LEPIDOPTERA IN 1896. Ill 



marked. T. extersaria, pupae beateu from oaks. Gnophos ohscurata, abun- 

 dant, and dark ; I get them by searching cart-tracks ; the ruts along the 

 sides are a capital resting-place. Pseudoterpna cytisaria, larva common 

 upon a pretty dwarf furze. Nemoria viridata, common. lodis lactearia, 

 always plentiful, but the green quickly fades. Ephyra pimctaria and E. 

 trilinearia, common. I netted a good series of Acidalia straminata ; also 

 A. subsericeata, A. imitaria, A. emarginata, Timandra amataria, Corycia 

 temerata, and C. bimaculata ; I have found pupae of the latter in raid-winter. 

 Aleucis pictaria ; Macaria Uturata, both broods common. Halia iiavaria ; 

 Strenia clathrata, singly. Scodovia helyiaria, Selidosema plummia, Aspi- 

 lates striyillaria, all common. Black-banded vars. of Abraxas grossiilariata 

 bred; larvae extremely abundant upon sloe. lean never get them from 

 currant trees in my garden, whilst wild plants in the meadows produce 

 plenty; formerly I got them from trees against walls; evidently they dis- 

 like open places. Ligdia adiistata and Lomaspilis marginata, fairly 

 common. Pachycnemia hippocastaaaria, extremely abundant upon heaih ; 

 at dusk they simply swarmed for miles Several nice vars. of Oporabia dilu- 

 tata bred. Larentia didymata, abundant. Einmelesia ojfiaitata and 

 E. alchemillata, in lanes. E. albulata, extremely common and variable. 

 E. decolorata, scarce. Lohophora sexalisata, L. viretata (one only). Larva 

 of L. carpinala upon sallows. Thera varlata, and in company with the 

 second brood I got two or three dozen good T.Jirmata. Hypsipetes rube- 

 rata and H. impluviata. Melanthia ocellata, both broods. M. albicillata, 

 scarcer than usual. Melanippe unaugulata. M. rivata, some very light, 

 others nearly black. I took one M. galiata upon heath. Anliclea ber- 

 berata, a few. Phibalapteryx tersata, common. P. vitalbata, one only 

 Scotosia dubitata. and S. certata. S. undulata, scarce. Cidaria jysittacata, 

 at ivy. C. miata, bred. C. corylata, common. C. iinmanata, C. suffu- 

 mata, C. testata, from heaths. C. fulvata and larva, from rose-trees. 

 C. dotata and G. associata. Eubolia cervinata, larvae abundant. E. limi- 

 tata. Anaids plagiata, two broods ; second small. Tanagra atrata, 

 common. Botys hyalinalis, sewer-a]. Pyralisfa^'inalis, by hedges. Henninia 

 tarsipennalis, H. barbalis, and Zanclognatha grisealis. Endotricha flam- 

 mealis, common. Hypena rostraJis. Aventia flexula, two. Cledeobia 

 angustalis, common. Pempelia palumbella, abundant ; often mistaken for 

 E. cribrum. 



Two or three days in early August, at Swanage, produced : — A few 

 Arge galatea. Hesperia actcBon was very scarce ; I did not take any. 

 H. thamnas, common under the Castle Hotel. I saw one or two Lycana 

 minima, and I heard of a specimen of Hesjjeria pciniscus having been taken 

 there. Melanippe galiata, three. M. procellata, common. Two good 

 Sesia musciformis. Gnophos obscurata, very abundant and varied ; many 

 very dark brownish grey, some approaching var. calceata. To obtain this 

 species turn up flat stones ; this mode is very successful ; also put a stick 

 in any hole amongst the rocks, and move it about ; G. obscurata will fly out 

 in numbers; but one has to be quick in netting them; they bolt with the 

 rapidity of a rabbit. Zygcena fiUpendulce was about the only common 

 insect seen. Swanage is not much use for collecting after Bank Holiday; 

 upon that day boys m numbers net and catch everything almost. On one 

 occasion I saw one of these boys with a cyanide bottle nearly full of butterflies, 

 many actceon amongst them; he of course had not even a collecting-box. 

 I tried to give him a lesson, and to point out the waste, but it was useless. 

 There were more than a dozen others doing likewise. Actaon cannot hold 



