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valesina, the season was disappointing. Sugaring was an 

 absolute failure, and I have never before known lieatber- 

 baunting insects to be so scarce. This may be partly explained 

 by the fact that, of the previous season's heather-feeding larvae, 

 quite 90 per cent, were found to be icbneumoned. Larvie beating 

 in the New Forest also gave i^oor results. A few larvae of 

 Drymonia trimacida, N. trepida and A'^. dromedarius, with a fair 

 number of Thera firmata, were the only captures worthy of 

 note. Only one Apatura iris was seen, and not many Eugonia 

 polychloros. 



As some compensation for thie, I took two more varieties 

 of D. paphia, one S' and one ? , both with almost suffused black 

 upper wings. The male, however, had one under wing slightly 

 damaged. 



After my return from the Forest I visited the local sandhills 

 on August 31st, to find the larvre of Macrorjlossa stellaiarum 

 fairly plentiful on bed straw with a few Pyrrhia umbra on rest- 

 barrow. A little mixed beating on September 2nd gave larvae 

 of Centra fnrcula, Siaiiroims fagi, Demas coryli, Notodoiita 

 dromedarius, nnd Drepana cultraria, with a few larvae of Cucullia 

 lyclinitis still lingering on the black mullein. 



I may add, in conclusion, that Colias ednsa has not made 

 its appearance here this autumn, as it did in 1917, though a 

 young friend of mine took a pair of Colias hyale in July. 



3, Connaught Eoad, 



North End, 

 Portsmouth. 



SOME NOTES OF THE NEW FOREST (July 6th-23rd, 1918). 

 By Nokman C. Pilleau. 



Being very desirous of again visiting some of my old haunts 

 in the New Forest, I decided to go down on the above-mentioned 

 date. 



The lirst morning I went out at 7.30, and before I had had 

 time to rig up my net, the first insect to be seen was the much 

 coveted "Black" Limenitis sihylla, fanning itself on some 

 bracken, wbicli was promptly captured. 



The same day I also took one with the under side of the 

 black variety, but practically normal on upper side, and also one 

 (which 1 released, as it was damaged), not bigger tban Eiickloe 

 C'irdamines. 



As for Dryai^ papJiia, it was to be seen in thousands, my friend 

 and I counting over 100 (to be correct, 117), on some brambles 

 with fifty-four sihylla, and countless Jnrtina and hyperanthus 

 flying around them. 



Having known that I was coming down, I presume my old 

 Forest friends, Mrs. and Miss Mosdell, had been on the look-out 



