1010,1 i^g 



7. I), ernesti Des Gozis, Ganglbauer. — Distinguislicd from all the 

 other species b}- the widely separated antennae. Tins is the aiiriculatvs 

 of our old collections, and it is a great pity that the name has been 

 changed by Des Gozis on account of his belief that the D. auriculatvs 

 of Olivier Avas another species. D. erripsfi is fairly conunon in Scotland, 

 but the few English examples I have seen are inadequate for me to 

 decide whether there may not be more than one s])ecies among them. 



I may mention that D. lutvlentufi Er. was included as Bi'itish in 

 the catalogue of Fowler and Matthews. I do not know on what grounds, 

 lu is probable that we have one or two other species in addition to 

 those here enumerated, but I have never seen an}' British example of 

 D. liffithnhfs. 



Brockenhurst. 



Marc/i ntfi, 1919. 



TWENTY-FIVE YEAES IN SOUTH DEVON. A LEPIDOPTERIST'S 

 EETROSPECT. 



BY C. M. MATOR. 



(Concluded from p. 32.) 



Lencania vitelUnn. — Our first specimen of this delicate and attrac- 

 tive moth came to sugar on August 18th, 1899, and was soon followed 

 up by several more. In the following year it was a month later, but 

 far more numerous, as we sometimes got seven or eight per night. In 

 subsequent years it generally put in an appearance during September or 

 October. L. viteUitia is very skittish at sugar, with its wings all 

 atremble, and wants quickly boxing or will likeh'' enough be gone in a 

 flash. In this respect it is very different from 



Laphygma twigua, which sits sluggish and quiet and may be 

 examined leisurely by lantern -light. My first introduction to this 

 interesting species was in the second week of August 1897, when 

 three specimens were discovered amongst a heap of commoner moths 

 taken for me b}' a friend. In 1898, exigua seems to have been absent, 

 but in 1899 it again put in an appearance, and I got three more in the 

 first week of September, all at sugar and in the same district. 1900, 

 however, was an exigua yeai-. In the latter half of September and 

 throughout October qmte a considerable number occurred, sometimes as 

 many as fifteen in an evening. I think not far short of one hundred 

 Avere taken by myself and friends. The autumn of the year in question 

 was, as stated before, remarkable for the success of sugaring. The 



