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Hyria auroraria and Melit.ea ARTEMIS. — I was recently shown a 

 series of these insects taken, I was informed, on Wimbledon Common 

 in 1900. I should be pleased to hear if these species have been taken 

 by other collectors in this district. — B. Stonell. 



Lepidoptera in N. Dorset, 1903. — I think the most noteworthy fact 

 this year after (and certainly consequent on) the abnormal rainfall was 

 the paucity of individual specimens. Most of the species commonly 

 occurring in the district put in an appearance, but the numbers of each 

 could be counted with at least one nought less than usual, with one or 

 two exceptions. Of these the most noticeable were Bryophila pedn — a 

 lichen-feeder and therefore one which would naturally revel in a wet 

 season — and Polia jiavicincta. The latter seems to have appeared in 

 many places where not previously taken, and to have been abundant 

 in its usual haunts ; but for this I am unable to assign any reason. I 

 should mention that various causes prevented any entomological work 

 being done until April, and that I was away from home from July 

 23rd to Sept. 3rd, thus considerably shortening my list, which, how- 

 ever, does not include many of the very common species, of which no 

 note was taken. 



Smerinthus ocellatus, June 20. Macroglossa stellatariim, April 7. 

 Gnophria rubricolUs, June 1. Arctia plantayinis, July 8. Hepialus hu- 

 vmli, June 30. Porthesia aurijiua, July 19. Dasychira piidibunda 

 (from pupa), March 30. Trichiura cratiBf/i, Sept. 24. Pcecilocampa 

 populi, Dec. 8, 9. Malacosoma neustria, July 22 to Aug. 4. Lasio- 

 campa quercus, July 7. Dicranura vimda, May 22 to 30. Thyatira de- 

 rasa, July 20. Bryophila viuralis, July 20. B. perla, July 8 to Sept. 

 7. Acronycta psi, July 14. Diloba ccendeocephala (males), Oct. 12 to 

 19. Leiicania pallens, Sept. 23 to Oct. 2. Hydrcecia micacea, Oct. 17. 

 Xylophasia Uthoxylea, June 25 to July 6. Lupenna testacea, Sept. 11 

 to Oct. 1. Maiiiestra sordida, July 6. M. brassica;, Oct. 2 (just emerged). 

 Apamea basUnea, June 22. Miana fasciuncula, July 6. M. furuncula, 

 July 15 to 19. Caradrina morpheiis, July 16. C. cubicularis, Sept. 6 

 to 30. Agrotis suffusa, Sept. 22 to Oct. 9. A. saucia, Sept. 22. A. 

 segetiim, Sept. 26 to Oct. 3. yoctva plecta, Sept. 3 to 7. ^V. c-nigrum, 

 Sept. 18 to 26. y. rnbi, Sept. 4 to 26. Aiupkipyra tragopogonis, Sept. 

 3. Orthosia pistacina, Sept. 26 to Oct. 10. 0. rujina, Oct. 2. 0. li- 

 tura, Sept. 12 to Oct. 10. O. lunosa, Sept. 16, 17. Xanthia circellaris, 

 Oct. 2. Polia Jiavicincta, Sept. 17 to Oct. 5. Miselia oxyacanthcp,, Oct. 

 19. Phlogophora meticnlosa, June 22, Sept. 9 to Oct. 3. Evplexia liici- 

 para, July 18. Hadena oleracea, June 21 to July 18. CucuUia um- 

 bratica, July 20. Gonoptera libatrix, May 21. Habrostola tripartita, 

 July 16 to 20. H. triplasia, June 29 to July 19. Plusia chrysitis, 

 July 10. P. iota, July 10 to 18. Heliaca tenebrata. May 22. Phyto- 

 inetra mnea, May 21 to June 27. Eiimia luteolata (cratagata), July 18, 

 Sept. 13 to 23. Venilia macnlaria, May 31 to June 1. Odontopera bi- 

 dentata, May 19. Crocallis elinguaria, July 7. Knnomos fuscantaria, ' 

 Sept. 23, llimera pennaria, Nov. 22. Bialon strataria, March, lleme- 

 rophila abruptaria, May 21 to 28. Boarmia rhumboidaria, July 10 to 

 18. Zonosoma annulata, Sept. 5. Asthena luteata, June 20 to July 7. 

 Acidulia dilutaria, July 21. A. remntaria, May 31. A. imitaria, July 

 15. Timandra amataria, July 15. Bapta temerata, June 1. Halia 



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