LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH LINE IN FRANCE. 251 



NOTES ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH 

 LINE IN FEANCE. 



By Capt. H. D. Smart, M.C, E.A.M.C, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p, 229.) 



A FEW nights of sugaring in the grounds of a chateau near 

 Fruges, Pas-de-Cahxis, enabled me to fill in several gaps in the 

 list of the commoner moths. I had hoped by this means to find 

 species unknown in Britain, but was disappointed. The weather 

 was good and insects numerous, but many British localities 

 would have given me a greater number of species. 



The first addition to my list from this source is Thyatira batis, 

 which with Hahvosyne derasa turned up fairly commonly. The 

 former I took also at Locre, in Belgium. 



The Fruges locality also produced Palimpsestis octogesima. 

 At Mazingarbe I found the cocoons of Eriogaster lanestris in 

 considerable numbers, but conftued apparently to one hedge. 

 This was at the extreme end of February, but there were no 

 cocoons from which the moths had emerged, probably because 

 there had been no weather likely to tempt any insect into the 

 outer world. 



The larva of Cosmotriche Rotatoria was fairly common about 

 Fruges. 



Of the Nolidfe I have three species to report : N. cucullatella^ 

 from Caestre and Kemmel, in Belgium ; A'', strigula, from the 

 Foret de Nieppe ; N. confasalis, from Fruges. This leaves 

 N. albida the only British Nula that I have not taken in France. 



Hylophila bicolorana occurs on Mont Kemmel, which appears 

 to be a very promising locality, especially as regards the small 

 patches of marsh on the lower slopes. 



Lithosia griseola and L. lurideola are common in these marshes, 

 and Pelosia muscerda occurs there. L. sororcula was abundant in 

 a large wood near Avesnes ie Comte, but confined, so far as iny 

 efforts went, to a locality a few yards long. In the same wood 

 I found one specimen of Demas coryli. 



Acrouycta aceris and A. Ugustri both came to sugar at 

 Fruges. 



Agrotis corticea, A. augur, Noctiia brunnea, N. primula, 

 N. rubi, N.plecta, Eurois prasina, Aplecta nebidosa, and Mamestra 

 thalasnna were all taken at Fruges. 



Of Dianthoecia compta I took one specimen at Eely, in the 

 Pas-de-Calais. 



EumicJitis adusta I found at Fruges, and the larva of Diloba 

 ci'Tideocephala was common there. 



Hadena sordida, Apamea gemina, Miami strigilis ,M . fasciunaikiy 

 Euplexia lucipara, Ncenia typica, Leucania comma, and Grammesia 



