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Lepidoptera in Surrey in 1912. — Although my brother, R. J. Champion, 

 and I have had bvit little time to spare for collecting and breeding during the 

 past year, we have succeeded in o])taining notes on a few species which may be 

 of intei-est. 



E.HOPALOCERA. — Only Polyovimatus phloeas, ab. radiata, Tutt., August 13th, 

 Chobham, and Leucophasia sinapis, July 27th, Chiddingfold, need be mentioned. 



BoMBYCES and Noctu^. — We have often noticed a considerable number and 

 variety of wings broken off the larger Lepidoptera floating in the canal at 

 Woking, especially in the spring. These wings are usually still perfectly 

 covered with scales, and often all four of a particular moth float close together ; 

 it seenls to us that this destruction must be due to bats. To illustrate the 

 variety of species represented, the following, all foimd on one occasion in a 

 stretch of about 100 yards, will serve: — Loplwpterijx carmelita (four specimens), 

 Notodonta chaonia (three), N. dodoniea (one), Tseniocampa stahilis, T. gothira, 

 T. gracilis, and lastly De«ias coryli, of which we have taken but one example (on 

 a street lamp near by) in this district. 



Ino statices, which we have not previously seen in the Woking district, was 

 tolerably a.bundant in damp hay fields early in July. Heliothis dipsacea was 

 found flying swiftly over the heaths at Chobham on July 21st, and a long chase 

 with no other weapon than a pill-box resulted in the capture of two ? ? . On 

 a later occasion several were netted and plenty of larvas procured, both fi'om ova 

 and by sweeping. Hydrelia u7ica we found at Chobham, very locally but not 

 rarely, at the end of May and early in Jiuie, and the larvee could be obtained in 

 numbers at the beginning of August by sweeping on the same spot. 



Geometry. — We have seen very little of note among the Geometers — ■ 

 Hypsipetes ruherata, in a street lamp near Brookwood, May 5th; Melanippe 

 galiata, at light, Woking, May 9th, and bred June 4th ; Lobophora sexalisata, on 

 a willow trunk, Guildford, May 29th ; and Hyria auroraria, several beaten out 

 of bushes in the daytime in the middle of July near Woking (ova were obtained 

 and we now have the young hibernating larvae) . Larvae of Emmelesia unifasciata 

 were fotmd commonly on fruiting plants of Bartsla odontites early in October 

 near Effingham. 



Crambi and Pterophori. — Two species of the former and one of the 

 latter call for mention : *Rhodoplisea formosa, a single specimen beaten out of a 

 mixed hedge at Woking, July 7th ; Homxosoma sinuella, Woking, July 17th ; 

 and *Leioptilus lienigianus, disturbed in the daytime, together with numerous 

 Ephippiphora faenella and Dicrorampha simpliciana, from bushy plants of 

 Artemisia vulgaris. 



ToBTRiCES. — Tlie following may be recorded: — Clepsis rusticana and 

 Phoxopteryx biarcuana, both not uncommon near Brookwood in the middle of 

 May, and the latter occurring again two months later in the same and otlier 

 localities ; P. derasana, common at Guildford in May ; Phloeodes demarniana, 

 Woking', May 24th ; Coccyx cosmophorana, not uncommon, together with a 

 smaller number of C. coniferana, among the pines, Woking, May 14th and later ; 



