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many of most of tlie species usually common in such places. Several specimens 

 each of *Tholoiniges turfosalis, Wk., and Hyjpenocles costxstrigalis, St., were taken 

 in a similar habitat, as also was a single example of *ColUx sparsata, Hb. At 

 Woking also, in culms of Arundo phragmites were found a number of pupae of 

 *Nonagria geminipuncta, Hatch, (not without the expenditiu-e of much time and 

 patience), from which the imagines subsequently emerged ; we did not take this 

 species on the wing. The pupae of N. arundinis, F., were, as usual, abiindant 

 in stems of Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia, and from those collected we 

 bred a fine dark form referable to the yar. fraterna (emerged Sept. 10th, 1909). 



At light we have taken one or few specimens each of *Galleria mellonella, L., 

 Apamca ophiogramma, Esp., Calymnia pyralina. View., Noctua glareosa, Esp., 

 Xanthia fidvago var. jlavcsccns, Esp., and Calligenia miniata, Forst., all at 

 Woking, and Asphalia ridens, F., at Guildford, in addition to most of the 

 insects recorded in my previous paper. 



A number of species have been bred from larvas beaten from young 

 birches, &c., in a copse near Chobham. Amongst these are, *Cymalophora 

 octogesima, Hb., *fLophopteryx carmelita, Esp., Dicranura furcula, L., D. hifida, 

 Hb., and Hadena contigua, Vill., the last mentioned being not uncommon. The 

 usual Notodontids, Lophoptcryx camclina, L., Notodonta dictiea, L., N. dictasoides, 

 Esp., N. dromcdarius, L., N, ziczac, L., and Fygmra pigra, Hufn., were all seen. 

 It is interesting to note that the larvae of N. dictxoides and N. dromedarius 

 were botli more easily obtained by beating after dark. Tethca retiisa, L. (one), 

 and Noctua stigmatica, Hb. (one), in the perfect state, were found on the 

 beating-tray whilst we were working for the above larvas. 



A few examples of Agrotis agathina, Dup., were taken at the bloom of 

 Calluna vulgaris, on cold moonlight nights in early September, 1910, in company 

 with A. tritici, L., A. strigula being absent, fortunately for lis. The larvae of 

 the first of these insects were procvu-ed not iincommonly by sweeping the 

 heather at simset in early May. On the heaths four noteworthy species of 

 the genus Crambus have been netted, viz., *C. hamcllus, Thunb. (common), 

 C. uligiyiosellus, Zell. (taken in company with Trichoptilus paludum, Zell., cf. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., 1910, p. 241), C. latistriiis. Haw., and C. pinellus, L. Cramhus 

 falsellus, Schiff., occurred in July, 1908, in our garden here. 



We have always thought *Limacodes testudo, Schiff., ought to occiu- in the 

 district, and I am sure I saw a specimen (which I could not captm-e) on 

 July 28th, 1907, flying "in the daytime in some woods near Milford. This 

 conviction was turned into certainty when, whilst on a day's " himting " with 

 me in the same locality on July 23rd, 1910, Mr. E. G. E. Waters beat out a fine 

 ? from an old oak. Many hours were spent by my brother last September 

 beating for the larvae, but without sxiccess ; the only capture was a fair nrunber 

 of larvae of Gnophria ruhricollis, L. In consequence of this it was a surprise 

 all the more agreeable to tis, when a full-grown larva of L. testudo was beaten 

 from an oak on the outskirts of the only mixed wood, and that quite a small 

 one, near Woking. Unfortunately our capture proved later to be but the skin 



t Ou the occurrence of this species in Surrey, cf. Vict. Hist, of the Couutj', p. 127, note. 



