88 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
NEW FOREST NOTES AND CAPTURES, 1920. 
By Huan P. Jonzs. 
(Continued from p. 71.) 
Geotrupes pyreneus, Hlater sanguineolentus, lythropterus , 
elongatus and balteatus. Lampyris noetiluca (the rain having 
little effect on the ‘‘ glow-worm’s” light, which, however, was 
not so much in evidence this year) ; Callideum Paloeaern and G; 
variabile, Clytus arietis and C. mysticus, Rhagium bifasciatum, 
indigator and inquisitor, Necydalis (Molorchus) umbellatarum, 
Leiopus nebulosus, Prionus coriarius. Also a few other “ long- 
horns” requiring verification. 
LeripoptrEra.—Moths seemed up to their usual numbers in 
June. D. orion was taken not uncommonly, I heard, but is 
scarce directly south of Brockenhur st—unfortunately my “ sugar- 
ing” ground! Spring larve were quite abundant in some 
enclosures, but I failed to beat 7. quercus anywhere but at 
Royden, where a dozen or so will occur on one tree, and perhaps 
no others within a considerable radius. Hemaris fuciformis and 
FH. tityus were common in May, notably at Wood Fidley, where the 
former kept to the woods, its congener preferring the rides or the 
open spaces by the railway. For the purpose of obtaining eggs 
in siti I followed up a @ tityus, and found that she was not at 
all particular in her ovipositing, blades of grass, ete., being chosen 
quite as frequently as the food ‘plant. Extrusion of the ¢ egg was 
quite a lengthy matter, the insect fairly sitting down to the work. 
Unfortunately, when I ‘visited the same ground in August, wood- 
carts had been all over the place to avoid the mud in “ drives.” 
During the end of June, and a couple of fine days in July, I 
secured a fair number of minor forms of L. sibylla and D. paphia. 
Only one good nigrina intermediate of the former was taken, but 
in August I saw two others which were too worn for keeping, so 
left them to carry on the race (although probably most of the 
eggs had been deposited by that date). Colias edusa was com- 
mon at Milford-on-Sea in August (as, I hear, all along the 
coast), a rather surprising circumstance considering the havoc 
the rain must have caused amongst the larve. I did a lot of 
‘“‘ beating ” for autumn forest larve, but took practically nothing, 
and had the same result at ‘“‘sugar.” Catocala sponsa was 
about the only visitor at Royden in July, where, finding that 
I was wasting expensive ‘treacle,’ I only painted six trees at 
long intervals, instead of the usual score or so, and found they 
produced just as good—or rather poor !—results. 
Oponata, ETc.—These were scarce after the rains. I found 
Anax imperator very plentiful in enclosures during June. 
Brachytron pratense turned up at Royden, where I also took 
Cordelia enea. Iam pretty certain that I saw Gomphus vulga- 
tissimus near Setthorns enclosure, but most unfortunately missed 
