320 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



was done chiefly between Porlock and the Doone Valley, and was con- 

 fined almost entirely to day-work. Of the butterflies, one example of 

 C'ulias liyiile was seen on the moors. Fieris hrasdra, P. rnpa, and 

 P. nnpi were all fairly common. A few An/ijnnis [Drf/as) paphia were 

 noticed, in a somewhat worn condition. Satyr us semele was abundant 

 on the moors, and Paranje meriara seemed to occur in great numbers 

 almost everywhere, but only two specimens of P. er/eria were observed. 

 Kpinepluie tit/ioniis and E. ianira abundant. Vanessa iirtica; was also 

 very common, and a single example of V. io was seen at Dunster 

 (Somerset). Lj/caiiin icarnx, Cyaniris aryiolus, Poiyommatus p/daas, 

 Tli^cla quercus (one), Ccenonympka painphilus, and Painphila linea 

 [t/unimas), complete the list of butterflies. Turning to the moths, a 

 sint,'le Macroylossa stcl lata nun was seen on the moor. A few Apamea 

 oculea and TriplicBna ianthina turned up, and single examples of 

 T. fimbria, T. comes, Ahroslola trlphisia (to light), and Plnsia yaiiima. 

 Geometers were rather better represented, the following species being 

 observed : — Pp)hyra porata (one), Vamptoyramtna biliiwata, Hypsipetes 

 elutata (worn), Larentia didymata (found at rest in the day-time on rough 

 stone walls and banks, and flying abundantly over the whortleberry 

 at sunset), Punnia cratceyata, Cidaria trancata (a very nice lot, containing 

 some very pretty forms, beaten from a place about two hundred and 

 fifty yards long, where the whortleberry grew very thickly under a beech 

 hedge >, C. papnlata (obtained from the same lot of Vaecinium as C. trun- 

 cata), ('. testata (a few turned up in a sheltered corner of the moor), 

 Boarmia rhumhoidaria (a large and worn female), Melanippe yaliata (not 

 common), ill. suhtristatn, MelantJiia ocellata, Acidalia aversata, A. niar- 

 yinepunctata (a few very nice grey forms found at rest on rough grey 

 stone walls, and differing considerably from some just taken in Kent). 

 Hypena prohoscidaUs (worn) and Botys ruralis complete the list of 

 imagines. Larvae taken were : — Euchelia jacobcca (common), Dasychira 

 pudibunda (one), Spilosoma menthastri, Demas coryli (common), LvjjJio- 

 pterij.r camrUna (a few), Amphidasys bctiihiri(i,arid Etipithccia nanata (one). 

 With regard to Demas coryli, I did not discover their presence till just 

 before leaving. From the low beech hedges on the moor I then beat 

 over fifty larvae in an hour and a half. They varied considerably in 

 size and colour — dark greyish, white, yellowish, and pink. One larva 

 of L. camclina was red ; although I have frequently taken the larva, I 

 have never seen one of this colour before. Dragonfiies were practically 

 nil, Sympetrnm striolattnn alone being seen. — F. M. B. Carr ; 46, Han- 

 den Road, Lee, S.E. 



Sphingid^ at Eingwood. — Larvae of Acherontia atropns were abun- 

 dant last year, but this season they appear to have been more so, 

 nearly every potato patch producing them. I obtained my first, a full- 

 fed one, on Aug. 8th, and the last on Oct. 5th. The latter was 

 wandering about in search of food ; it was very small indeed, but has 

 pupated. I have had pupae brought to me right up to Oct. 11th, 

 when a digger brought three whicli he turned up on that date. On 

 Sept. 15th a pupa was brought to me ; this was dark in colour, and a 

 fine male imago emerged from it on the 17th ; the pupa, upon being 

 touched, squeaked several times, but not so loud as the imago did after 

 emergence. I have specimens hatching out almost daily now in my 



