-iQ [Janiiarr. 



two ill TIdltoii Wood, Sept. 1019 ; Paudemis cnrijlana F., Waterperry W(Jod ; 

 Lozopera clilucidnnn Stph., flolton Pits; Ohthrentes hetulaetana Hw., Water- 

 perry Wood ; O. profundanu F., Waterperry "Wood. From near Tarntou : — 

 Olethvetdes xcmifasciana IIw., O. ni(jricostnna Ilw. 



OxFOUDSHiRE (Soutli). — The following are the more interesting records 

 from the Oxfordshire Chilterns : — Scoparia crataegella lib., Bix ; Tortrir bi- 

 fasciana lib. { = andojiinann Dnp.), one near Highmore, .lime 27tli, ]'.)]5: 

 Lozopera froncillana F., W^itlinoton ; Olethreutes sellann lib.. Watliiigton ,• 

 0. ./M^Y/fTno! lib., woods near Watlington, one on July 27th, 1918; Siegnnop- 

 tijchn nigromactdannTlw., ILirdwick ; S. ohtnscma Hw., Ili^hniore; Anthenia 

 pygjuiteana lib., r^nldharbnur W^)ods, near Goring, April 1919; Notocelia 

 tefrac/onauaStph., Highinore (locally common, but difficult to catch owing to its 

 high and swift flight) ; Grapholitha 2voehenana ^c\\\^., Ilighmore ; G.ianthi- 

 nana Dnp., Highmore. 



Buckinghamshire. — AVhile collecting on the outskirts of Shabbington 

 Wood at various dates in 1920, I noticed the following: — *Phycita spissicella 

 F. ; *Acrobasis consociella Hb. ; * Rhodophuea suavella Zk. (bred from black- 

 thorn) ; * Acalla cristana F., ra*^her common ; *Patul('mis heparana Schiff. ; 

 *Cnepliasia nuhilana Hb. (bred from blackthorn) ; ^Olethreutes hetulaettiiia 

 Hw. ; (). prnfunduna F. ; ^Pcnnene spiniana Dup., on Sept. 28th, 1920 (an 

 unusually late date); *P. rhediella CI.; P. splendidulana Gn. ; *GrapJioUthu 

 perlepidana Hw. I noticed the two last-named also in woods near Prince's 

 Risborough in April 1920. 



Acalhi crislana F. has been mentioned several times in the foregoing list. 

 This attractive insect is sometimes fairly common in restricted localities, 

 thoiig-h absent from many others' which appear equally suitable. As usual, it 

 is extremely variable; 70 specimens collected in the autumns of 1919 and 1920 

 included 20 distinct forms. It occurs in this district invariably on blackthorn, 

 never (in my experience) on hawthorn. 



Additions to the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire county lists of Lepidnp- 

 tera (as publishf'd in the Victoria History of these coimties) liavebeen indicated 

 by an asterisk (*). No county list for Oxfordshire has yet appeared. 



The nomenclature adopted is that of Staudinger and Rebel's Catalog, .^rd 

 edition (1901).— E. G. R. Waters, 40 Leckford Road, Oxford : December il^fh, 

 1920. 



Nabis hoops Schioedte in Wdtsldre, etc. — WHiile at the O.T.O. camp at 

 Tidworth Pennings, Wilts, I had the good fortune to obtain an example, § , of 

 this spei-ies of Nobis. It was taken from a tuft of grass on July 29th, 1920. Apart 

 from the rarity of the insect, the specimen is interesting as being completely 

 developed. Mr. E. A. Butler tells me that he knows of no other occurrence of the 

 completely winged form in Britain, but that the late J. Sahlberg, in his recently 

 published w^ork, records finding one. The only other Hemiptera of interest 

 taken in the same locality is an example of Allodapus 7-ufescens H.-S., crawling 

 in grass. Among other insects captured in 1920 are severnl specimens of 

 Ort/ivfi/liis iiirens Fall. These were found at Newton Reigny Moss. Cum- 



