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■bistortata was much scarcer than usual, taken at rest on larch trees, 

 Lobojihora lobiilata (one), Anticlea hadiata and A. derivata (one) were 

 also taken at rest. Breplios iiart/ienias was seen, but only two worn 

 ■ones were ctiptured, and one Paclnjrucniia kippocastanaria and 

 Lari'iitici iimltistrigarici. We took a few <J Avtp/iidasya prodrowaria by 

 senihlinij:. our method being to tie crippled $ s by a piece of fine cotton 

 and then to tetherthem to a tree. (Ma.tor) R. P>. Eobkrtson, Forest View, 

 Sc>uthlK)vne Road, Boscombe. May 2/a/, 1902. 



•eClENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Stray Lepidopterological notes during 1901. — Tiliacea (Xanthia) 

 Aui.AGo. — Larvffi hatched, March 31st. These feed up on sycamore, in 

 my experience, more rapidly and vigorously than on beech, and the 

 former has the added advantage of being earlier in leaf. Larvae full 

 fed about May 8th, but lay as larv® in their cocoons until about July 

 13th ; emergence began August 4th, all the moths were of slightly 

 greater wing expanse than the parent female. 



Calocampa exoleta.— Hybernated 2 , taken at sugar, April 9th ; 

 laid a number of ova after being kept in captivity for some weeks. 

 All these proved infertile, however. 



Cyaniris argiolus.— Pups that lay over from the summer of 1900, 

 successfully emerged in April 1901. 



Pararge egeria. — A pupa from the first brood, 1900, also lay over, 

 and produced a 5 in May, 1901. 



Cymatophora ridens. — A moth, unindentified, was seen to lay an 

 •egg on an oak-twig, about 9 p.m.. May 3rd, by lantern-light, and 

 subsequent searching next day revealed seven more ova, each egg 

 being carefully jammed between a terminal twig and an unexpanded 

 oak-bud. Eggs whitish when laid, soft and easily injured, beautifully 

 reticulated with a raised net- work, scarlet towards hatching time. 

 Ova hatched May 15th, and at an early stage discovered themselves 

 as those of C. ridens. The moths e)nerged during April, 1902. 



EuGONiA polychloros. — This butterfly, as has been noted by others, 

 was abundant about Dorking and Guildford after hybernation, and 

 not rare at Reigate, where it is generally scarce, and where the freshly 

 emerged butterflies were fairly common for a short period in July. 

 Captured ? s laid batches of ova when sleeved on sallow, and fed with 

 syrup-soaked pieces of bark. On the whole, sallow-fed specimens 

 were larger than elm-fed ; although the reverse h;ip been recorded 

 where " willow " was the food-plant used. 



Sesia FuciFORMis (broad- BORDERED). — The ouly specimen 1 have 

 ever seen here was captured flying on June 2nd. 



Agrotis cinerea. — A very fresh <? of this species tapped for 

 admittance on the window on the evening of June 6th. 



Choerocajipa porcellus. — This species (both sexes) was attracted 

 to a garden where early honeysuckle, white pinks, white tobacco and 

 Habenaria hifolia were the more obvious inducements ; nevertheless 

 the flowers of Vinca major proved a surer draw than any of the others 

 mentioned, which is interesting from its scentlessness (almost) to human 

 senses. I have taken some of the Plusiids from the same blossoms, 

 and other moths occasionally. ( '. porcellus appeared at early dusk 

 from June 9th to 21st. A captured $ laid only one egg (June 13th), 

 hatched 29th, full fed July 26th. Possibly a second pairing would 



