NOTES ON LEPIDOPTERA IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 41 
tin canister at the time of gathering, brought home, and by chance 
put away in a corner where for some time they were forgotten. 
When I happened to come across the tin and opened it, I found a 
mass of vegetable matter in a very advanced stage of decomposi- 
tion, and was about to throw the rubbish out, when I noticed 
a little pale brown pupa just peeping out of a web; so I threw 
all into a wooden box with a leno-net cover, and in course of time 
twenty-two imagines made their appearance, which were quite as 
fine as those more carefully attended to. Pyrodes Rhediana was 
common early in June, flying round hawthorn blossom in the 
sunshine, when there was any. 
Catoptria cana, C. fulvana, and C. Hohenwarthiana were all 
common. Of C. parvulana I got two, and one C. eapallidana. 
C. pupillana was scarce. Hupecilia atricapitana was not often 
met with, but H. hybridellana was common and generally distri- 
buted, flying just before dusk. JH. rupicolana was bred from hemp 
agrimony, and H. roseana from teazle heads. EH. ciliana very 
scarce. A few examples of Xanthosetia Zoegana were taken. 
X. hamana and Chrosis tesserana were very common. Argyrolepia 
subbaumanniana obtained in plenty on the slopes of the upper cliff, 
and A. zephyrana nearer the sea. A. badiana common among 
burdock. Cochylis dilucidana and C. stramineana were not 
scarce. 
The Pterophori were represented by Pterophorus ochrodactylus, 
of which I took eight among yarrow. DP. trigonodactylus not 
common. P. acanthodactylus abundant; larve and pupe on rest- 
harrow. LP. parvidactylus not scarce on the downs, but difficult to 
see and catch. P. pheodactylus very abundant. P. Loewi, a few 
on the slopes of the upper cliff, flying with P. baliodactylus and 
P. pentadactylus ; the latter very common. PP. lithodactylus, bred 
from larvee on Inula dysenterica; these larvee when young are to 
be found in the terminal shoots, but later on are difficult to obtain 
during the day ; towards dark, however, they may easily be got, 
as they then feed exposed on the surface of the leaves. I could 
not find out where they hid inthe daytime. P. microdactylus, one 
only; but P. spilodactylus was very common in the larval stage 
wherever any of its food-plant, Marrubiwm vulgare, was growing ; 
the larva partakes of the colour and character of the plant, and, 
as it rests when not feeding on the upper side of the leaf and near 
its base, may readily be overlooked. 
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