210 THE entomologist's record. 



the species really ever been taken there, or has the peculiar aberration 

 of P. vormiana, taken there, done duty for the species ? — J. W. Tutt. 



The New Forest at Whitsuntide. — On June 4th, 1897, the 

 members of the North London Ent. vSociety started for an excursion 

 to the New Forest. Lyndhurst was reached at about 10 p.m., 

 although Messrs. Clive B. Smith, Bacot, and W. H. Smith were 

 unable to get down till the following day. Part of the party put up 

 at "Lynwood," the other part at the "Fox and Hounds." On 

 Saturday, several of the members were early astir. Larva-beating in 

 Beechen Lane was tried, with even less success than usual. Scarcely 

 anything worth taking seemed to be about, though larvte of the 

 commoner species were plentiful enough. JJj/lx'niia ilefoliaria was not 

 for once the commonest larva, that honour being about evenly 

 divided between //. mari/inaria and H. aurantiaria. H. defoliaria 

 had probably mostly gone down. Of imagines, there were found a 

 few ].'<u-ln/ji(i(i<i)i haibalis, lodis lactcaria, Acidalia rmnntaria and A. 

 straminata. The fences only yielded a fine specimen of Hadcna 

 t/enistac to Mr. Woodward. By 10 o'clock the day was broiling hot, and, 

 soon after breakfast, the party, with the exception of Messrs. Harvey 

 and Woodward, who preferred to go to Ehinefield, started for the 

 celebrated "Knightwood" oak. Mr. L. J. Tremayne opened his 

 entomological account with a specimen of Acidalia triijeminata, and 

 Mr. C. Nicholson found a field where Euchlo? cardainines was on the 

 wing. As the party proceeded, it became evident that Parari/e eacria, 

 in all conditions, was also flying, Goncptenj.r rhamni was ovipositing, 

 Brenthis ciiphrosijne, apparently not fully out, was seldom to be 

 seen more than one at a time, and several of the commoner 

 Geometrids were to be had by beating. An insect which appeared to 

 be in greater abundance than usual was Formica nifa. The route 

 being rid Bank, the party soon entered Gritnam Wood, where 

 larva-beating was once more tried, and Taeniocawpa miniosa, and full- 

 fed ZepJn/nis quercus, together with a few Psilura monacha, began to 

 come down. Before reaching the Lymington Eiver, a halt was called, 

 and Messrs. Bacot, Bishop and Jennings, finding collecting improving, 

 decided to remain where they were, and Messrs. C. Nicholson and L. 

 J. Tremayne were left to push on to the Knightwood Oak alone. 

 They first turned into Rhinefield, where the President took a fine 

 specimen of Macrofilossa himhuliformis, but no more were seen, and 

 another collector on the ground stated that he had been there the 

 whole morning and only taken three, of which one was worn. 

 In the meantime, Messrs. Bacot and Bishop had augmented their 

 larvJB by the capture of Asphalia ridcns and Xi/ssia Jiispidaria. Messrs. 

 Harvey and Woodward, who had been to Rhinefield, had succeeded in 

 capturing both the Bee-Hawks, and had turned up Tanar/ra atrata, 

 and larvfB of llinnbyx cjiwrens. Messrs. Jennings, Bacot and Bishop 

 had been attacked on the Christchurch Road by a species of Tahanus, 

 which resembled autwnnalis, but which Mr. Jennings thought must 

 be a different species, as the specimens were worn. After tea, some 

 of the members started for evening work. To begin with, Mr. C. 

 Nicholson knocked down a flying specimen of Ascmuiii driatuui in the 

 garden, and this was one of the very best captures made during the 

 visit. Up to the year 1893, it had never been found in the South of 

 England, being essentially a northern species, though occurring in a 



