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Euchlana prunai'ia, one of which was. the purple-brown form 



with a narrow yellow band and spot in apex, C. cratagana, 



CalotJiiisanis amata (aviataria), Anisotania ulmana, and A. 



retinelld, before being driven home by beavy rain On the 



30th P. c-albuvi was seen in my garden, and Acompsia lunaria 



and Gi'lechia siinilis were taken on a fence near. On July 1st 



Argynnis aglaia were fresh on the wing on our hills, and other 



species noted were Hadena lithoxi/lea, Eucosvia ochroleucana, 



Lampronia prcelaUlla , and Gelechia tricolor ella. In my house, 



on the 2nd, I took a variety of the male Diacrisia lubricipeda 



with the usual spotting obsolete except for two dots in the 



apex of each fore wing. I cycled ten miles down tlie Severn 



Valley on the 5th, and spent the afternoon in the fields 



with the Eev. J. W. Metcalfe and Mr. W. B. Davis. (I have 



read the article by the former in a recent number and have 



noted their discoveries in this district with great interest having 



originally introduced them to each other.) My best capture 



was Knarmonia oppressana on the wing near some joiDlar trees. 



While we were sitting on the grass enjoying our sandwiches 



a siDeeimen of Ochsenlieiiueria birdella ci'awled up the side of 



the paper bag lying on the grass by me. Other species seen 



included Ourapteiyx sambucaria, Hpilriomena dotata (pyraliata) . 



Tephroclyxtis isogrammaria, Tortrix chrysanthem ana , and GelecJiia 



vidgella. On the 10th Nola cucullatella appeared in my garden 



where the larvae fed regularly every year on the apide leaves. 



On the 11th specimens of Notocelia roscecolana, Eudrmonia 



icoeberiaiia and Tinea fascipnnctella were also seen here. On 



the 12th, in a wood near the Forest, the trees and bushes were 



swarming with moths mostly Tortrix viridana. Amongst the 



better things were Xanthnrlioe viridaiia {pectinatarid) , Hiidridmena 



sordidatii {dutam), EucJtoeca ohlitfrata (Jieparata), Mettocavipa 



mnrgorit/iria, Acrohasxs zelleri {ttnnidella), Cacoeci'i cratoegana, 



Tortrix diversana, Eucosvui belutetana, Schreckensteinia festaiiella, 



Acompsia Jiavifroiitella, and ColeopJtora nigricella. 



(To be continued.) 



BRITISH ODONATA IN 1917. 



Bv W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



Although an examjde was sighted at a distance on May 26th 

 at the foot of Boxhill in Surrey, my first real experience amongst 

 the dragonflies was on May 29th, when I paid a visit to the 

 Basingstoke Canal near Byiieet (Surrey), and met with nine or 

 ten species. Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Sulz., was plentiful, and 

 Agrion puella, Linn., with Enallagma cyathigeram, Charp., 

 appealed to be common also. Brachytron pratense, Miill., was 

 frequently seen and I captured one, while L. Balcomb, who was 



