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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Near Nailsworth the scarce T. semialhana was to be beaten in 

 one limited locality. It occurs on the edge of a beech wood, and 

 I have taken it now for several j'ears in succession. It is seldom 

 easy to move, and where not one could be induced to fly, an 

 hour later, and perhaps the next day an hour earlier, half a dozen 

 might be had. My best bags were made after heavy rain, when 

 possibly they had been compelled to descend "from the tops of the 

 beech trees, and on one occasion only I saw a considerable flight 

 at dark. 



Of >S'. pallifrontana one specimen before and one after my 

 visit to Lewes were taken. On one occasion T. cinnamoneana 

 occurred in extraordinary numbers amongst larch, from which 

 H. lariciana and P. occultana could also be beaten. In a 

 beech wood, that had been carpeted with bluebells in the 

 spring, S. sinuana could be beaten in great numbers, twg or 

 three coming from every tree in perfect condition. Neither 

 Mr. Davis nor myself had ever taken more than an occasional 

 specimen in the district before. Returning home the same 

 evening with our pockets full of S. sinuana, we struck a colony 

 B. furfurana, also a new thing to the district. On another day 

 0. ericetana swarmed on the edge of a cornfield, whilst a few 

 evenings later E. fractifasciana was flying in crowds on a hill 

 slope, but amongst the many c? c? only one ? was netted. 



P. verhuellella flew gently in an artificial grotto where earlier 

 in the year the larvae had been noted feeding on the seed-vessels 

 of the heart's-tongue ; and the cases of L. ferchaultella occurred 

 on a paling by the canal and produced many ? ? . if. oppressana, 

 H. neglectana, and H. aceriana were all found on a row of poplars 

 hard by. But I must cut the story short. The following were 

 also taken in some numbers : R. consociella, A. ."alicella, P. 

 ochroleucana, 0. ulmana, S. ianihiana, T. aurana, S. compositella , 

 D. acuniinitana (2nd brood), A. cnicana, A. hadiana, E. ciliella 

 (2nd brood), S. arcella, L. prcElatdla, L. luzella, 0. hmaris, 

 L. conterbatella, L. lacteella, L. miscella, L. raschiella, C therinella. 

 and other Tineina not yet determined. Amongst the plumes 

 O. lithodactylus, H. pterodactyliis, H. hipunctidactylus, A. halio- 

 dactyla, A. tetradartyla, 0. teucrii, were all common except the 

 last named. Long series of E. foenella, and G. Umoniella, were 

 bred from larvae kindly sent from Essex by Mr. F. G. Whittle, 

 and of S.flexana, from pupae earlier supplied by Mr. Davis. 



I have said nothing of P. hmchydactylus, which after our 

 last j^ear's discovery, was naturally not neglected. Several 

 visits at the end of June to its rather distant locality, proved 

 in vain, and when at last it was found early in July it was 

 going over and only four specimens were taken, not in the 

 best condition. Something, however, of its habits was learned,, 

 and whilst it probably flies after dark, it certainly has a very 

 brief flight about 7.30 p.m. Our experience leads us to conclude- 



