58 THE entomologist's record. 



form been taken after a cool or wet summer, or is it purely a hot, or 

 perhaps, a dry season form ? It would be interesting to hear if others 

 like them were taken elsewhere last season. Genmetra papilionaria. — 

 I bred a few good specimens from larvfe found in May on small birch 

 bushes. Zouosoiiia porata and Z. punctaria both produced two broods. 

 Z. linearia. — I saw one here last season, a record for me on this side 

 of the river. On the Monmouthshire side of the valley it is not un- 

 common. Acidalia subsericeata. — Netted at dusk. Melanippe Iiastata. 

 — Not so scarce last year, M. subtristata is perhaps the commonest 

 Geometrid of the district. Both broods swarmed. M. iniau'/idota was 

 not so common as usual. ^J. fitictuata. — I am unable to say how many 

 broods there were last year, but can record a specimen at ivy-blossom 

 on October 15th. M. montanata ab. dejienerata. — I took an exceptionally 

 nice example at light on ]\Iay 29th, a very white specimen with the 

 costal and inner-marginal blotches much reduced in size. Melanthia 

 ritbiijinata, M. ocellata (two broods), M. albicillata and M. proceUata 

 were all to be obtained at dusk. Coremia dcainnata. — In 1909 I netted 

 a specimen with an extremely narrow band. Last year I took one in 

 which the central fascia occupies fully one-third of the area of the 

 forewings. There were at least two broods during the season. 

 Larentia )niilti!<trifiayia. — At light in March. Asthcna luteata. — Netted 

 at dusk. A. candidate!. — Two broods as usual. A. si/lcata was not 

 uncommon at dusk and also to be found on tree-trunks. A. blouwri. 

 — Several netted at dusk. Kiipisteria heparata. — A few met with 

 among alder bushes from June 7th to -July 12th. Minna niininata. — • 

 I was shown a specimen of the second brood captured at Tintern in 

 August, and I believe I saw one or two about the same time over here, 

 but did not succeed in netting them. Kninielesia offinitata, K. 

 alcheinillata and E. albidata were not very common and only one K. 

 decolorata was seen, but E. blandiata was not scarce in its particular 

 localities. Cidaria psittacaia. — My father took one and saw another 

 at ivy-blossom at Tintern ; the first we have seen in the Wye 

 Valley. Cidaria ii)nnanata was fairly common and I took a few nice 

 specimens, including ab. viarniorata, which is the least common form 

 in the district. ('. tnincata is a much more abundant species. Wye 

 Valley specimens are mostly dark and ab. pcrfuscata might almost 

 be regarded as the local variety. We have also taken abs. coituni- 

 nutata and comma-notata in the district, the latter being the least 

 common. C prnnata was a fresh visitor in my garden, and I netted 

 two in July. It is not uncommon at Tintern in my father's garden. 

 Some other Geometrids met with were C. picata (on tree-trunks), ('. 

 siiff'mnata (at dusk), ( '. silaccata (both broods), C. fiilrata (males only), 

 ('. pi/raliata, Eiicosinia undtdata, Phihalaptcri/.r tersata, Thera variata 

 (the second brood at ivy-blossom), i'Jicitnatnbia bnreata (at light), 

 Lobopliora hcvaptcrata (fairly common on poplar trunks), /.. riretata 

 (one at rest on an ivy-clad tree-trunk), Clicsiax iMiquaria (bred), 

 Anaitis pla;iiata (both broods abundant) and Eubolia plitndjaiia 

 (unusually common about heath). Hi/psipctvs sardidata was as usual 

 in abundance, and one or two rather nice specimens were obtained at 

 dusk. Kiijdtliccia centaureata. — One specimen was taken by my father 

 at Tintern ; the first and only specimen noticed by us in the Wye 

 Valley. E. sati/rata. — I netted on May 21st, what I believe to be a 

 dark-greyish suffused aberration of this species. Other " pugs " met 



