ENTOMOLOGICAL SEASON IN SOUTH HANTS AND SOUTH DEVON. 35 



to have a tabular statement of the meteorological and ento- 

 mological inter-dependence extending, say, over the last twenty 

 years. 



I now append a brief record of the season's captures as 

 exemplifying the experiences detailed above. 



In January I took a fair number of pupffi of Smerinthus tilice 

 from under local elms. These gave me some very nice varied 

 forms. 



In February larvss of Sesia culiciformis and Sesia asiliformis 

 were found wherever timber had been lately cut. At the 

 end of the month Apocheima hispidaria, Pobjploca flavicornis, 

 Hibeniia leucophaaria and Phifialia pedaria began to appear, the 

 last two being unusually scarce. 



On March 1st Apocheima hisjjidaria was out in remarkable 

 abundance ; five, six and seven were frequently found on a single 

 trunk, the record giving 13 males and 7 females for the same 

 oak trunk. They varied in a remarkable degree, both in size 

 and markings, and included some nice melanic forms. On the 

 16th a few larvffi of Sesia andrenifoniis were found, and a few 

 also of Arctia villica basking in the sun. Brephos parthenias was 

 scarce and did not appear until the second week in April. 

 April 7th-14th was spent in the New Forest and produced 

 Panolis piniperda (scarce), TcBiiiocampa gracilis, Lohophora 

 cnrpinata, Eupithecia ahbrcviata, Pachnobia rubricosa, Tcpnio- 

 campa miniosa, Anticlea nif/rofasciaria, Boarmia cinctaria, Pachy- 

 cnemia hippoccistanaria, T. munda, T. cruda, T. stabilis, a few 

 hibernated Cidaria siterata and Vanessa poly chloros ; also the 

 larvae of Ellopia prosapiarm (scarce), Boarmia roboraria, Hylophila 

 hicolorana, Geometra papilionaria, Cleoralichenaria, Cleora jiibata, 

 Thera variata and Nola strigula. On April 20th, Parasemia 

 plantaginis larvae were plentiful in the sun. On May 17th I took 

 larvfe of Lithosia deplana, Boarmia abietaria, I.aspei/ria Jiexida, 

 Eupithecia sobrinata, Scotosia rhamnata and S. vetulata. 



On May 18th a visit to our local sand-hills showed the first 

 emergence of Mesotype virgata. On the 19th a newly emerged 

 female of Staiir opus' fag i was taken from an oak sapling. On 

 May 25th the following imagines were taken : Leucophasia 

 si7iapis, Perizoma ajlnitata, P. alchemillata, P. decolorata. The 

 first week in June produced Bapta hiwaculata, Epione advcnaria, 

 Drepana falcula and Hemaris tityus. Sugaring gave Agrotis 

 cinerea, Grammesia trigrammica, Hama sordida, Mamestra genista:, 

 Mamestra contigua, and larvae-beating produced Calymnia affinis 

 and Plastenis retusa. 



June 6th-10th was spent in the New Forest, where sugar 

 produced some beautiful extreme forms of Grammesia trigram- 

 mica, also Mamestra contigua, Eiirois prasina, Mamestra genista 

 and Lobophora sexalisata. The following were also obtained at 

 the same time : Acidalia subsericeata, Eidype hastata, Scodiona 



