70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



June 1st on my return from Scotland, a very fine Notodonta trepida 

 was taken, also Drepana hamula, among a host of commoner things, 

 during the course of the evening. Other insects taken during the 

 year were: — Galligenia miniata (two), on August 11th; Lithosia 

 lurideola and L. griseola, which were in the greatest abundance from 

 my return home on July 25th till the middle of August, and shared 

 with Noctua plecta and N. rubi the distinction of being by far the 

 commonest insects at this particular spot ; Drepana hamula, one on 

 July '27th, and one on August 15th ; Pterostoma palpina, one on 

 June 8th, and one on August 12th ; Luperina cespitis, one taken by 

 a village lad on September 5th during my absence ; TriplicBna inter- 

 jecta, one on August 6th ; Dianthacia cucubali, one on June 11th ; 

 Petasia cassinea, one on November 26th ; Ennomos erosaria, one on 

 6th and one on October 9th ; Geovietra joajnlionaria, a very fine male 

 on July 26th, a bright moonlight night, the insect having to be chased 

 across two fields before its final capture ; Acidalia imitaria, one on 

 August 13th ; Numeria j^ui'veraria, one on June 7th ; and Cidaria 

 silaceata, not uncommon between August 3rd and 15th. Many other 

 good things were captured, but seem to have been taken more or less 

 commonly in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth before. From the 

 middle to the end of June Hepialus hectus, Xylophasia hepatica, 

 Apamea ge^nina, Erastria fuscula, and Toxocampa pastinum were to 

 be taken not uncommonly dusking in the rides of the wood, but it 

 was difficult to pick out the better insects from the hosts of common 

 things that were flying everywhere ; Nudaria senex, too, was flutter- 

 ing about in fair numbers among the tall reeds and grasses in the 

 marsh at the end of July and beginning of August. Single specimens 

 were taken of Xylophasia scolopacina on July 25th, Tethea retusa on 

 August 12th, Hadena genistce on June 27th, Angerona prunaria on 

 June 25th. 



Sugaring was a complete failure throughout the year, except for 

 two nights, viz. June 25th and 27th, when every patch was simply 

 alive with insects, in a drizzling rain and with a strong "sou'wester" 

 blowing. On these two nights, Leucania piidorina, L. comma, Xylo- 

 phasia siihlustris, X. hepatica, Apamea gemina, mostly of the var. 

 remissa, and Mamestra anceps were all fairly common, together with 

 some beautiful varieties of Miana strigilis and Noctua festiva. Col- 

 lecting by day did not produce very much worth recording ; butterflies 

 of any sort were few and far between, and the Geometers beaten from 

 the hedgerows were mostly those that seem common to the whole 

 district ; Epionc advenaria was perhaps more abundant than usual, 

 and the same thing applies to Bapta tcmerata ; Tephrosia extersaria 

 was found on an oak-trunk on the 4th of the month, and Lohophora 

 hexapterata at rest with extended wings on the garden paling on 

 the 6th. With regard to larvae, Diloba caruleocephala was simply 

 swarming on the hawthorn hedges at the beginning of June, and the 

 moths appeared in corresponding numbers round the lamps through- 

 out October ; full-fed larvae of Arctia caia were frequently picked up 

 crawling across the paths, and a considerable number of Odoncstis 

 potatoria were found sunning themselves on the long grass under 

 the hedgerows. It now only remains to mention that Poecilocampa 

 populi has been not uncommon during the past month around the 



