34 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Winchester and Savernake, in fact, only gave mo one ea/ture 

 each that was worth recording. On June 16th, at St. Catherine's 

 Hill, I took Lycmia adonis for the first time, and saw, but failed 

 to catch, Callimorpha dominula. A visit to Savernake on August 

 18th — a horribly dull and windy day — produced four Thcda 

 w-albnni, all taken in one spot — a little clearing which contained 

 a patch of thistles. On these thistle-heads the hairstreaks kept 

 company with a very lively colony of Cliarmas graminis. 

 Whether owing to the spiky nature of thistles, or to the bustling 

 and pugnacious habits of their neighbours, the four hairstreaks 

 were all sadly battered, and not one of them was worth setting. 



I noticed some two dozen species of Ehopalocera at Burgh- 

 clere. The best of these were Colias edusa, a fine fresh male, 

 on August 13th; Satyrus semele ; Vanessa i^ulychloros, which was 

 plentiful after emergence from hybernation in the spring but 

 scarcer later on ; Lyccena corydon, L. alsus, L. agestis, all 

 abundant on Beacon Hill; and a few Pyrameis cardai. I had 

 noticed in 189B a regular brood of small AntJiocharis cardamines ; 

 I have an entry under May 10th, recording the capture of three 

 individuals that morning, none of winch exceeded L. alexis in 

 size. The discussion U[)on this variety induced me to try and 

 obtain specimens this season, but though the type was abundant 

 as ever, only one dwarf could be found, and, except in point of 

 size, it presented very little variation from the average male. 

 The most striking difference appeared to lie in the great com- 

 parative size of the green marblings on the hind wings beneath. 

 These were nearly as open as in the type, and had an unusual 

 effect in so small an area. The black spot on the fore wings 

 was well within the orange tip. 



Sphinges were disappointing, but of the genus Smerinthiis I 

 got two, S. ocellatus and S. populi, both taken at light. Macro- 

 giossa fuciformis, M. stellatarum, and CJiarocampa porcellus, all of 

 which I found in 1893, did not appear. The weather was very 

 bad when they were due, and the same cause may have been 

 fatal to Bomhyx ruhi, which swarmed last year from April 24th. 

 Hepialus hiimuli, hectus, and hipalinus were very common ; of the 

 last I got a line white variety. Litliosia mssomella and L. com- 

 planida were both taken at light. Eiichelia jacohcece was rather 

 scarce, but Chelonia plantaginis was abundant at Beacon Hill. I 

 got Odonestis potatoria at light, and in April netted a few 

 Saturnia carpini, which however was by no means so abundant 

 as in 1893. 



Among the Cuspidates Cilix spinida, Platyptcryx falcula, 

 Ptilodontis palpina, and Notodonta camelina were all that my 

 lantern could beguile, and they came but very seldom. The bulk 

 of my visitors were Noctuse, and this was fortunate, for sugaring 

 was not an atom of good. From April to October, on nearly all 

 dark nights my room was sounding like an eeolian harp, from 



