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May 31st; Leucania straminea, August 27th; Nonagria gemini- 

 imncta, July 29th ; Neuria saponaria, June 29th ; Agrotis cinerea. 

 May 27th (this species was first observed to occur on Portsclown Hill 

 by Mr. A. E. Bunas, of Portsmouth, who was fortunate enough to 

 capture six specimens during this month) ; Luperina ccesjntis, August 

 27th; Diantlicecia carpophaga {t\\Q very pale form), June 13th, and 

 again in August ; Gucullia lycJinitis, May 24th ; Plusia iota, June 

 30th ; Acontia luctuosa, July 28th ; Ennomos fuscantaria, September 

 12th ; Geometra vernaria, July 7th ; Emmelesia taniata, August 5th ; 

 and Lohopliora viretata, May 31st. More than one specimen of the 

 majority of these was taken, though in each instance the earliest date 

 of capture is given ; I had a light burning in one of my upstairs 

 windows throughout the summer, and over two hundred species were 

 attracted. 



During June the campion flowers {Silene inflata) growing on the 

 hillside proved a prolific hunting-ground at dusk, Leucania comma, 

 Mamcstra sordida, Agrotis corticca, Neuria saponaria, Dianthoecia 

 capsincola, D. cucubali, D. conspersa, Hecatera serena, Hadena 

 dentina, Gucullia umhratica, Plusia chrysitis, and P. iota, all coming 

 freely, whilst the large tract of forest-land around Southwick, on the 

 far side of the hill, though only visited twice by day and three times 

 at dusk, gave amongst others, Argynnis cuphrosyne (including a 

 remarkable black suffused variety), Nemeobius lucina, Thecla rubi, 

 Nemeophila j^l^ntaginis, Comacla senex, Cybosia viesomella, Drepana 

 hamula, D. unguicula, LopJiopteryx camclina (in cop. on an oak- 

 trunk), Gymatophora duplaris, Leucania pudorina, Erastria fuscula, 

 Toxocampa pastinum, Ellopia prosapiaria, Eurymene dolobraria, 

 Pericallia syringaria, Epionc advenaria, Boannia lichenaria, PJioro- 

 desma pustulata, and Hydrclia sylvata ; also Plusia pulchrina at 

 flowers of ragged robin [Lychnis flos-cuculi). 



Sugar, as has before been stated, was a complete failure up till the 

 second week in August, but between then and the first week in 

 October over seventy species put in an appearance, including Bryo- 

 phila muralis, Nonagria lutosa, Hydroecia paludis, H. micacea, 

 Mamestra abjecta, Miana litcrosa, Garadrina ambig^ia, Dianthaicia 

 cucubali, Hadena siiasa, Xylina semibrimnea (on September 16th), 

 Abrostola tripartita, Gatocala nupta, and several Geometers; as my 

 "round" was confined to the limits of an ordinary "villa" garden, 

 I was more than satisfied with the results. 



Needless to say there was the usual multitude of things at dusk 

 along the hedgerows during May, June and July, but these cannot be 

 dealt with at length. Ghcerocampa piorcellus and Acidalia cmutaria 

 were possibly the surprise captures among the host that was netted 

 every night. Sphinx convolvuli also made its appearance at odd 

 places in the village in September. 



The usual swarms of larvae of Triphana fimbria, Aplecta nebulosa, 

 Boarmia repandata, kc, were to be beaten at night from the sallows 

 in the spring, whilst by day those of Arctia villica were to be obtained 

 by careful searching, sunning themselves on the rough herbage below 

 the hedgerows in most of the lanes leading up on to the down. 



On the whole the district would appear to be an exceedingly 

 interesting one, and one that would well repay careful study of its 



