16H THK ENTOMOLCKHST's UKCOHIi. 



lutarella, my principal object in making the pilgrimage to Deal, but I 

 was not fortunate enough to tind this local little moth. 



During September practically all my collecting with the exception 

 of two or three afternoons spent in fruitless searching for Lithomoia 

 Holidai/i)iis, an insect which ought to occur in this district, was done on 

 heather. To make up for its failure during the summer, ''sugar" now 

 attracted insects in great numbers, Auiatlies helnda and A. Utura, 

 Orrhodia laccinii and Miselia u.ti/acanthae were very common and in 

 hrst rate condition. Half a dozen perfect examples of var. rujiHcina 

 were taken. Several Aijrotis se(/efuiii of a second brood put in an appear- 

 ance. 1 was surprised to take a very fresh Ajiiotis ijclmnationia on Sep- 

 tember 16th. Aniatlti's (Mfllinia) cirrtilaris and ( ara(lri)u( ifiiadripn)!!- 

 tata occurred in fair numbers, together with a few in'ijltacna comes and 

 l. pnDiiibd, Kuidi'.ria iKcipara, Aiii/iliiiJi/ia traiiopoi/oitis, Xoctiui (/lan'oxa, 

 Aijrotis i/psilo)i, A»i<tt/u's lota, A. iiioiilciita and A. Ii/chiii'lis (^pistaci)i(i), 

 Orrhodia lit/iila, (Jalocaiiipa ratasta and Kmiiichtis prntca. I'ldoiioplidra 

 uietiriilosa was a perfect nuisance, every patch had three or four of this 

 very beautiful but common moth on it. On September 16ta a 

 very large and fresh EnnneLina luoiioiiacti/la was taken at sugar, and 

 several other "micros" were taken in the same way during September. 



On September 9th, I took a run down to W eymouth, hoping to 

 take Colias cditsa and ( '. Iiijale. I was again disappointed not a single 

 example of either species was seen. The intense heat of the summer 

 had burnt up all vegetation and insects were scai-ce. A few worn 

 Anriades t/n'tis / ado)iis) J s, /'. icariis and 11. /ihlanis were noticed. 

 IHiisia iiaiiniiu was very connnon. A few J'l/ransta pnrpmalis wei'e 

 collected from the rough broken ground at Preston clitl's, and the 

 same spot gave me a couple of Xoinophilu noctaclla. A very large and 

 bright Lyi/ris tcstata was beaten out of a clump of sallows. A few 

 wore Pyraweis atalanta and two or three tine /'. ranhii were also 

 noticed. 



After the first week in October the weather broke up completely, 

 a, few nights were spent at "sugar" and at what little ivy we have in 

 this neighbourhood, but nothing beyond tbe common autunmal insects 

 were seen. Two oi' three afternoons were spent in collecting Oporabia 

 diliitata and Ih/beruia aiiraiitiaria, long and varied series were taken 

 of each species. 



After the middle of October the weather became so bad that further 

 collecting was impossible. The total results of the season's work has 

 not perhaps been great, 1 have probably done no better than the 

 majority of entomologists, but the season of 1911 will always he a 

 memorable one for me on account of Stilbia aitomala, an insect I have 

 at last taken after seven years persistently searching for it. 



Records of Local Coleoptera. 1. Geodephaga. 



By G. W. NICHOLSON, M.A., M.D., F.E.S. 



As 1 ha\e been taken to task for not having recorded the more 

 interesting beetles I have, from time to time, had the good fortune to 

 capture, I now propose to make up for lost time, and hope that the 

 new localities may be of sonic interest and use to other entomologists. 

 For the sake of completeness reterences will be given to the few records 

 that I have already published, which will be included in the present 



