272 THE entomologist's recokd. 



had.— E. Rogers Bush, 1, Strathmore Street, Perth, N.B. Septciiiber 

 Sth, 1902. 



Lepidopteka, etc., in the New Forest in June, 1902. — I made my 

 first visit to the New Forest for the purpose of working for lepidoptera 

 on June 18th hxst, remaining there until July 1st, with Mr. Geo. 

 T. Porritt, who was working principally for dragonliies, although 

 he assisted in making the list what it is. Jt will be seen that we were 

 not very successful, the most noteworthy feature being the backward 

 state of, and the scarceness of, even common species ; during our stay 

 insects were very scarce, common or otherwise, and very little came to 

 sugar, larvie were far from common, even of the usually common 

 species, and such special Forest larvae as (J^nistis quadrayvere also scarce, 

 although some of the " locals," w^ho know the ground well, took a fair 

 number. A good many of the oak-trees, etc., situated along the 

 Lyndhurst Road, and in Hurst Hill and other enclosures, had been 

 blighted by frost about the middle of May, and through this cause they 

 had lost their leaves, and had cpiite a wintry appearance. The loss of 

 caterpillar life must have been enormous from this cause alone, without 

 taking into account the extremely wet and cold weather which pre- 

 vailed during May and June previous to our visit. When we arrived, 

 on June 18th, the Forest was a perfect bog all over, in fact the 

 " natives " said it was as wet as they had ever knoAvn it even in the 

 winter season. It will be seen from these remarks that the outlook for 

 my first visit was far from rosy, and results unfortunately bore 

 out appearances. I had hoped to see some of the larger fritillaries, 

 Liiinndtis aibijlla and Ajiatura iria on their native ground, but, of course, 

 the lateness of the season prevented our seeing even an odd specimen 

 of any of them, and I may say that the larvte of L. sihylla were still being- 

 taken during the time of my visit. We made Brockenhurst our head- 

 quarters, and our investigations were confined to the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood. What sugaring we did w^as done principally in Hurst Hill 

 enclosure, where we generally had the company of two or three other 

 entomologists. Among the lepidoptera noticed during our visit were 

 Gonej)tertjx rhaiinti, hybernated specimens very plentiful; Aruynnis ck- 

 phrosyne, several, some quite fresh ; pAiyimia polyrhloron, larvte on sallow. 

 Pararye cyeria, on old sugar patches on Hurst Hill ; ZcjiJiynis (jiicrci'iH, 

 larva:^ ; iSyrichthiis iiudcae, some of the specimens in good condition ; 

 Hesperia cuiiiiiia, Sphinx llynntri, Theretra junrdhm, Euiiujvplia el})enor, 

 the two latter insects were noticed hovering about sugar patches at 

 dusk ; lleiiturisfavifoniiis, Li. tityim {buinbylifunids), about over ; ^Eycria 

 foDiiiciformis, a single specimen, fresh out among osiers ; Sarrothripns 

 iindulaniiH, larvte ; Halias prasinana, yola cncidlatella, larvie on 

 hawthorn ; A', atriyida, larvae not uncommon on oak ; Lithosia meso- 

 mella, just coming out at end of June ; L. sororcula, (Enistis ijuadra, 

 larvie ; Gnophria rnhricullis, noticed fiying over trees in morning sun, 

 also found at rest on bracken ; ycnu'dp/dla ntsstda, Antia rdlica, 

 ('urhUdion limacodes, P»dnia iiioiiacha, larva; fairly plentiful ; Dasy- 

 c/dni j)it(dhujida, Poecdocaiiijia pupidi, and Mcdacofioiiia nciit<tyia, larvae; 

 MacKitJiylcuda riihi, flying over heath, also noticed ova on fir-tree trunk 

 about five feet from ground; liiipana fahataria, Diymunia chaonia, 

 larvfe ; P>. triinariila, one or two imagines ; T/iyatira hatia, common at 

 siigar ; A.^pluilia i idcns, larvic fairly plentiful on oak ; Minna oriun, 

 feAV at sugar ; Didiha caenilcijnjJiaUi, larvie ; Piptiiyyui scahriiiscula, 



