252 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the New Forest and elsewliere. My specimens are probably 

 peculiar to the chalk. 



The species was very abundant on the Dyke this year, 

 especially amongst pine-trees, where it showed its usual penchant 

 for the trunks. 



The above notes are very far from being a complete list of 

 aberrations noticed by me this year, and my cabinet has greatly 

 benefited by my exertions. 



No extreme forms were taken ; no ab. alba of jMoeas ; no 

 gynandrous or '" rayed" specimens. Such things do not fly into 

 my net. But the little variation that did come my way so 

 interested me that I thought a few notes on the subject would be 

 acceptable. 



Of course the chief interest of variation is the question of 

 district, insects varying according to their environment, and so 

 on. But this can in many cases be carried too far. Corydon 

 alone would half fill a twelve-drawer cabinet if some enthusiasts 

 had their way ! 



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CANNOCK CHASE, 1918. 

 By Major H. D. Smart, M.C, F.E.S. 



My justification for these notes lies, not in the discovery of 

 new species or fresh localities, but in the fact that the ever- 

 changing troops in the area must contain from time to time 

 entomologists who will be glad to have some idea of where the 

 insects are to be found. 



My collecting has been of a war-time character — neither 

 sugar nor light has been used. I have been busy and have 

 given little attention to larvfe or to the Micro-lepidoptera — in 

 other words, my survey has been very incomplete. 



The weather has been fairly reasonable up to August 22nd, 

 after which the season finished abruptly. 



There is no need to mention species of universal distribution 

 unless they present local abnormalities of form or frequency. 

 The names of localities are taken from the last published one- 

 inch Ordnance map, with the exception of one. The part of the 

 Chase I call the Valleys comprises all the valleys running from 

 the crown of the moor, where the ranges are towards the Trent 

 and Sow rivers. The most important of these is Sherbrooke 

 Valley. They are all steep, narrow glens of alder and birch, with 

 marsh or stream in the bottom and bracken-clad confining hills. 



The butterflies have not been numerous as regards number 

 of species, and many common insects I have not seen. Chryso- 



