40 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A.didyma, in Artois in most localities, but not often seen. 

 It must be remembered that I did no sugaring or other night 

 •collecting. This and Noctuae in general were far less often seen 

 than in England, a lighted room attracting very little at any 

 time. 



Garadrina moi-pheus, C. taraxaci and C. quadripunctata, all 

 seen occasionally in various places. 



Agrotis segetam and A. exclamationis, a few odd specimens. 



TriphcBiia comes and T. proimha, fairly common. 



Amphipyra tragopogonis, common. 



Cosmia trapeziiia, larva in Somme area. 



Polia Jiavicincta, at Bailleul. 



Phlogophora meticnlosa, Flanders. 



Hadena oleracea, fairly common everywhere. 



Gonoptera libatrix, common in Flanders. 



Pkisia gamma, common everywhere throughout the summer, 

 but in swarms in lucerne fields near Bruay in September. 



Agrophila trabealis, at Vaux, Amiens. 



Acontia liictuosa, very common in the Somme district. 



Bankia argantida, locally common in the marshes of Somme 

 ^and Ancre. 



EucUdia mi, locally abundant, and E. ghjphica, universally 

 abundant in Picardy. 



Boletohiafidiginaria, one perfect specimen in a house near 

 ■Corbie, where it is probably a far more usual capture than in 

 Britain. 



Rivida sericealis is common in many places, especially in the 

 Ancre marshes. 



Zandognatha grisealis was common near Corbie. 



Hypena prohoscidalis was as common as it is at home. 



A species worth mentioning, which I took just after the year 

 about which I am writing, is Xantkia aurago, at Fresnicourt, 

 in Artois. 



The first Geometer I have to mention is Ramia liUeolata, of 

 which I have met with no single specimen. Hawthorn is much 

 less universal a plant here than in Britain, but still there is 

 plenty of it. Frequently it differs considerably from the British 

 thorn, and to my unbotanical soui suggests a different S[)ecies. 

 Perhaps R. Inteolata is scarce for this reason. 



Biston hirtaria occurs near Amiens. 



Boarmia repandata and B. gemmaria occur in woods near 



Arras. 



Tephrosia crepuscularia and T. Uimdularia, common in the 

 Somme area, as also is T. pnnctularia. 



T. consonaria was common in the wood at Vaux. 



Pseiidot.erpna pruniata and Nemoria viridata occurred nnar 

 Souchez. 



Asthena candidata, I saw near Corbie. 



