90 the entomologist's record. 



species taken between February 1st and June 24th was 57, and to get 

 these I never went more than ten miles from Lahr. It may perhaps be 

 worth recording that a local collector has taken Chrysophanus rutilvs 

 on one of the mountains near the town. 



Contribution to a List of the Macro=Lepidoptera of Wimbledon 



Common. 



By G. D. MILLWAKD. 



As supplementary to the notes by Mr. Smallman (antea, pp. 40-42), 

 I offer the following contribution to the list of macro-lepidoptera 

 occurring on Wimbledon Common : — 



Hylophilides. — Hylophila prasinana, one larva beaten from oak, 

 September 25th, 1904. Hylophila bicolorana, two larva? beaten from 

 oak, May 28th, 1904; these spun up May 29th, and imagines emerged 

 June 22nd and 28th respectively ; also five young larvae off the same 

 tree at the end of September, but these all died during hybernation ; 

 two more young larva) September, 1905, these also died. 



Nolides. — Nolo, cucullatella, one, July, 1904. 



Arctiides. — Euchelia jacobaeae, one seen on the wing, June, 1904, 

 and one at light, July, 1905. Spilosoma mendica, one, June 12th, 1905. 



Hepialides.— Hepialus hamuli, occasionally at dusk. 



Lymantriides. — Porthesia similis, common at dusk, also larva? on 

 oak, etc. 



Drepanulides. — Drepana lacertinaria, one on wing, May 23rd, 

 1904; also at light, June, 1904, 1905, and 1906; one larva beaten 

 from birch, September, 1904, and one September, 1905. Drepana 

 falcataria, one at light, July 10th, 1906. Drepana binaria, one on 

 lamp early in morning, May 28th, 1904 ; occasionally at light, June, 

 1905 and 1906 ; two or three larva? off oak, September, 1904, 1905, 

 and 1906. 



Notodontides. — Dicranura bifida, one, on a lamp in the morning, 

 June 1st, 1905. Lophopteryx eamelina, occasionally at light, June, 

 1905 and 1906; a few larva? off oak, September, 1904 and 1905 ; three 

 pupa? at roots of oak, April, 1905. Xotodonta dietaea, one on a lamp in 

 the morning, May 2nd, 1905. Notodonta dodonea, two on a lamp in 

 the morning, June 13th, 1905. Phalera bucephala, at light, June, and 

 larva? in September. 



Cymatophorides. — Thyatira derasa, one larva off bramble, Sep- 

 tember, 1905 ; Thyatira batis, one at sugar, September, 1904. 

 i'ymatophora duplaris, one larva beaten from birch, October, 1904. 



Noctuides. — Bryophila perla, two at light, June 28th, 1905. 

 Diloba caeruleocephala, two larva? off hawthorn, one June, 1905, one 

 June, 1906. Leucania conigera, occasionally at light, July. Leucania 

 comma, one at light, July 1st, 1904. Leucania impura, occasionally at 

 light, June-July. Leucania pallens, very common at light, and Hying 

 round long grass and rushes on low-lying part of the Common. 

 Tapinostola fulva, one specimen drying its wings on grass, 10 p.m., 

 September 6th, 1905. Hydroecia nictitans, not uncommon at light 

 and sugar, end of July- September. Xylophasia lithoxylea, one on a 

 tree-trunk, July 14th, 1906. Xylophasia monoglypha, at sugar. 

 Dipteryyia scabriuscula, occasionally at sugar, June, 1906. Neuronia 

 popularise few at light, September, 1904. Cerigo matura, occasionally 



