118 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
On August 15th I was pleased to meet with Cataplectica 
(cophora) fulviguttella for the first time on the Cotteswolds in 
company with Laspeyresia (Semasia) janthinana at flowers of 
Angelica. On the 29th I cycled to Ganarew and back, twenty- 
five miles each way, and was rewarded by a sight of part of 
Mr. A. B. Farn’s wonderful collection of butterflies. Really, one 
has no idea of the range of variation in our native Lepidoptera 
until one is fortunate enough to get a view of a truly great 
collection like my friend’s. On September 12th Swammerdamia 
heroldella began emerging from pupe brought from Devon. On 
the 17th a2 Lasiocampa (Bombyx) quercus emerged from a pupa 
resulting from a larva found in Devon in August, 1917. On the 
28th a fine fresh specimen of Chrysophanus phleas flew into my 
wife’s market-basket in the middle of the City of Gloucester and 
was easily captured. A specimen of Vespa crabro visited my 
house on October Ist for the first time in fourteen years’ 
residence. Ad Asteroscopus sphinx (cassinea) and a 3 Hybernia 
defoliaria was taken on a gas lamp, October 25th. 
The year 1919 will always be memorable to me owing to the 
discovery near Gloucester of a locality for the rare plume Pselno- 
phorus brachydactylus (see ‘Entomologist,’ vol. lii, p. 274) and 
the capture of a new form of Plusia pulchrina (see ‘ Entomolo- 
gist,’ vol. lili, p. 1). I credit these captures first of all to the 
spirit of emulation fostered by a sight of Mr. Farn’s glorious 
collection, and secondly to the visual training I had as a 
volunteer, for both species were detected at rest by sheer quick- 
ness of vision. A bad attack of ‘flu in February took some of 
my energy, but a fine summer acted as a good tonic and I was 
able to add a few species to both the Gloucester and Devon 
County lists. The day spent on our hills in June with Mr. 
Rowland Brown (see ‘ Entomologist,’ vol. ]1i, p. 174) will live in 
my memory as a “red letter day.” It was delightful to have the 
company of one so well known in the entomological world and 
to listen to his collecting experiences in foreign climes, and above 
all to have the great pleasure of introducing him to the Cotswold 
Arion. 
During an Easter visit to Swanage I captured a hibernated 
specimen of Epermenia cherophylella in a garden (April 17th), 
whilst at Lulworth Cove flowers of Common Alexanders 
(Smyrmium lustratum) were picked, and on the return journey ag 
Xanthorhoe nultistrigaria was taken in the train near Chedworth 
Station on the Cotswolds. Acompsia (C¥cophora) tripuncta was 
taken for the first time just outside a small wood near Gloucester, 
where several nightingales were singing during the evening of 
May 30th. Larve of Saturnia pavonia (carpini) in two stages of 
growth were found by one of my daughters feeding on meadow- 
sweet in our seed beds, June 13th. The next day on our hills a 
¢ M. stellatarun was observed busily ovipositing on the flowers 
