282 THE entomologist's record. 



last mentioned species were once or twice beaten out of hedges by day. 

 A few Plusias were netted at dusk, but only the commonest species — ■ 

 Pluaia cJtrijf^itis, P. ]>iil<'/iri)ia, and the ubiquitoiis P. i/ainma. PovkiIocIui 

 fontis was once or twice taken by day in the bilberry woods. 



The "prominents" only furnished us with one record in the imago 

 state, a single worn specimen of I'tihulon eapKcina [camdina) netted at 

 dusk in 1901. The Lithosiids were also of the commonest, Xudaria 

 iiiiiiulana and LitJioaia Inritleula. 



The Geometrids made up a very creditable list. The principal 

 bilberry-feeders, Eupithecia dehiliata, Lyr/ris' poptdata, Maleni/ilris didij- 

 iiiata and Hj/driowena furcata (sordidata) were common in the wood ; 

 the last-named was, as usual, most interesting in its variation, probably 

 the most prevalent characteristic of the race being a pale, but bright, 

 green coloration, with an extension of the white outer spot into sub- 

 marginal band. Down by the river, among hazel and sallow, larger 

 and darker forms were prevalent, with quite a different range of varia- 

 tion. The said " bilberry wood" consists mainly of oak, with belts of 

 larch, and a dense undergrowth of bilberry. Its other principal pro- 

 ducts in this superfamily were Ci/ntatnp/wra rcpandata, interesting pale 

 aberrations, though we had not much luck with the lovely ab. 

 cunversaria, C. ribcata {ahictarid), Dnjocoetis (/labraria, Mararia 

 liturata, Cidaria inmianata, Leptomeris inornata, Eitpithecia siibfulvatn, 

 one worn specimen, probably a stray from more open country. In the 

 hedges at its margins we got Euchlania apiciaria, THpJujsa dnbitata, 

 and, of course, some of the usual pests. On the open moorland just 

 above, chiefly on or near the stone walls, Lcptoiin'ris vianiiui'pnuctata, 

 Anaitifi pilai/iata and Epirrhn'r ijaliata occurred more or less freely ; the 

 latter did not vary much inter se, but were of a pretty, whitish form, 

 with strongly darkened central band. Mr. A. U. Battley, who was 

 there in 1902 earlier in the season, adds Leptomeris fioiiata and Epirrlio'e 

 tristata. 



Light in the house was tried on suitable occasions, and brought in 

 two or three Terpne papilionaria, Pseudoterpna pruinata, (khyria 

 dempiata {propwinata), a single Enstroma silaceata, and plenty of 

 Liji/ris pojnilata, also of Noctuids, several Habrostola triplasia in 

 addition to some of the species already recorded as obtained in other 

 ways. The only Vhalera bucepluda which we saw, also came in to our 

 light, and, indeed, returned two or three times on being ejected. 



On rocky or stony ground by the river, Sciadion obscnrata was 

 locally common, and Amoebe olivata by no means scarce. With the 

 smaller fry we did very little, but I paid some heed to the interesting 

 genus Scoparia, and was pleased to get a nice series of S. iilinella 

 {conspirualiti) in the wood, besides a few S. erataeijella, etc. 1 believe 

 S. ulwclla has not hitherto been recorded from Devonshire; they were 

 tapped off small oak-trunks by day, and came freely to Mr. Gardner's 

 acetylene lamp at 11 p.m. 



We were fairly successful with larvte, although, on account of the 

 constant rains, there were very few opportunities of tree-beating in 

 1908, and the bad weather also curtailed our expeditions, so that some 

 — such as a hunt for larvae of Eupitliecia comtrictata on the wild 

 thyme — got crowded out altogether. Mr. Gervase F. Mathew tells me 

 he remembers it as locally common in the county, and we found an 

 apparently ideal locality for it not far from our lodgings. The 



