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A C. glaucata (spinida) larva was also beaten out, and a Tephro- 

 clystis pulchellata larva found on foxglove. In the evening, 

 walking up a hilly lane where the elm trees met overhead and 

 excluded a good deal of daylight, I saw a B]}ec'\va&n oi Litliocolletis 

 schreberella at rest on a bramble leaf. The glint of its beautiful 

 metallic colouring caught my eye, and the specimen was promptly 

 boxed. Scoparia cembrce, Laspeyresia ulicetana, and Euxanthis 

 zoegana were also taken. 



The 12th was also windy. Besides a few E. mnrmorea, the 

 only capture worth noting was Pavimene spiniana. The evening 

 was very rainy. 



The 13th was windy and showery. By beating my favourite 

 hedge more specimens of E. marvwrea, C. glaucata, P. atri- 

 capitana, G. costella (very dark var.), and G. marnwrea were 

 obtained. 



The next day we returned home. I had left my setting boards 

 behind, and trusted to Mr. L. W. Newman's relaxing box. The 

 Tineina were all right if set at once, but if left longer than a few 

 days the fringes were apt to get matted and the specimens looked 

 ragged after setting. I brought home a large grey Dipteron 

 taken amongst the sand-hills, where it takes short flights of 

 six feet or so, sometimes holding another Dipteron in its front 

 legs. Mr. Claude Morley says it is " Dijsmachus trigonus, Mg., ? . 

 You will find a full account of it in Verrall's 'Brit. Flies.' It is 

 quite common in sandy places, especially on coast sand-hills as 

 at Lowestoft ; but not found off sand in my experience. I have 

 taken it carrying the Dipteron Borhoms equinus in its front legs. 

 It is certainly local, and worth a note in the ' Entomologist.' "' 



Of the species mentioned I find that the following are not 

 included in Mr. C. G. Barrett's list of le{)idoptera in the 'Victoria 

 County History of Devon,' published in 1906 : A. hennettii, 

 S. fe.staliella, D. Uturella, G. costella, R. cinerella, and C. lari- 

 pennella. 



Since my return I have done very little, the following captures 

 being recorded : Triplicena iantUina, E. marmorea, and Litho- 

 collitis syhella (for the first time amongst maple on August 16th), 

 Depressaria suhproplnqnella (in the house on the 17th), Agrotis 

 glareosa (taken by my wife in the Forest on September 6th), 

 M. stellatarum (in the garden on the 24th at phlox), and Tinea 

 pallescentella (in the house on October 24th). 



On August 27th my wife took a variety of Metachrostis muralis 

 (glandifera) on a fence here which was innocent of green 

 colouring but had some very distinct dark markings. I sub- 

 mitted it to Dr. Edward Meyrick, F.E.S., who named it, adding 

 " unusual form, but cannot be any other described species." 



On September 9th, in the pit at the local rifle range, I boxed 

 Anyhia epilobiella. 



The feature of the autumn here was the prevalence of 



