﻿38 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



August 7th was one of the hottest clays of the year, and a visit 

 to the sandhills resulted in the capture of Cramhus uliginosellus (dis- 

 turhed from the clumps of tall rushes), G. tristellus, one Anthrocera 

 filipendulce, var. with a pink hind wing, Peronea aspersana, Phalonia 

 roseana, P. atricapitana, Sciaphila conspersana, Tortrix ictericana, 

 and Symmoca {(Ecogenia) quadrijmncta on the wall inside the light- 

 house. On August 8th in the evening I took Sericoris Uttoralis 

 amongst Statice armeria on the cliffs. I visited the sandhills again 

 on the 9th at dusk and took Alucita lithodactyla, Crambus uligino- 

 sellus, Phalonia (Eupoicilia) atricapitana, Depressaria alstrcemer- 

 iana, and Acrolepia granitella. Dicrorampha simpliciana was Hying 

 freely amongst Artemisia vulgaris at 8 p.m. on the 10th and a good 

 series was soon boxed, and earlier in the day Ennychia cingulalis, 

 G. nigromaculana, and (Ecoplwra lambdeUa were the best species 

 obtained. The only new species noticed on the 11th was Depressaria 

 siLhpropinquella. On the 12th a further visit to the sandhills only 

 produced Crambus geniculeus in addition to those species already 

 mentioned. As we were leaving the next day, the 13th was devoted 

 to setting my captures and packing up. After doing so a final walk 

 round the cliffs added Acidalia marginepimcta and Adactylus {Ag- 

 distis) hennetti to my list. The latter was flying between 8 and 

 9 p.m. aijiongst the spathulate sea lavender [Statice binervosa). It 

 was very much paler than specimens from Mr. Ovenden, of 

 Eochester, and appeared to be the form described by Mr. Tutt (vol. 

 V. p. 137) as (2) Whitish grey with four black dots on the disc = ab. 

 grisea typica, n. ab. This species does not appear to have been 

 previously recorded for Devon. We had no rain after August 1st, 

 the weather being brilliantly fine during the remainder of our visit. 

 In 1910 I was prevented fi'om visiting the neighbourhood until July 

 29th, and between that date and my return home on August 12th, 

 the following species were taken, in addition to most of those already 

 mentioned : — Hypermecia angustana, Gelechia domestica, Butalis 

 grandipennis (on the road below a bank where some dwarf furze 

 bushes grew), Hcdya accriana (at rest on white poplar trees and 

 fences in a garden), Argyresthia albistria, Lita maculea (beaten from 

 hedge in a lane), Golcophora alcyonipcnnella (brought into the house 

 amongst knapweed flowers), Eupithecia coronata, Phalonia rupicola, 

 Cerostoma vittella, Laverna atra, L. ochraceella, Stigmonota composi- 

 tella, Ghrosis alcella, Lithosia complanula, Prays curtiscllus, Argyris- 

 thia andereggiella, Peronea variegana, Catoptria ulicetana, Litho- 

 coUetis embcrizipcnnclla, Anerastia lotella, Seknia bilunaria, P. obs- 

 curaria, Eubolia bipunctaria, Depressaria nanatella, D. applana, 

 Homoaosoma sinuella, Ochsenheimeria birdella (on bedroom window 

 curtain at 7.30 p.m., a very unusual time and place for this species), 

 Pcnthina gentiana (on the wing at 1 p.m. amongst teazle), Orthotcznia 

 ericetana (in a clover field in the afternoon), Mimcesioptilus bipuncti- 

 dactyla, Miana literosa (at ragwort Howers at 7 p.m.), Spilonota 

 incarnatana (sitting on the leaves of Rosa spinosissima at sunset), 

 Goleophora albitarsella (at rest on a fern leaf in a hedge in the after- 

 noon), G. lariQclla, Crambus impuinatellus, Xylophasia rurea, Miana 

 bicoloria, Gelechia desertella, G. marmorea, Argyresthia sp)iniella, 



