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Notes from the Haslemere District for 1906 and 1907. — 

 Having now been in Haslemere for two seasons, I am beginning to 

 find that, even with my hmited leism-e for collecting, it is a locality 

 full of possibilities for the entomologist, and a short record of my 

 experiences may be of some interest. I have at present discovered 

 twenty-four species of Rhopalocera. Larvse of Zephyrus qiiemis are 

 very abundant, and any number of Gonepteryx rhamni can be bred 

 from the alder-buckthorns, which are to be found plentifully ; but the 

 most interesting thing to me has been the breeding of an exceedingly 

 varied series of Chrysophanus phlceas. Some were fed on dock, 

 others on sorrel, but the proportion of specimens with blue spots on 

 the lower wings was very great in each case. The variation in other 

 respects was less marked. Euchloe cardamines is plentiful, and so is 

 Ccdlophrys rubi, and I have observed Argiades sylvcmus ovipositing 

 freely in a field where Hesperia thauvias, Lycana argus, and many 

 other insects are common. Cyaniris argiolus was seen in some 

 numbers during the spring of 1907, and from a batch of larvee which 

 began to pupate on Sept. 17th a forward male emerged on Oct. 15th, 

 though the rest of the brood have stood over. Among interesting 

 captures by day may be mentioned Charocainpa elpenor, Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, Miltochrista miniata, Lithosia sororcula, Drepana binaria, 

 Hel'iaca tenebrata, Erastria fasciana, Bomolocha fontis, Epione 

 advenaria, Eurymene dolabraria, Asthena luteata, Bapta temerata, 

 B. bimaculata, Nuvieria pulveraria, Bupalus piniaria, Lomaspilis 

 marginata, and Melanthia albicillata ; L. marginata being very varied, 

 and E. advenaria being in the greatest profusion. 



Larvae of Heviaris fuciformis and Anarta myrtilli have been dis- 

 covered, and the following larvae have been beaten : Hylophila prasi- 

 nana, H. bicolorana, Lophopteryx camelina, Amphipyra pyramidea, 

 Hadena protea, Gonoptera libatrix, and many others. Ova have been 

 obtained of Poecilocampa popuU, Jirctia villica, Dicranura vinula, 

 Euplexia lucipara, Euclidia glyphica, Epione advenaria, Eurymene 

 dolabraria, &c. ; and a very remarkable variety of E. advenaria 

 emerged on April 8th, 1907. It is very much smaller than usual, 

 and is of a uniform dull brown colour, with no markings to speak of. 

 A more or less spasmodic examination of the street-lamps has pro- 

 duced several good things, including Pcecilocampa populi, Lophopteryx 

 carmelita, Notodonta trejnda, Polyploca flavicornis, P. ridens, Panolis 

 piniperda, Erastria fasciana, Eurymene dolabraria, Selenia illustraria, 

 Numeria pidveraria, Ligdia adustata, LobopJiora carpinata, Anticlea 

 nigrofasciaria, Gidaria suffmnata, and C. silaceata. The results from 

 sugaring about thirty young fruit trees in my garden have been good, 

 among other insects taken being Thyatira batis, Dipterygia scabri- 

 uscula (very abundant), Apamea basilinea, Noctua triangulum, Xanthia 

 fulvago, X. flavago, Aporophyla nigra, Agriopis aprilina, Euplexia 

 lucipara, Hadena genistce, and Xylina socia. — F. A. Oldaker, M.A. ; 

 The Eed House, Haslemere, March 2nd, 1908. 



