1902. 21 



Onslow, Mr. Selwyn Image, and Dr. F. A. Dixey.* To the last- 

 named, who has been my more frequent companion, I am especially 

 indebted ; most of the insects referred to have passed into his collec- 

 tion, and several of the more interesting species have been determined 

 by him. Without his accurate register of captures it would have 

 been impossible to make the compilation. My visits to Mortehoe, 

 though annual for twenty-one years, have been for the most part 

 confined to August and September. Moreover, I have paid com- 

 paratively little attention to larvae, and have made no systematic 

 attempt to record any Tineina save a few of the more conspicuous 

 species. 



Nevertheless, with all these limitations, it is not a little remark- 

 able that none of the following species have turned up : A.festiva, 

 A. typica, U. niaura, H. striqilis, G. nupta, O. antigua,f P. similis 

 (auriflua), O. brwnata, A. candidata, AT. strigata (thymiaria), S. 

 gemmaria (rhomboidaria), H. defoliaria, and O. sambucaria. Many 

 abundant Tortrices also, such as T. virida?ia, are conspicuous by their 

 absence. The restricted nature of the fauna is also shown by the 

 fact that many of the species recorded are represented by but very 

 few specimens. 



Tn 1883 Dr. W. S. Hiding published in the Entomologist an 

 admirable paper termed 'A Month at Morthoe, North Devon." He 

 must have worked hard and well to get so many species in the time. 

 I have included all his observations where I have not been able to 

 confirm them. 



The small size and extreme isolation of Lundy Island gives its 

 fauna an especial interest, so a few species, mostly of the commonest, 

 observed on the occasion of flying visits, are here mentioned. 



The nomenclature adopted is that of Mr. Mey rick's Handbook of 

 British Lepidoptera, ls95. Where I have the least doubt as to the 

 identity of a species, a note of interrogation is appended ; where I 

 have not been able to verify an observation personally, the species is 

 included w r ithin square brackets. 



CARADEININA. 



Arctiadje. 



Lithnsia contplana, one specimen. 



[Tyria jaeobcece, Dr. Riding speaks of the larvae as in great numbers ; I have 

 seen them abundant on Braunton Burrows, but not within the parish, and two 

 attempts to introduce them have failed.] 



* I have not thought it necessary to quote the names of any of these gentlemen, save in 

 association with a few of the more interesting captures. 



t After this was written, Mr. A, L. Onslow when shouting saw a specimen " vapouring over 

 the fields. 



