b THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



At the end of Hayle Baj^, beyond the village of Polzeatli, at 

 femall wood clothed the steep side of the valley, and, as there were- 

 practically no other trees in the neighbourhood, we concludedl 

 that here we should do our best work ; so on July 5th, which wasH 

 a very promising evening, in company with Mr. P. J. Barraud,], 

 of Bushey Heath, who was staying with me, I visited the spot,!, 

 and sugared with great hopes of success ; but the only insectji 

 which rewarded our exertions was a very light coloured specimen i 

 of Aplecta nehulosa. A second visit to this locality at the end off 

 the month proved equally uuremunerative. About the end o 

 the first week of July Lithosia comjjlana began to appear, and 

 short series was secured, but it was soon over, its place bein 

 taken by L. lurideola. L. complana was taken at sugar, princi- 

 pally in the heads of ragwort, and also while dusking on the hill- , 

 side ; but this latter method of work proved very trying on i 

 account of the steep and broken nature of the ground, which i 

 resulted in not a few tumbles and much practical acquaintance ; 

 with the business ends of the spines of Ulex eiiropceus. 



As the month advanced Triplicena interjecta and Caradrina 

 taraxaci became two of the commonest insects, frequenting chiefly 

 the sugared heads of ragwort, and, in the case of the latter 

 species, the flowers of woodsage. An occasional specimen of ' 

 Bryophila muralis was taken on the posts, but diligent search in 

 the daytime on rocks and walls failed to reveal its presence, the 

 only specimens seen being at sugar. As July wore on Agrotis 

 exdamationis, of which one or two nice varieties had been cap- 

 tured, gave way in point of numbers to Apamca didijma in great 

 variety ; but during the second half of the month sugaring was 

 much less effective than was the case at first, the wonderful 

 abundance of Noctuse on those early nights being a thing to be 

 long remembered. 



Not very much was accomplished among the Lepidoptera in 

 the daytime. Pararge egeria wsis to be seen during the first week 

 in worn condition, but when, at the beginning of September, I 

 returned to Polzeath for a few days, the second brood was flying, 

 and in fine condition ; but unfortunately I then had no net, and 

 so could not secure a series. Other abundant day-flyers were 

 Vanessa io, V. atalanta, and Pararge megcera. A worn pair of 

 Sesia musciformis were secured on July 4th, and a third specimen 

 was taken by Mr. Barraud on the 7th. The sea-thrift {Armeria 

 vulgaris), which it frequents, is very common, and doubtless the 

 insect might be taken abundantly in June. 



Some little work was done in other orders. Odonata were 

 represented by Sympetrum striolatum (abundant), Ischnura ele- 

 gans, Libelhda depressa, Cordulegaster annulatus, and Calopteryx 

 virgo. Among the Aculeates may be mentioned Odynerus parie- 

 tinum, 0. trifasciatus, Coeloxys acuminata, Cerceris arenaria, 

 Ammophila sabidosa, Grahro vagus, C. cibrarius (plentiful at 



