132 THE entomologist's record. 



iinpluviata, Lohophoraaexalisata, Zonosotiiaorbicularia, Macaria alternata, 

 the majority, of course, in Matley bog. Larvfe were common : Taenia- 

 cam pa ininiom (which have apparently pupated well on oak, and without 

 change of food), Asphalia ridena, Catocala sjionsa, ('. jmnuism, Scotosia 

 diibitata, Cleora t/labraria, C. lichenaria (these two much scarcer than 

 usual) : LithuHia helveola (I cannot succeed in breeding this), Avcntia 

 fie.nila, Pcricallia sijrhvjaria and Psemlnterpna cj/timria, I also found 

 one larva of Padii/f/astria tnfolii, but have failed to rear it. Searching 

 at night yielded a number of larvie of Seliduscrna phuuaria and Xnctua 

 netjlecta, but neither have emerged well. Considering their local 

 surroundings, I doubt if I have kept the pupje damp enough. P.fuli- 

 (jinoaa emerged on June 11th, and I took one Hemeroidiila abruptaria 

 the next evening. On June 20th I went to Kannoch for ten days. The 

 weather was all against me — dull and cloudy with rain on most days. 

 Hadena adusta, PJuplciVia lucipara, Hadena pisi, H. contigiia, II. dentina, 

 Hijppa rcctilinea, Lycophotia porphyrea, Noctita plecta, X. /estiva, Rnsina 

 tencbrusa, Lhpitatopliora duplaris, C. or, and Xijlophasia rurca (ab. 

 roinbusta), were common at sugar. I also got a few Tlnjatira batix, 

 Aph'cta tincta, and A. occulta. Knniicleaia blandiata and Acidalia finnata 

 were fairly common, and one day on Mount Schehallion filled myrows 

 oi Larottia salicata and Ptiodos trcjddaria. P'idonia brunneata was not 

 out, but I got 2 Mdanippc tristata and 2 Awjdiidafii/s bctidaria. I was 

 also kindly presented by a local resident with freshly emerged specimens 

 of Pachnobia hijpcrboyca and Scnia scoliifonius. Individuals of Pcricallia 

 f^yrini/aria and D. fascclina emerged on June 28th. Before leaving on 

 June 30th I was kindly given a dozen larvae of Pctada nubccidosavihich. 

 later on fed up and pupated well. PJnpithecia rectaw/idata, Aplecta 

 nebulosa, Boarmia repandata, Metrocampa warf/aritaria, I^/wrodcsma 

 bajidaria, Xoctua brunnea, Scotosia vetulata and .S'. rhaiunata all began 

 to emerge about the end of June, and Cossiis Uf/nipcrda on July 4th, 

 followed a day or two later by Arctia caia, Arcntia flc.rida and 

 Xola strit/nla. On July 9th I beat several nearly full-fed larvae 

 of Xotodonta chaonia : while in that week Apavica ophioipYOinna, Cleora 

 ijlabraria, Triphaoia jivibria, Geometra rernaria and Lcucania stra)iiinca 

 appeared in the breeding-cages. A day at Tuddenham on July 14th 

 produced plenty of the larv* of P>ianthoecia irrci/idaris, of which only a 

 very small percentage failed to pupate. On July 19th 1 paid a visit to 

 Ht. Margaret's Bay in search of larvie of Dianthoecia albiwacula, but I 

 was altogether unsuccessful in finding the food-plant, Silcne niitanx. 

 Imagines of Macroi/lossa stellatanon, however, were in plenty, hovering 

 over the flowers of viper's bugloss by day, and of C/iocrocaiiijia porccllns 

 over the same flowers at dusk. A few Hecatcra serena and Diantltoecia 

 coiispersa, together with one Xylophasia xublitstrisyvere also bagged ; and 

 one larva of Leiucaiiijia dictaca secured on a poplar. On my return 

 home, I'urtJicsia cJiri/.soir/ioca, Psilura iiionaclia and Phinonios erosaria 

 were emerging. My DiantJioccia irrri/ularis larvie being short of food I 

 tried feeding them on LiicJatis fluscncidi and on a garden variety of T.i/c/niis 

 and found they took kindly to both. Within the next week I found 

 larva' of Chariclca iiiaryinatus common on (>no)tis arrcnsis along the 

 roadsides here ; and of Hecate ra dysodea on lettuce in the garden. 

 Sclidoseiiia pliiwaria began to emerge on July 28th. While walking up 

 to Goodwood race-course on August 2nd, I spotted some larvae of 

 Cucidlia lychnitis on ^'erbasclllll niyrum, and was able to bring away a 



