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Chrijsophanus _2J/i/(sas, Lijccena icarus, Vanessa urticce, Pyravieis 

 atalanta (one only), Pararge megczra, Satyrus semele, Epincphele 

 ianira, Orgyia antiqua (larvae and pupse), Leucania ixdlens (one 

 only), L. inipura, Hydroscia paludis, Xylophasia monoglyplia {poly- 

 odon), Charaas graminis, Cerigo viatura (cytherea), Spilosoma luhri- 

 cipeda (larvae), Hipocrita jacohaa (larvae), Leucania lithargyria, 

 Luperina testacea (imago and pupae), L. gueneei (imago and pupae), 

 Apamea oculea, Miana lUerosa, M. furimcula, Agrotis valligera, 

 A. nigricans, A. tritici, Noctua rubi, N. umbrosa, N. baja (two), 

 Triphana pronuba, T. comes, Acronycta megacephala (larvte), Dian- 

 thacia capsincola (larvte), Eubolia limitata, Nyssia zonaria (one 

 larva and pupae), Agrotis exclamationis, Plusia gamma (imago and 

 larvae), Smerinthus ocellatus (larvae), Dicranura vinula (larvae), 

 Mamestra brassicce, Hydrcecia micacea, Caradrina blanda, C. mor- 

 pheus, C. cubicularis, Stilpnotia salicis (one female), A. cursoria, 

 Noctua xanthograpiha, Mamestra albicolon (larvae), ^4. ripce (larvae), 



A. prcBCox (three) Zygana filipendula, Eupitliecia centaureata (two), 

 Triphosa dubitata (one), Hadena oleracea (larvae), Avip)hipyra trago- 

 pogonis, Ncsnia typica, Crocallis ellinguaria (one), Lygris testata, 

 Camptogramma bilineata, Pelurga comitata (one). We returned 

 home on August 6th, perfectly satisfied with our captures and 

 thoroughly braced up, thanks to the wonderful air of St. Anne's. — 



B. S. Williams ; January, 1915. 



Notes on Lepidoptera attracted by Lamps at Bexhill-on- 

 Sea. — I came to reside at Bexhill in the autumn of 1913, and as I 

 did not know or come across any other resident lepidopterist, I had 

 to find a hunting-ground for myself. During the autumn I pitched 

 upon a very promising run of lamps, which this enterprising borough 

 has extended from Bexhill to the village of Little Common, over a 

 mile distant. As I took between two and three hundred species 

 of Macro-Lepidoptera, the record may be of some interest. Though 

 not traversing actual woodland, the road has a nice sprinkling of 

 trees and plantations in its vicinity, especially oldish oaks and 

 poplars, with some birch and Scotch fir {Pinus), and the thick 

 hedges have plenty of sallow. The season was very favourable in 

 one respect, viz. absence of wind, which is the great drawback to 

 " lamping," especially at a very breezy seaside resort like Bexhill. 

 The other chief drawback, however, the bats, were excessively 

 abundant here, every British species, I should say ; and one or 

 more appeared to derive a living from each lamp. They certainly 

 " bagged " half the insects. Lastly, the lamps were extinguished at 

 a variable time between 11 and 12 p.m., always earliest on the most 

 favourable nights ! 



January, February and March. — Although (perhaps "because"?) 

 the autumn and winter were exceptionally mild, the species of 

 Hybernia were very late in appearing. The first H. rupicapraria 

 came to my window on February 19th, and I had looked in vain for 

 it on the hedges previously. It is less addicted to light than the rest 

 of the genus however. February 24th — H. marginaria appeared, and 

 was thenceforth abundant, as was Anisopteryx ascularia. March 

 was so miserablv wet and blustering that I seldom turned out, but on 



