92 THE entomologist's record. 



On May 12th I visited a Hampshire uiarsh, chiefly for camera 

 work. The outstanding feature of the day was the extraordinary 

 abundance of P. napi. Thcra variata was found at rest on pine trunks 

 and several <? G. rhamni and C. rt>v//oZ».s were seen, also one <? M. riibi 

 careering madly in the afternoon sunshine. 



On the 15th, at Rye, Sussex, C. anfioliis was flying freely in the 

 streets, and on the same day my first IHantluecia carpopha;ja emerged 

 in the cage from an Eastbourne pupa. They continued to emerge 

 through May and June, producing some very nice white forms. 



On the 16tb, on the Downs near Lewes, Mesoti/pe vin/ata [lineolata) 

 was kicked up on a non-entomological trip, and C. anfiolns was the 

 reverse of scarce in the streets of the town, and I voted it at the time 

 as being veiy plentiful this spring. On the 17th I took at Brighton 

 a number of Ahrad-as i/rossnlariata larvse from eunonj^mus bushes in the 

 hopes of breeding a stray variety, but the sight of two of the larvji? on 

 the wall with a mass of yellow ichneumon cocoons on both sides of them, 

 gave little hope of getting a ifnmulariata imago at all. On my return 

 home on the 18th I found a <? Miiiian tiliae and a 3 Aiiijihidasis betnlaria 

 emerged in a cage, the former from Margate and the latter from East 

 Dulwich pupa\ T. ainai/o larvte had now finished feeding and were 

 spinning up between maple leaves, where they remained till they 

 pupated in the first and second week of August. On the 19th a S 

 Truma /<.s-/, of the dark London form, was seen on a lime trunk at East 

 Dulwich freshly emerged (the last two specimens of this species 

 emerged in my cage on July 3rd), and a $ Heinerop/u'la abntptaria of 

 the dark ^ coloration was taken from a fence at Norwood. On the 

 22nd, at Rye, Sussex, ('. artjiolit^ was still flying freel}^ and I found 

 them equally plentiful at Folkestone on the 24th. At Deal sandhills, 

 on the 25th, )>l. ririidta [linenlata) was common at dusk, and two g 

 Aspiiatt's citiaria were taken, while two J SpUosonia nientliastri came 

 to light. On May 27th the first Apatela aceris (East Dulwich pupa) 

 emerged in my cage, and another $ H. abrtiptaria with dark g colour- 

 ing, was taken at rest on a lime trunk at East Dulwich, and laid ova 

 on the 28th. These hatched on June 4th and fed up very slowly (as 

 compared with />'. cinctaria larv;u),one larva pupated on July 81st and 

 the last on August 25th, producing a partial second brood, two <? s 

 emerging on September 2Brd and five ? s in November. The remain- 

 ing pupie going over the winter.'" 



On May 28th the first (hispidia niciiacephala (East Dulwich) 

 emerged, and the last on July 14th. Vianthncia consjieisa (Eastbourne 

 larvjo) also started emerging on the 28th, on the same day on a Surrey 

 heath Anarta iinjrtilli Avas fairly plentiful, fiying in the morning sun- 

 shine, and Tt'plirosia pnnctularia was noted at rest on birch trunks, some 

 worn, others quite fresh. On June 2nd a visit was paid with Mr. 

 Tonge to the locality for Pachetra lencophia, and we were successful 

 in getting a short series each. Some were badly worn, others in the 

 best condition. One was found at rest on a tree trunk by day- 

 searching, also several Xola m'stiilalis, and one Ilabrostola triplasio at 

 rest in the bathroom where we stayed. 



* Since writing the above, I had a ? H. ahruptaria emerge on Feb. 10th, another 

 on the 17th, and a J' on the 2.5th, ? s on February 28th and 29th, and a further 

 ? on March 11th, 1912. 



