44 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Twenty only of the sixty-five species of Rhopalocera came 

 under my notice. Pieris hrassicce and P. rapce common, but P. 

 napi, on the contrary, extremely scarce. EucJiloe cardamines and 

 Gonopteryx rliamni were represented each by a single specimen, 

 as also Polyommatus phloeas. Pararge megcera and Satyrus semele 

 were fairly numerous, Epinephele ianira also. Vanessa cardui, 

 V. atalanta and V. urticce were out in great numbers ; but V. to 

 I only found in the larval state, and then even very scarce. Colias 

 edusa produced but six specimens. Lycana icarus and L. cegon 

 swarmed everywhere ; and L. minima, though local, was by 

 no means scarce. L. corydon was occasionally met, thougli 

 Portland can boast of no chalk. Nisoniades tages and Syrichtlms 

 malv(e, occurred but sparingly. 



Of the Si^hinges I took but three. ChoerocamjM porcellus, two 

 at light. Macroglossa stellatarum was rarely met with, and but 

 one larva of Sphinx ligustri, though privet abounds everywhere. 



The cocoons of Z ygcsna Jllipendulce occurred in every direction, 

 each blade of glass having its burden ; but of Z. trifolii I saw but 

 a single specimen. LWiosia lurideola came freely to light, and 

 Euchelia jacohcece was common. Arctia caia I never saw in the per- 

 fect state, and the larvffi but rarely. Oi Spilosomamendical obtained 

 a few larv?e, and S. liibricipeda and S. menthastri were equally 

 common, both in the larval and perfect states. Hepialm hectus and 

 H. ktpuUnus were extremely plentiful, but H. sylviniis was repre- 

 sented by one specimen only. Porthesia chrysorrhcea and P. 

 similis now and then turned up at light. Bomhyx neastria, but a 

 few larvffi. B. riihi was ver}^ plentiful in the larva state, each 

 bramble bush having its contingent. Cilix glaucata occurred 

 spiuingly, but of the second brood I saw but one specimen. Of 

 Dicranura vimila I took one pupa and three larva on the only 

 l^oplar, or rather apology for a poi)lar, in the island. I took two 

 s[)ecimens of D.furcula at light near the only clump of sallows 

 in tlie island. Phalcra hucepkala a few larvae only. 



I savv but one Thyatira derasa, and Bryophila perla was 

 fairly common. Acronycta psi produced but two imagos. Leucania 

 impura, L. Uthargyria, L. pallens, and L. conigera swarmed both 

 at sugar and light ; but L. comma seldom turned up. I got a nice 

 series of Axylia jyutris at sugar. Xylophasia lithoxylea, X. rurea, 

 and X. suhlastris were all scarce ; but X. monoglypha was a perfect 

 pest. Of Nearia retlcidata I took about a dozen specimens at 

 sugar, but they were out so much earlier than the date given by 

 Newman that I almost missed them. The same remark applies to 

 Heliophobus liispidus, which was exceedingly plentiful (I took 

 sixty-four in two evenings). Neuronia ])opidaris and Charceas 

 graminis produced but one specimen each, both at light. Cerigo 

 matura came freely to sugar, and Luperina testacea was easily 

 obtained by searching the grass-stems with a lamp, Mamestra 



