1902.] 23 



of Eupatorium cannabinum ; sometimes abundant at sugar. A. pronuba abund- 

 ant. A. comes (orbona), common. [-4. brunnea, taken at sugar by Dr. Hiding.] 



■ A. xanthographa, very abundant ; often swarming at sugar (also at Lundy 



Island). A. umbrosa, common at flowers of Centranthus ruber; also taken at 



sugar.- A. rubi (bella), one at sugar, 1892. .4. dahlii, one at sugar, 1890. 



A. glareosa, common at sugar. 



Triphcena fimbria, occasionally at sugar. T. ianthina, occasionally at sugar. 



T. interjecta, one at sugar. T. baja, several at sugar. 



Heliothis peltigrra, a specimen taken by Mr. A. L. Onslow, 1899. [? A speci- 

 men seen by the writer at thistle-flowers at Baggy Point (George Ham Parish) in 

 1871.] 



Ochria ochracea (fiavago), a few. 



Luperina testacea, several at light. [Dr. Hiding apparently found it abundant 

 at sugar, since he speaks of " all sorts of varieties, from strongly-marked specimens 

 to those in which the lines were barely discernible."] 



Rusina teaebrosa ?, a specimen in the house, 1896. 



Amphipyra pyramidea, abundant at sugar. A. Iragopoyonis, common at sugar. 



Caradrina trapezina, one specimen. G. micacea, not uncommon ; one speci- 

 men seen at flowers of Eupatorium cannabinum in full daylight. — — C. j'vlva, one 

 specimen, 1884. C. arcuosa ■ C. quadripunctata (cubicularis), common, es- 

 pecially in hay and corn stacks. C. taraxaci (blanda), at flowers. (J. trigram- 



mica (trilinea), a specimen at sugar, 1889.- Q. matura (cytherea), a few. 



Stilbia anomala, occasionally, in 1892 and later. [Dr. Riding took several, 

 some apparently at sugar.] 



Hadena meticvlusa, extremely abundant in the larva state on gladiolus in the 

 garden, and sometimes swarming at sugar. H. lucipara, Dr. Dixey took a speci- 

 men " mothing," 1898. H. gem in a, one at sugar, !889. H. polyodon (mono- 



glypha), abundant at sugar and flowers of Centranthus ruber. H. lithoxylea. 



H. rurea, one at sugar, 1889. 11. basilinea, two at sugar, 1889. H. didyma 



(oculeu), abundant at sugar ; extremely variable as usual. H. mctitans, occasion- 

 ally at sugar ; once seen at ragwort bloom by day. H. literosa, common at sugar 



and flowers. H. bicoloria (fur.ncula) ?. H. fasciuncula, one at sugar, 1889. 



Metachrostis perla, three specimens. [Dr. Riding found this abundant.] 



[Af. muralis (glandifera), Dr. Riding.] 



Acronycta psi, [Dr. Riding found the larvae common.]. A. ligustri, one at 



sugar, 1884. {A. rumicis, a larva noticed at Lundy.) 



PLUSIADiE. 



Hypena proboscidalis, not uncommon ; once at sugar. 



Scoliopteryx libatrix, common at sugar, also at sallow bloom. 



Plusia gamma, larva? abundant ; the perfect insect always abundant, sometimes 

 in extraordinary swarms (also at Lundy Island). P. triplasia, a larva. 



Euclidia mi, larva? abundant. 



Panemeria tenebrata {arbuti). 

 Ocneriad^:. 



Dasychira pudibunda, larvae. 



Colocasia coryli, a larva on beech. [Common according to Dr. Riding.] 



Ocneria monacha, a single specimen at rest on a tree trunk, 1898. 



