeks 

 preceding accounted for the poor condition of many of the insects 



