70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST* 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



CoLiAS HYALE IN DoRSET. — With reference to Mr. Bankes's remarks 

 (Entom. 3'2), it may be of interest to note that I captured, during the great 

 C. eclusa emergence of 1877, two specimens of C. hyale at Upway, a village 

 midway between Dorchester and Weymouth. They were flying over a red 

 clover field in company with swarms of C. ediisa, and were easily picked 

 out. During a residence at Upway, from 1875 to 1881, these were the 

 only 0. hyale I ever came across, and this fact appears to confirm Mr, 

 Bankes's statement that C. hyale seldom ranges so far west. I had pre- 

 viously taken three C- hyale in Oxfordshire in 1867 ; one more I obtained 

 in Berkshire in 1892. The six specimens are in my collection, and con- 

 stitute my series. — J. Clakke ; Reading, January 2nd, 1894. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN 1893. — My only experience with this insect, this 

 season, has been one specimen (seen but not captured) a few miles north of 

 Christchurch, Hants, on Aug. 26th ; and two specimens, both males, 

 between Hartland and Clovelly, N. Devon, on Sept. 30th. There was a 

 somewhat violent wind prevailing on the latter date, and I was enabled to 

 take up one of these C. edxisa between the finger and thumb, from off the 

 head of Scahiosa succisa, on which it was feeding, I can testify to the 

 scarcity of this butterfly in Surrey, at all events in the Dorking neighbour- 

 hood, this year, as T gave special attention to clover fields, and other likely 

 places about here, during the end of July and first three weeks of August, 

 without seeing a single specimen. — R. M. Phideaux ; Ashtead, Surrey, 

 December 28th, 1893. 



Lepidoptera in the neighbourhood of York, 1893. — The season 

 which is now rapidly drawing to a close, and which will long be remembered 

 meteorologically, on account of the marvellous weather experienced, has not 

 been equally memorable for quantity or quality of Lepidoptera noticed. 

 Many generally common insects have been either very rare or else entirely 

 absent. The only species which have been more than usually common at 

 York this season are the following .• — Pieris hrassicm, P. rapce, Vanessa 

 urticcB, V. atalanta, Acherontia atropos, Sphinx convolvuU, Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, Orthosia suspecta, Anchocelis litura, Phlogophora metmdosa, 

 Hadena jrrotea, Asthena sylvata, Veimsia camhricaria, Lobophora lohulata, 

 Collix sparsata, H. [^? Lomaspilis] marginata, Thera variata, Diurneafagella; 

 whilst of those which have not occurred in anything lilve their usual numbers, 

 the following, amongst many others, may be quoted : — Zygmia lonicerce, 

 Lithosia mesomella, Spilosoma lubricipeda, Acronycta leporina, Noctua 

 /estiva, N. ruhi, Agrotis porphyrea, Taniocamjm jwpuleti, T. leucographa, 

 Epione vespertaria, Aspilates strigillaria, Eupithecia satyrata, Acidalia 

 immutata, Hypsipetes elutata, Phibalapteryx lignata, &c. Of those species 

 which have entirely failed to put in an appearance, and which we generally 

 take each season in some numbers, are Nndaria senex, Hydrelia unca, 

 PlusiafestuccB, and Miana arcuosa. My first outing took place on Feb. I4th, 

 in quest of x&r.fuscata of H. marginaria, of which I took six ; my last on 

 Nov, ord, when sugar produced but a few S. satellitia and C. vaccinii. H. 

 aurantiaria, H. defoliaria, C.boreata, and C. brumata were very scarce, whilst 

 0. dihUaria and H. pennaria were not seen. I have noticed the gradual 

 diminution in point of numbers of these species for the past ten years; 

 each year they become scarcer in this neighbourhood, why I know not. 



