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abundant everywhere. Epinephele jiirtina : Not so abundant as the 

 other " Browns." Ajjhantojnis liyperanthus : Some seen near St. Pol 

 in 1916. Coenonympha p)Cifnphihis : Abundant everywhere. Cccno- 

 nijmpha arcania: Abundant near Hesdin in 1918. Callophriis rubi : 

 Occasionally seen near Beauval and Hesdin in 1918, and near Flixe- 

 court in 1919. Glirysophanus p}ilaas : Common in most districts. 

 Lycana astrarche : Individuals seen at Hesdin in 1918. Polyommatus 

 icarus: Generally common. Hespcria malvcB: Family common near 

 Beauval and Hesdin in 1918. Augiades sylvanus: Common everywhere. 

 Heterocera. — Smerinthus ocellahis : One taken at Beauval, 1918. 

 Mimas tilice : One taken at Noyelle Vion, 1917. Macroglossa stella- 

 tarum: Seen rarely at Albert, 1917, and near Hesdin, 1918. Hemaris 

 fuciformis : The larvae of this species were abundant near Hesdin in 

 1918. Trochiliimi apiformis : Freshly emerged specimens taken on 

 poplars bordering the Ternoise, near Gauchin (St. Pol), in 1916. T. 

 crahroniformis : One captured at Hesdin in 1918. Ilylophila p))-asi- 

 nana : Seen on the beeches in the Bois de Kobermont, near Avesnes- 

 le-Comte, in 1916. Miltochrista viiniata : One taken at Hesdin, 1918. 

 LEnistcs quadra : A freshly emerged female taken at Hesdin, 1918. 

 Parasemia plantaginis : Fairly common near Beauval, and occasion- 

 ally seen at Hesdin in 1918. Callimorjjha hcra : One taken at St. 

 Gratien in 1915. Arctia villica : A few seen at Hesdin in 1918. 

 Spilosoma mendica : A half-dozen examples captured at Noyelle Vion, 



1917. Phragmatobia fuliginosa : Fairly abundant at light at Albert 

 in 1917. Dasychira pudihunda : The ova, larvae and imagines were 

 very abundant at Hesdin in 1918. Arctornis v-nigra: A rather worn 



9 of this species, believed to have been taken near Hesdin in 1918. 

 Porthctria vionacha : Very abundant on the beeches at Hesdin in 



1918. Trichmra cratcegi : The larva of this species was abundant in 

 the woods between Beauval and Gezaincourt in 1918. Aglia tau : After 

 some very heavy rain and hail-storms the larva of tliis handsome 

 insect was abundant near Hesdin in 1918. Those I found never 

 reached the pupa stage, owing, no doubt, to injuries that they had 

 received. At Flixecourt in 1919 severed wings were seen lying on 

 the paths in the woods. About the middle of May a freshly emerged 



9 was found at the base of a young beech tree. While imprisoned 

 in a box she laid about a dozen large brown oval ova. Saturnia car- 

 pini: A number of larvae found in the overgrown gardens at Albert in 



1917. Macro thy lac ia rubi: The larva were very abundant near 

 Beauquesne in 1915 and the imago also abundant at Beauval in 1918. 

 Stauropiis fagi : A full grown larva and a freslily emerged ^ taken 

 at Hesdin in 1918. Pheosia dictceoides : One example captured at 

 rest on some poplars by the flooded areas near Albert in 1917. Drc- 

 pana falcataria : Occasionally seen at rest at Flixecourt in 1919. 

 Drcpana cultraria : Once taken at Hesdin in 1918. Heliaca tene- 

 brata : Common near Avesnes-le-Comte in 1916, Beauval and Hesdin 

 in 1918. EucUdia glyphica : Abundant at Beauval and Hesdin in 



1918. Catocala nupta : One seen at Montigny in 1915. It was 

 fairly abundant along the Becourt road at Albert in 1917. Brephos 

 parthcnias : Very abundant in the woods at Flixecourt in 1919. It 

 seemed very fond of settling on the muddy patches on the paths. 

 Ennoiiios aiUavmaria : Once met with near Villers L'Hopital in 1918. 



