NOTES ON COLLECTING, ETC. 17 



opportunities were few whilst this state of things lasted, and when wo 

 had more leisure after midsummer, lepidoptera were over, and hard work 

 resulted only in a few solitary additions to our captures. In the spring 

 our breeding cages produced Ampliidasys j^i'oclromaria, Asphalia ridens, 

 Eupithecia pidcheUata, Selenia Innaria, Smerinthus ocellatns, Acronycfa 

 leporina, Acronycfa alni, Moma orion, Anai'ta myrtiUi, Thyntyra hath, and 

 Geometra papdlonaria ; the Taeniocampae were plentiful at the sallows ; 

 Notodonta chaonia and other species came to light ; Nola confmalis and 

 N. centonalis* were found at rest on trees ; Melitoia athalia was plentiful 

 in one locality, and among other captures may be mentioned : — Maciiria 

 lihirata, Moma orion, Liihosia tnesoineUa, Gnophria rubricolUs, Asthcna 

 sylvata, Hecatera serena, and Cleoceris viminalls ; the following were 

 some of the larvaj taken: — Tripluena fimbria, Geometra papilionaria, 

 Asphalia flavicornis and A. ridens, Phigalia pedaria, Taeniocampa miniosa, 

 Asteroscopus sphinx, Notodonta chaonia, Panolis piniperda, Euijonia ero- 

 saria, Amphidasys prodromaria, Ojwrina croceago, and Psilura monacha. 

 After midsummer we took Geometra papilionaria $ and ^ at sugar; 

 Anarta inyrtilii, Charaeas graminis, Eugonia ftiscantaria, Stilbia anomala, 

 Sphinx convolvuli, Noctua glareosa, Epimda nigra, and Xylina rhizolitha, 

 the last three at ivy-bloom ; also a few larvae including Notodonta dictam, 

 N. dictceoides, and N. trepida, Acronycfa leporina, A. alni, and Geometra 

 papilionaria. Our experience is that the dry season has prevented the 

 abundant spring larvse from getting through the pupal stage and 

 producing imagines. — H. W. Basden-Smith, 6, Hillsborough, Plymouth. 

 November 30th, 1893. 



North Devon. — I was staying at Morthoe, not far from llfracombe, 

 from June 24th to July lUth, 1893, and was able to note certain of the 

 lepidoptera which occur there and in the surrounding district. I may 

 mention that an interesting article on the same locality at a somewhat 

 later period of the year, from the pen of Dr. W. S. Eiding, is to be 

 found in Entom., Vol. xvi., p. 246 (1883). Amongst the Ehopalocera, 

 Pieris brassicce, P. rapcB and P. najn occurred in some abundance ; 

 Argynnis aglaia flew wildly along the hillsides, and A. paphia fre- 

 quented the more woody districts, especially near Clovelly. The genus 

 Va7iessa was well represented ; V. io and V. atalanta were common, V. 

 cardiii turned w^ occasionally, while V. urticce swarmed everywhere, 

 and was found in all stages from young larvge to battered imagines. 

 Pararge cegeria and P. megcera were occasionally seen ; Satyrus semele 

 was very abundant ; Epinephele ianira was, of course, everywhere, and 

 bleached forms were occasionally met with ; E. tithonus and E. hyper- 

 anfhus, as well as Ccenonympha pamphilm, were plentiful ; Thecla quercus 

 flew over the oaks near Clovelly and Lynton in great numbers; 

 Polyommatus phlceas was not abundant ; Lycaena icarus was common, 

 but interesting, both sexes were large, the J s were dark and the J s had 

 black spots on the upper side of the hind-wings, a character which I do 

 not remember to have noticed except in Irish or Scotch sj^ecimens ; L. 

 astrarche was rejiresented, so far as my caj^tures were concerned, by a 

 single specimen ; probably I was there between the two broods ; 

 Ilesperia sylvanus and H. thaiuaas occurred ; Colias ednsa was not seen. 



*Can this be possible ? The only known British localities for N. centonalis, 

 are, Deal sandhills, Folkestone, Hastings (one specimen), and Isle of Wight (one 

 specimen). — Ed. 



