NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA DURING THE SEASON 1907. 13 



two species. Unfortunately none of the alder larvre emerged. 

 Imagines of Lobopliom he.vapterata were common during early June, 

 and I secured two Ci/matophora or from the same aspen trees, ijidaria 

 mfiniiata were getting worn, while C. corylata, although plentiful 

 further north, in Ross, in May, did not appear at Kinloch till the middle 

 of June. Shortly after my arrival I got three or four Hadena (ilauca. 

 Having failed to attract any to sugar, I cut some bunches of blossom 

 of An-tuxtepJiahjs uva-ursi (bearberry) and took them to a spot where 

 none grew, with the result that I found H. (jlauca readily attracted, but 

 they were then becoming Avorn. On June llth, I found a specimen of 

 Lophopteri/.r carwelita at rest on a tree-trunk. Considering the date 

 and the fact that it was a male, it was in fair condition. From larvaB 

 of Hijpsipetes dittata found on bilberry, I bred some very handsome 

 dark "forms. A search for larvfe of Larentia ruficinctata unfortunately 

 escaped my memory till June 12th, when I was evidently too date, as I 

 could only find one. When I returned home Eupithccia pyipuaeata 

 from Wicken pupje began to emerge, and Eapithecia dehiliata a w^eek 

 later. Early in July I was breeding Notodonta chaonia, Anticlea 

 xmiiata, and Hcteroffenea asella. I forgot to mention that, on June 20th, 

 I beat several larvfe of Fhipithecia coronata from hawthorn, which 

 emerged at the beginning of August, and, strangely enough, at the end 

 of that month, I beat others again from the bramble blossom, one of 

 which emerged on September 29th, apparently constituting a third 

 brood. Having obtained leave from a friend to try my luck with sugar 

 on his marshes near the sea-coast, I paid six or seven visits between 

 July 7th and 20th, and succeeded in bagging a dozen tine specimens of 

 Leucania fancolor, as well as nice series of Acidalia enintaria and 

 Mamestra ahjecta. I secured the L. favicolor partly on sugared bunches 

 of grass and partly on the wing. It Avas impossible to distinguish 

 them at the time from the other Leucaniids, so I boxed all I could, 

 and sorted them by daylight, when there was no difficulty in picking 

 out the specimens of L. favicolor. I succeeded in getting a batch of ova 

 of Acidalia emutaria, the larvs from which are now hybernating on 

 knotgrass. A single Cucullia (/naphalii emerged on July 19th. The 

 following day I went with a friend to pay a visit to the Deal sandhills. 

 Luckily the weather favoured us and we found insects extremely 

 plentiful, except Leucania littoralis, which w^as scarce. Acidalia ochrata 

 was in quantity, while Afjrotis tritici, A. nigricans and A. vcstir/ialin 

 {ralli(icra) swarmed. Only on our last evening did we box two Lithosia 

 pi/i/iiiacola, but I think that was entirely because we had failed until 

 then to recognise the insect. Towards the end of July imagines of 

 EtiDnelesia loiifaaciata emerged freely in my cage, from larviB taken 

 here last autumn ; I bred a very full series and found hardly any 

 inclination for them to " lie over." On August 15th, I found Larentia 

 oliraia very plentiful at dusk, in Kent, and in very fine condition. I 

 spent the third week of August in Sussex in search of Cnridlia 

 linaplialii larvne and Avas more successful than I could anticipate, but 

 the larvfe were verj^ small — no larger than they usually are at the 

 commencement of the month. When September came in, I was 

 again in Kent and found larvns of Kupithecia pimpinellata and E. 

 trixiffnaria plentiful, though local, on Pastinaca sativa. Broods of 

 Acroni/cta vnjricae and A. vicnyant/iidis Avere pupating by the middle of 

 the month, and then Epunda licJtenea began to emerge and carried on 

 till October. 



