SOME LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH LINE IN FRANCE. 39' 



SmerintJius popuU, ova at Meaulte, Somme. 



Macroglossa stellatariim , in Flanders and the Pas de Calais. 

 Trochilium apiformis, one specimen at Meaulte. 



Zygcena Jilij^enduhe, common in many places and the only 

 burnet seen. 



Nola ceutoiiaUs occurs on trees growing on the river bank at 

 Ville-sur-Ancre. 



LitJiosia viesomdla is common near Soucbez. I found no 

 other " footman." 



EucJieliajacohacevfiis common in the trenches before Fricourt. 



Arctia caja is common everywhere. Throughout the winter 

 the larvffi were very plentiful in the trenches at Armentieres^ 

 where millions of them suffered death from drowning, a fate 

 that we ourselves had some difliculty in avoiding. 



Spilosoma fidiginosa was common on the Somme, and added 

 to the beauty of the edging of spring flowers at that time 

 decorating the trenches. 



S.mentliastri and S. luhricipeda oxehoih. comvaon everywhere. 

 The larvae of the latter were to be seen in Flanders in November. 



The "swifts" were by no means plentiful. I saw only 

 IIepiali(s lupulinus in the south and H. hectus in Artois. I did 

 not see Cossus at all, but signs of its presence are frequently met 

 wdth on all parts of the line. 



PortJiesia siuiilis, abundant everywhere in the larval stage. 



Leucoma salicis, larvae abundant in Picardy. 



Psilitra monacha, larvfe in Fricourt district and empty pup^e 

 near Amiens. 



Orggia antiqua, common near St. Pol, Bruay and district. 



Malncosoma neustria, larvae common at Corbie. 



Lasiocampa querchs, fljang in great numbers in woods near 

 Souchez. 



Sattirnia ptavoma, one ? attracted by light near Corbie. I 

 afterwards saw her offspring in the garden where I put her out. 



Drepana fakataria, near Souchez. 



Z). vimda, common in most places. 



I found several empty " kitten " cocoons on alders in the 

 Ancre marshes. 



Fygcera curtula, larva near Bray, Somme. 



Acrongcta ])si, common. A. aceris, larva near Bruay. 



A. vwgacephala, larva near St. Omer. 



Leucania palleus and L. impura, hoth common in Artois, where 

 they are often to be seen flying about the grass in the day-time. 



Xglophasia rurea and X. monoglyplia, common. 



X. scolopacma, one near St. Pol. 



Luperina testacea, common. 



Mamestra hrassicce and M. persicaria, common. 



Apaniea baslinea, in swarms in the Somme area; several in 

 every tent and on every tree in a camp near Bray. 



