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mata. The afternoon of May 5th I spent b\' myself at Oxshott. Males of 

 Satuniia carpini were Hyiiif:; furiou^^ly over the heath, but all attempts to 

 catch them were unsuccessful. Anarta vujttUii, Eupilhecia nannta (very 

 abundant), and Fidonin atoinaria were also about ; also larvae of Xanthia 

 cerago and Thera variata. A week later Ox^hott was again visited, but it 

 was horriblv cold, and the foUowmg insects were noticed: — Eupithecia 

 nanaia, Fidonia atomaria, and single specimens of Drepana lacertinnrla, 

 and Zonosomn (Ephyra) pcndalaria. A very bad specimen of Agrotis puta 

 was found at rest near the station. Lnrvse taken were Agrotis aijathina 

 (five), Metrocampa vianjaritaria, Oporabia dilutata, and Cheimatobia bru- 

 niata. With regard to larvae of A. aijathina, both in the New Forest aud 

 at Oxshott I have taken them by sweeping the heath under pine-trees, and 

 not right out in the open. We managed to feed them up on plum, which 

 should prove a useful substitute. 



A walk to Chislehurst with my father the next day (May 13th), pro- 

 duced Xylocanipa lithorhiza, Liijdia adustata, and a very fine Anticlea 

 badiata, with larvie of Cleoceris viniinalis, Orthosia lotas Ac. On May ".iOth 

 a short time at Bexley produced Lyccena argioLus and Pieris rapm, and 

 larviE of Thecla queicus, Cleoceris viniinalis, Orthosia lota, &c. Six days 

 later the same locality produced Argynnis (Brenthis) euphrosyne, Drepana 

 falcataria, Tephrosia luridata {exiersaria\, Zonosoma poratn, Cabera 

 piisaria, Astheiia cundidata, and Melnnippe montanata, and Iarva3 of Hyber- 

 nia auruntiai ia and Oporabia dilutiUa. May '-iTth, at Bexley, produced 

 Pieris rapce. P. napi, Eachlo'e cardamines, Vanessa io, Lyca^na argiolus, 

 Rumia luteolata, Venilia maculata, Tephrosia punctulala. Ligdia adustata, 

 Pauagra petraria, Zonosonia punctarin, Mehuithia ocellata, and larvae of 

 Hylophila bicolorana, Phigalia pedaria, Hybemia defoliaria, Calymnia 

 [Cosniia) trapezina, &c. 



The afternoon of June lOth was spent with the South London Entomo- 

 logical Society at Chipstead and Baustead. Lycana icarus, L. agestis, 

 Ccenonyinpha pamphilas, Snierinthiis tilia;, JJapta temerata, B taminata, 

 Eupithecia centaureata, and larvae of Scotusia dubitata and TcEniocampa 

 gracilis falling to my lot. The same day my father took Tephrosia punctu- 

 lata and Cabera pusaria with larvae of Bombyx neustria and TcBniocampa 

 stabilis, at St. Paul's Cray. 



A short time spent at the much-worked Bexley on June 17th and 18th 

 produced the three common Pi^^rids, Vanessa atalanta, Ccenonympha pam- 

 philas, Hesperia sylvanus, Halias prasinana, Acronycta aceris, Hadena 

 dentina, Zanclognatha grisealis. Tephrosia punctulata, lodis lactearia, 

 Cabera pusaria, Astliena candidata, Acidalia bisetata, A. reniutaria, Zono- 

 soma pitnctaria, Z. porata, Panagra petraria, Caniptogramma bilineata, 

 Melanippe montanata, M. subtristata, and Coremia unidentaria \^). 



On July 6ih I walked to the Crown Woods, Eltham, and noticed on 

 palings and tree-trunks Acronycta aceris, A. psi, Hecatera serena, Aplecta 

 nehulosa (rather dark), Boarmia repandata, aud Acidalia aversata, whilst 

 Epinepliele ianira flitted about the hedges, despite a thunderstorm. On 

 the 8th my father took Phorodesma bajularia, aud larvae of Ligdia adustata 

 at Bexley. On the 9th a wak to Mottingham produced, among other 

 things, CuculUa umbratica. 



July 11th, a very hot, fine day, was spent at Oxshott. Vanessa atalanta 

 was seen. Epinephele ianira, Ccenonympha pamphilus, and Hesperia 

 sylvanus were all very common, but Lyccena agon was quite fresh, and only 

 males were netted. Macroglossa stellataruni was observed hovering about 



