228 THE entomologist's record. 



Hadena snasa emerging ; I found the ova in May of last year, attached 

 to dead stems of Aster tripoleum. On ] 2th June : H. linmuli, Cramhiis 

 2>rateUiis, Xnnthosetia hamana were taken. On liJth June : Hejnalus 

 lapnlinus was abundant. On 14th June : Sericoris littornlis and eggs of 

 n. suasa were obtained at Shoel)uryness, and a few young broods of 

 larvai of Boiahyx eastrensis oljserved. On Kith June : Cramhus hortueUus, 

 Flatytes cenissellns, ^ ,? Craiiibns falsellus. 17th June : Lycnena astrarche, 

 ArgijroJep'ut zeplii/rana, Dichrorharnpha plmnh(i<jana, Cramhus pniscueUns, 

 Endopiiia nigricana (?), Pionea forfical/s, Sciaphila rirganreana bred from 

 sea lavender, lyth June: Orgyia gonostigiiin emerged. 24th June: 

 Fnmea nitideUa, 3' bred. 25th June : Euclidia ghjphlca and Xylop)hasia 

 lithoxylea. Two or three broods of Eriogaster lanestris seen. 26th 

 June : Phorodf^sma smaragdaria emerging. 27tli June : Sesia iipidi- 

 formis bred. 28tli June : Xylopltasia polyodon everywhere. 2'Jth June : 

 JJropteryx sambiicaria and C. maritiina bred. 30th June : Tortrix vibur- 

 niana bred from sea wormwood. Hemithea strigain netted. 1st July : 

 Leioptihis lienighnius emerging. On 3rd July : Nndaria senex, and 

 Crambns ctdinelhis taken. Fresh females of P. smaragdaria, exposed by 

 the river wall until 11 p.m., failed to attract liiales. 5th July: 

 Tischerki dodonaea bred. Cramhus jjerlcUus, Catopfria cana, Tortrix 

 nnifasciana, Leucania impura. On 8th July: Arctia caia emerging. 

 Pampliila sylvanns, P. thaumas, Coenomjmpha parnphihts, Nomophila 

 noctueUa taken, but no P. lineola. July 9th : Cidaria fulvata, Rivida 

 sericealis, Eupithecia pyumilata, Hedya ocellana, Tortrix heparana, Euholia 

 limiiata, GaUeria mellonella netted ; at sugar, Apamra didyma, Leucania 

 lilhargyria, Agrotis exclamationis and Carudrina <dsines. 10th July : 

 Tortrix icterirana taken, lltli Jul}^: Bornbyx quercus emerging. Argy- 

 resthia nitideUa, Tortrix ribeana, Scoparia mercurella, Acidalia dUutaria, 

 and A. emarginata. Sphinx ligustri. 13t]i July: Pyrameis c.ardui larva? 

 on the tliistles, and a fine fresh H. hinereUa. 14th July: Larvfe of 

 Larerna epilobiella abundant ; Dichrorharnpha politana and Homocsomn 

 sinneUa netted. 15th July : Pterophorus mnnodactylns, Hedya aceriana, 

 Euholia hipmictaria, Strenia clathrafa, Dlimoeseoptihs pterodactylvs, 

 HerhnJa cespitalis taken. July 19th: Tinea pell ionella and L. epilobiella 

 emerging. July 20th : Xanthosetiazoegana at light. July 21st: Sideria 

 achatana bred ; Bryophda perla. July 22nd : Pelurga comitata bred. 

 Cocoons of Zygaena fHipendulae everywhere. Pamphihi lineola, Pla- 

 typtilia hertrami, Acidalia imninfata, Cramhus selasellus, Epinepjhele ianira 

 and E. titlionus, Cramhus cnhiiellus, Catoptria candidnlana and C. trijioliana 

 taken. July 23rd: Phibalapteryx vitalhatae\\\e\gii\g. The wet weather 

 during the i^ast week has quite upset my out-door work.— F. G. 

 Whittle. July 2m, 1894. 



Weymouth. — I cannot say that I have found the season so bad as 

 have many entomologists. The weather has certainly greatly hindered 

 collecting, but moths have been fairly common and of good quality at 

 Portland where I do most of my collecting. It has been a good year 

 for Agrotis ])yrophila, and a moderately good one for A. Incernea, 

 whilst A. lunigera, which is sometimes abundant at Portland, 

 has been very scarce. Chauliodes daucellus, of which I have before 

 only taken odd specimens, has been abundant in the larva state in the 

 wild carrot. I have often looked out for this larva but never before 

 came across it. I understand that it is usual for this species, like many 

 others, to have an occasional year of ])lenty and at other times to l)e 

 almost absent. (!f wasjisl have not yet seen a single worker. The 



