18 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Opnrabia filvjrammaria, and it was observed that, while larvte of 

 L. caesiata were nearly always found on the young growth of the 

 heather, those of O. /ilifirainniaria seemed to prefer the older 

 twigs. Hi/psipetrs i)iiph(viata were late in emerging ; not till the 

 14th were they at all plentiful, while on the 21st they were still 

 numerous but getting worn; on the same dates H. elutata larvae were 

 numerous and from them a nice series of imagines emerged early in 

 August. During the whole of the month Habrostola tripartita, taken 

 as larvfe in the preceding aiitumn, emerged occasionally, and among 

 them several of the dark form, ab. urticae.\ Early in July, on the 

 moors, both Hepiahts vellcda at dusk and Larentia caesiata on the rocks 

 were abundant, much more so than usual, and in fine condition, but 

 the best L. caesiata was one which was bred, being very nearly black. 

 Mr. Wright took one Leiocanipa dictaca at light, and several Ahicita 

 pentadactyla and Boarniia rhoiiihnidaria ab. perfinnaria in his garden, 

 all three species being new to our local list. On August 1st a specimen 

 of Platyjttilia gonodactijla was taken and a second one on September 

 11th. All August was cool and very windy and practically nothing 

 was done. September was much better, but all moths whose larvae 

 fed up in the spring were much later than usual ; Polia chi, very few 

 till the 14th, while good ones were seen on the 28th ; Celaena 

 haworthii was scarce, most being seen about the 21st. Charaens 

 fjrayninis were about as usual, but no Nona(/ria fiilva till the 28th ; 

 Cidaria popidata and C. testata were more numerous than usual, 

 especially on the 14th. All these were taken on the moors, and on 

 our last visit on September 28th, among the late-comers, were Nocttia 

 festiva and Larentia caesiata. O.filiiirammaria emerged from September 

 1st to the 19tli, and there were several nice dark forms. Mr. Wright took 

 several Basypolia teiiipli at light early in October, also one or two 

 Hydroecia vticacea, but the last Noctuids seen were one Xylophasia 

 polyodon on the 11th and another on the 23rd. — W. G. Clutten, 

 132, Coal Clough Lane, Burnley. December 10th, 1907. 



Hellinsia caephodactyla at Sandown. — Following hard on my 

 record of Leacania Knipuncta and Celaena haworthii for one of the Isle of 

 Wight " associates," comes the welcome, though not altogether un- 

 expected, discovery that another of them has added Hellinsia carpho- 

 dactyla to the Sandown list. Among some moths sent up for 

 determination by Mr. H, F. Poole, of Shanklin, was a good specimen 

 of this "plume" taken on the chalk near Sandown on June IGth, 

 1907. I myself took a small, wasted specimen not far from there on 

 August 28th, 1906, which I supposed to be an Adaina vricrodactyla that 

 had lost its waj^ (there is no Eupatorium near, but plenty of Conyza), 

 and, although my suspicions were aroused when H. carphodactyla was 

 recorded as British, I had neglected to submit it to Dr. Chapman, 

 inasmuch as it was no larger than normal A. viicrodactyla. Mr. 

 Poole's specimen is full-sized and typical, and sets the matter at rest. 

 He believes that he saw others on the .same occasion, but only took 

 this one as a sample, as he is busy recording the lepidoptera of the 

 Island. — Louis B. Prout, F.E.S., 246, Eichmond Koad, Dalston, N.E. 

 December 2nd, 1907. 



f This is a most interesting record. The unicolorous form of this species has 

 remained, so far as our knowledge goes, as rare as it was when we first noted it ag 

 a British form {The British Noctuae and their Varieties, iv., p. 17). — Ed. 



