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succeeded in finding it in this locality. A visit to the Suffolk haunts 

 of Fidonia conspicuata was again a failure, and I fear the insect is 

 quite extinct. P/iaretra menyantliidis was now beginning to appear 

 with Eupithecia raatiiiata from golden rod in Sussex, and /•.'. stibioiibrata 

 from Pastinaca sativa in Kent. These latter I had mistaken as larvae of, 

 and had recorded as, E. pimpinellata, though strangely enough onesingle 

 E. phupinellata did emerge later on from a P. sativa larva. Larv8e of 

 Cleoceris viminalis were common on sallow in the woods, and of Tethea 

 subtHsa on the aspens. Arctonn/scis myricae, Cij»iatophora or, and 

 Amphidaiiys betiilarins, emerged at the beginning of June, and I found 

 Epione adrenaria, Acidalia rewutaria, and lodis lactearia common in 

 woods in Kent. Some larvfe of Petasia cassinea finished feeding about 

 June 10th. On the 16th I bagged two Erastria veniifitida, in one of 

 their known localities, and on the 19th, two more. In each case they 

 occurred between 7.45 and 8.15 p.m. On the latter date, six Cxcidlia 

 cfnapJialii emerged, but though I tried hard I could not get them to 

 pair. 



Having come across an old record of larvae of Eupithecia condynata, 

 on hawthorn, I journeyed on June 20th to a locality from which a 

 recent capture had been recorded, and was successful in beating about 

 a dozen-and-a-half, which I hope will emerge during this spring. I 

 fancy haAvthorn on chalk would be worth trying for this larva, though 

 mine were not from a chalky district. Larvfe of < 'iictillia chawomillae 

 were fairly plentiful in some of my fields, while those of Asphalia 

 flaricornis, BrepJios parthenias, Xotodonta ziczac, Drepana falcata ri a, ?Lndi 

 Platyptery.r lacertinaria occurred freely on birch in the woods. 



At sugar Xliann striyilis, M. ftirnncida, Ayrotis seyettoii, etc., were 

 abundant, and I was fortunate enough to take two $ CyinatopJwra 

 ocidari.^, both of which I kept for ova, and successfully. 



Towards the end of June, I paid a visit to the Acidalia iwmorata 

 ground near Lewes, and took several ^ s and two $ s, which gave me 

 plenty of ova. I took also a few larv» of Nonayria yenmiipimcta, 

 which gives a dark form hereabouts, and found larvte of Porthesia 

 cJirysorrhoea plentiful. 



(Jolli.c sparsata and Eupithecia debiliata began to emerge on June 29th, 

 and also one Acidalia incanaria from bilberry. A. rnsticata, A. incan- 

 aria, A. dilutaria, and Eupithecia tenuiata resulted from a trip to Kent 

 on July 1st, and Acidalia rubricata, Ayrnphila trabealis, and a few 

 small larvie of Dianthnecia irreynlaris from a trip to Tuddenham the 

 next day. 



On July 4th and 5th, a friend and myself bagged two dozen 

 Leucania f'avicolnr, several Mauiestra abjecta and Acidalia eiuutaria on 

 our Essex coast, but we were quite late enough, and some were beginning 

 to lose their condition. 



Eupithecia trisiynaria {ivom. P. sativa) and JEycria andrenaefovmis, 

 emei'ged on July 7th, followed shortly by Cleoceris viminalis, Collix 

 sparsata, and Eupithecia sobrinata. 



On July 25th I went to Deal, and found Acidalia ochrata and 

 Lithosia pygmaeola very common. At the end of the month Eupithecia 

 subciliata were coming out freely, while beating ash in early August, 

 resulted in plenty of larvae of Ennomos fuscantaria, a ,few Eupithecia 

 fra.vinata, and I think one or two Selenia illustraria. I went, on 

 August 14th, to try for Larentia olivata and Gnophos obscurata. The 



