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Setina irrorella also has declined in numbers there of late years. 

 We of course found Euthemonia russula on the hills, the female 

 large and strongly marked ; the Calligenia m'miata at Raindean 

 Wood were proportionately large, and many Lepidoptera are 

 above the normal size on that part of the coast. Three "foot- 

 men," Lithosia complana, L. complanula, and L. griseola, turned 

 up in the Warren. 



A large patch of viper's bugloss {Echium vulgare) in full 

 flower at the top of the Horse Shoe Hill afforded us sport at 

 dusk, though several evenings the climb was quite labour lost, the 

 wind proving too violent for any but such plebeian and hardy in- 

 sects us Agivtis segeUim, A. exclamationis, and Triph(ena pronuha ; 

 but on favourable nights we were able to pick out from a host of 

 the three above-named species a few more aristocratic moths : 

 Choerocampa porcellus to start with, and then' the Nocture: Heliothis 

 marginatus next (this Heliothis especially favours bramble- 

 blossoms) ; and later, Leucania lithargyria, L. pallens, Neuria 

 saponai'ia, Mamestra anceps, Xylophasia suhlustris, Agrotis corticea, 

 Hecatera serena, and Ciicullia umhratica ; hut Heliothis marginatus 

 alone came at all freely. When the bugloss faded and failed we 

 tried ragwort, and thistles in secluded corners of the Warren ; 

 Caradrna alsines was common at the ragwort ; C. cuhicularis and 

 Leucania conigera turned up, also the more acceptable Mamestra 

 furva. Throughout the month Bryophila perla was well repre- 

 sented at rest on the Martello towers, whence we boxed about 

 forty. Euclidia glyphica occurred abundantly on the hills, and 

 was in fine condition. 



Sugaring did not do much towards swelling the number of our 

 captures ; X. suhlustris, Minia literosa, and M. strigilis were the 

 most frequent attendants, but the local Xylophasia did not abound 

 this year. A very few Rutina tenehrosa, Noctua triangidum, N. 

 haja, and Hadena dentina were occasionally attracted. Two 

 nights' sugaring at Raindean Wood only produced one Cymato- 

 phora or, four Acronycta tridens, and a similar number of A. 

 ligiistri. Among the Deltoides and Pyralides which I brought 

 away, Rivida sericealis, Botys lancealis, and a fine series of 

 Ebidea verhascalis are the most noteworthy. 



The number of species generally was not poor, but of speci- 

 mens remarkably so, especially among the Noctuse. The 

 decadence of *S'. chrysidiformis, S. irrorella, and G. obscurata in 



