178 THE entomologist's record. 



district I have never taken more than odd examples at a time, generally 

 late at night. I should like to know if other entomologists have the 

 same experience with (J. jiinellus. Searching heather bloom after dark, 

 with a lantern for Lyuris textata, L. /lojutlata, and L. associata was very 

 successful. I took these species in considerable numbers, several pairs 

 of L. teatata, in cop. 



On August 6th I paid a second visit to Torquay. I started out 

 from Abertillery at 3 a.m. in torrents of rain, but hoped the weather 

 would improve by the time I got to the end of my long journey. It 

 was not actually raining when Torquay was reached, but it was far 

 from an ideal day for collecting. There were a few gleams of sunshine 

 during the day, but for the most part the weather was dull and cloudy 

 with occasional showers. During the bright intervals I netted a few 

 Paraiije tn/eria, Epiiiepltele jurtiua (^ianira), I'arart/eniegaera, E])i)iepJiele 

 tithonus, i'yraiueis atalanta, lininicia pJdaeas, some fine fresh Plebeius 

 arr/us, and saw but failed to capture two Colias edusa. Whilst chasing 

 one of the C. ednsa, I caught my foot against a length of hidden wire and 

 in falling heavily caught my head against a large stone which "laid me 

 out " for a few minutes, however nothing more serious than a severe 

 headache for the rest of the day resulted. Beating bushes for 

 Geometers was very wet work and not very productive, a few Xanthorhoe 

 [Melanipjie) jiiictiiata, Acidalia aversata and other common Geometers 

 were netted, together with several Scopula ferrmialh which was very 

 common. A couple of Aspilates i/iltmria were disturbed out of rough 

 grass, also a fine fresh Ai/rotiii pnta, a rather worn Endotricha ficun- 

 viecdis and one or two Stenoptilia pterodactyla. Nemnphila noctiieUa in 

 a decidedly jias^e condition was very common on some rough broken 

 ground between Torquay and Babbacombe. A single full-fed larva of 

 Pyraiiieis cardui was found on a hollyhock mallow, surely rather an 

 unusual foodplant. This larva produced a fine 5 on August 28th. 



At the end of the month I devoted one or two afternoons to the 

 common but variable Dictyopteri/.v contaminana. Large numbers of 

 this little Tortrix were beaten out of whitethorn. I was particularly 

 struck with the fact that the typical form with bright straw ground- 

 colour was almost entirely confined to low elevations, at the top of the 

 hills, which rise about 500 feet above the valleys, the common forms 

 of this species were the vars. ciliana and rhoinbana with dark ferru- 

 ginous ground colour. The small stunted weather-beaten Avhitethorn 

 in exposed situations gave this species in the greatest numbers, a sharp 

 kick on the main stem of a whitethorn resulted in a little cloud of 

 these insects. 



The frightful weather we had during September put a stop to all 

 collecting, except in the last day or two, when a few Polia chi were 

 taken at rest on the stone walls, nothing else of any interest was noted 

 throughout the whole month. 



On September 24th I went down to Bicklej% Kent, for a few days. 

 Searching fences gave a few moths, the commonest of which were 

 Luperina testacea, a couple of Ennomos alniaria {tiliaria), and a few 

 Acidalia virgularia were taken on the 23rd, several Acidalia 

 mariiinepunctata, and a single Thera juniperata were taken on the 25th. 

 together with a few more Acidalia viryidaria. 



A few of the common autumnal insects were met with during 



