NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 39 
individual being now as desirous of concealment as a while ago it 
was to expose itself. The larve of Arge Galathea, Vanessa Io, 
and Pyrameis cardui were to be found in plenty. 
Of the Nocturni I have nothing of interest to record, except 
perhaps the paucity of the imagines of Zygena filipendule as 
compared with the host of larvee seen in May and June. Neither 
have I much to say of the Geometre ; one or two species were to 
be had freely. Of these I may mention Corycia temerata, 
Melanippe galiata, M. procellata, Anticlea rubidata, and Phibalap- 
teryx tersata. Abraxas grossulariata was exceedingly abundant, 
and varied in marking from dull to pale, but with no very striking 
varieties. I also met with one specimen each of Venusia 
cambricaria, and Lobophora viretata. 
Noctuze were not in great force; many common species did 
not show up at all. I sugared posts, fences, bushes, and flowers 
on and about the downs, and now and then the trees in Pelham 
Woods, using some twenty-four pounds of “ mixture,” but I was 
not rewarded with a single insect worthy of note. Thyatira derasa, 
Leucania pallens, Xylophasia sublustris, X. polyodon, Mamestra 
anceps, Miana strigilis, M. literosa, Agrotis exclamationis, A. 
corticea, Aplecta advena, and Hadena dentina were the only things 
that came in any number. Phytometra enea was not uncommon in 
the daytime, but Acontia luctuosa and the two Huclidi@ very scarce. 
Hypena proboscidalis, Rivula sericealis, and Herminia tarsi- 
pennalis were the only Deltoides that I met with. They were in 
some plenty. Of the Pyralites I took a fine series of each of the 
Pyrauste, but only saw one Ennychia anguinals ; Stenia punctalis 
was very late and scarce; it did not put in an appearance till July 
30th; the third week in August Botys flavalis began to come 
out freely ; B. fuscalis was not common, although its food-plant 
grew in abundance, and I only obtained one poor example of 
B. asinalis. Ebulea crocealis, a fine series bred; larve very 
common. Pionea stramentalis was found rather plentifully in one 
or two little woods near Shanklin, and Stenopteryx hybridalis was 
abundant everywhere. 
Of the Crambites, Platytes cerussellus, Crambus pratellus, C. 
pascuellus, C. tristellus, C. geniculellus, C. culmellus, and C. chryso- 
nuchellus were all common, and I bred a fine series of Ephestia 
cinerosella and a few Phycis ornatella. Oncocera ahenella was not 
very scarce, 
