278 THE entomologist's record. 



again. Twice Poh'a chi has put in an appearance at sugar, usually it 

 entirely ignores such sweets, though occurring very commonly here. I 

 have only met with one dark variety of this species this year. Is this 

 owing to the dryness of the season ? Besides the above-named sjiecies, 

 I have also taken Larentia didijmata, Coremia propugnata, Cidaria 

 russata, Cidaria pyraliafa and Cidaria popidata. — (Rev.) J. A. 

 Mackonochie, Douglas Castle, Lanark. September &h, 1893. 



Sandown, I. W. — While my enterprising friend, Mr. A. J. Hodges, 

 makes us pretty well acc^uainted with the lepidopterous fauna of the 

 Western end of the Isle of Wight, we do not so often observe records 

 from the Sandown district. I spent seven weeks there this summer, 

 between July loth and September 2nd, and as I managed to turn up a 

 few good insects, some notes from the locality may not be altogether 

 without interest. On my arrival I soon found that the early season had 

 robbed me of some of my favourite summer species, such as Geometra 

 vernaria, Melanippe tmangnlata, M. rivata, Antidea rnbidata, and others, 

 which were nearly or quite over, and were not obliging enough, so far 

 as I could discover, to yield second broods. In fact, work among the 

 Geometers was to a large extent a failure, though Gnophos obscuraria, 

 and Aspilates ochrearia (second brood) were perhaps commoner than 

 usual. I was also pleased to meet with a second brood of Acidalia 

 subsericeaia for the first time since 1889, and in fair numbers, though 

 restricted to a very limited localit}^ except one or two wanderers which 

 visited my sugar, in company with an occasional Acidalia viargine- 

 punctata. Eiipithecice were represented onty by E. snccenturiata (two 

 only, and a fcAv ova and larvfe), E. snbfnlvata, larvee of E. pimpineUata 

 and a few other very common species ; E. pumilata was pretty common, 

 the third brood being out early in AugiTst and continuing until I left the 

 Island ; E. coronata, which is usuallj- to be had at Sandown, was an 

 absentee. Larvfe of Emmelesia alchemiUata were common in flowers 

 and seeds of Galeopsis tetrahit, wherever these were observed, but no 

 trace of them was to be found in G. ladarmm, which abounded in one 

 cornfield, though the larvfe took readily to this when it was offered them. 

 An odd specimen of E. ajfinitata, which turned up in very fair condition 

 on August 2nd, must surely have belonged to a second brood. A few 

 other Geometra^ taken may be just briefly enumerated : — Epione apiciaria 

 (sparingly), Cidaria testata (larvae on sallows by night ; I have never 

 beaten this larva in the day, though frequently beating the sallows among 

 which it occurs), Ligdia adustata (larva3 common on spindle), Phiba- 

 lapteryx vitalbata (second brood already getting worn on July loth, 

 about three weeks early), Eubolia bipunctaria (in swarms, and in good 

 condition throughout a great part of the seven weeks), and the usual 

 common " waves " and " carpets," etc. 



With regard to the butterflies, the second broods of Lyccena argiolm 

 and Pararge megcera (if this was not a third brood) were well out on my 

 arrival on July 15th, and were soon folloAved by L. bellargus, which, by 

 the wa}^, reappeared in some of its old haunts near Sandown and 

 Brading after an absence of some years, as well as occurring in its usual 

 abundance at Ventnor. L. corydon was to be had in good condition 

 throughout the seven weeks, and a few nice underside varieties were 

 picked out. Satyrus seinele was not uncommon on Bembridge Down, 

 but Melanargia galatea was quite over. Colias edusa was much less 

 common than last year, though more so than in years jireceding. 



