368 THE entomologist's recokd. 



must occur here, but I was .probably too early for them to be well out. 

 The great majority of the sandhill insects were of the above species, 

 with their respective allies, Lencania imjnira and A. exdamationis, 

 Xi/lopJiasia mono(/li/pha, and Triphaena ^jrr)»;(6a ; but there was a fair 

 sprinkling of other things. I was only in for the fag end of Maviestra 

 cdhicolon, getting eight specimens the first week, but none afterwards. 

 Only three of these were really fine. Thi/atirabati^i and Cymatoplwra dnp- 

 laris must have been wanderers from a distant wood, but Chandea itnihra 

 was in its right place, as rest-harrow flourished everywhere. Peridroma 

 Upsilon {sufum) was another Agrotid that turned up occasionally, Avhilst 

 Xoctna plecta and Hadena dentina occurred sparingly. Few Geometers 

 were attracted, but among them were Mdanippe (jaliata and Acidalia 

 marijlncpunctata, the former species being common throughout the 

 district. There are some woods in the neighbourhood, but I did not 

 try them, and the clift" treacling was not sufficiently remunerative to 

 pursue it. The only other species thus obtained were Habrosyne 

 dcrasa and Pharetra niniicis, and as the sandhill species were absent, 

 I soon went back to my old ground again. All the time I had kept a 

 sharp look out for Sesia vmscifonnis, but I failed entirely with it until 

 the 18th, when we were out for the day with a party of Marazion 

 fishermen. Landing at Prussia Cove for lunch, and having brought 

 a net on the off-chance of some collecting, I came across the species 

 on thrift blossom, on a rocky headland. I took four beauties in a 

 quarter of an hour and then had to go. Upon revisiting the spot 

 specially, two days later, there was a strong wind blowing and I only 

 got two more worn specimens in a sheltered corner, missing a third. Stenia 

 j)Hnctalis was common here and a few Gnophos obsciimta were found. 

 On the rocks a few Bnjophila muralis were at rest, and others on a wall 

 in Marazion. They were commoner, however, on the lichen-covered 

 serpentine rocks of Gurnard's Head, where I boxed half-a-dozen in the 

 few minutes spent there during a drive. July 11th struck me as 

 being an early date for them. Cucnllia umbratica was found once at 

 rest on a post, and every plant of Verbascum. in the district was 

 riddled by ('ucullia vcrbasci larvse. Although most had gone down 

 I yet managed to get together a nice lot. At dusk and at light, 

 without any systematic work, useful things kept turning up ; Acidalia 

 imitaria commonly, and an odd A. man/iiwpiDictata here and there; a 

 few nice Melanippc unamjulata one evening at dusk, and several belated 

 Emmelesia alcheiiiillata. M. (/aliata was plentiful everywhere and 

 always came to light. A few beautifully coloured Pseiidoterpna 

 pruinata came in the window one night only, and other things taken 

 by the same means, included Cidaria pyraliata, C. silaceata, Mdanthia 

 acdlata, Eiipithecia pnmilata, Aijrutis striijida, Hecatcra serena, 

 Nndaria mnndana, Boti/s asinalis, Ebidea sambucali„i and quantities of 

 (Jrariibiis pcddlas ab. ivarrimjtondlm, which latter far outnumbered the 

 type. Lasiocanipa qncrcm males dashed about by day and Macrof/lossa 

 stellatarnm was everywhere, a favourite abode being inside the golf 

 club house. Here I found them almost every day, and several times 

 they were seen at rest in the evenings on stone Avails or concrete walls 

 of houses. Towards the end of my stay also, very young larvae were 

 to be found on the bedstraw. Up to July 22nd very few Anthrocera 

 filipendulae had emerged, although the larvfe and pupaB were every- 

 where on the sandhills. I brought a great number of the latter away 



