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P^IRST NOTES ON THE LKPIDOPTERA OF LUNDY ISLAND. 

 BY G. 1!. LONGSTAFF, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.K.S. 



The very interestinj^ observations by Mr. Norman If. Joy * on 

 the Coleoptera of this lonely mass of trranite suggest that some 

 a<-f'ount of its Lepidopiera should be published. 



Thirty years ago Mr. John R. Chanter f printed a list of 47 

 Butterflies and Moths noted on the island by the present lord of the 

 manor, the Rev. Hudson G. (leaven, a gentleman who modestly 

 disclaims being a skilled Entomologist. 



Sinee the publication of Mr. Chanter's book I have myself paid 

 seven or eight visits to the island, but most of these have been limited 

 to the very short calls permitted to visitors by the excursion steamers. 

 One or other of rhese visits have been in company with Dr. F. A. 

 Dixey, Mr. A. L. Onslow, Mr. F. R. D. Onslow, and Mr. Clinton 

 Maund. 



As a result, I have confirmed 14 of Mr. Pleaven's species, and 

 added 46 not noted by him, thus leaving 33 species that require 

 confirmation ; of these, at least 24 are such as one might well expect 

 to meet with, but a few are decidedly startling. 



The following list comprises 93 species, and includes all 

 Mr. Heaven's species, which are indicated by his initials. Where 

 I have not myself seen the insect the name is included in square 

 brackets. Those marked with an asterisk are in my Mortehoe list. 



Lithosia caniola, Hiibn. Common at light, 1907. Two found by Mr. F. R. D. 

 Onslow at rest on grass by day. This would appear to be a new locality for this local 

 cliff-loving species ; it was first taken in South Devon, and the late Mr. Barrett 

 found it in Pembrokeshire. 



* Phragmatobia ftdigi)iosa, Limi. One at light, August 26th, 1907 ; anotlier 

 by Mr. F. R. D. Onslow flying in the sun. 



*\_Arctia villica, Linn. One seen by Mr. A. L. Onslow]. *\_A. caja, Linn. 



H. G. H.]. 



*Polia lichenea, Iliibn. One at light. 



*[^Harmodia nana, Rott. {conxpersa, Esp.). One taken at light by Mr. F. R. D. 

 Onslow, 1907]. 



*Melanchra cespitis, Fabr. Oue at light. *M. serena, Fabr. One at light. 



*M. pixi^TAxwi. A larva. 



*\^Afffotis segetum, Schiff. H. G. 11.]. *A. ypsilon, Rott. {suffusa, Hiibn.). 



One at light. *A. lunigera, Stph. Several very fine specimens at light, 1907. 



* [.4. oJd^Jsca, Hiibn. One taken at light by Mr. F. R. D. Onslow, 1907]. 



* Entomologist's Monthly Maguzino, 190(5, vol. xvii, pp. 1—5 ; ihid., 1907, vol. xvili, pp. 27—29. 

 t lundy Island, a Monograph, Descriptive and Historical. Cassell, Fetter and Qalpin. 

 Preface dated 1877. 



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