278 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Anthocharis cardamines, Pyrausta punicealis, and P. purpuralis. 
Fidonia piniaria appeared on the 27th, but it was not till the end 
of June that it was fully out, and it continued till the middle of 
July, and was more abundant than I have ever seen it before, 
especially the females; the larva was very common this 
autumn. During a visit to Essex, in June, I saw A.'selene and 
Melanippe hastata. The next day, at West Wickham, a friend of 
mine took a specimen of A. selene, flying with its commoner 
congener, A. euphrosyne, and also a specimen of Minoa euphor- 
biata ; this fact is interesting, as neither of these two last- 
mentioned species occur regularly at West Wickham. During 
June also appeared the following:— Hepialus humuli (2nd of 
June), H. lupulinus, Lomaspilis marginata, Scodonia belgiaria, 
Aspilates strigillaria, Agrotis porphyrea, A. exclamationis, and a 
Noctua which I think was A. nigricans, Dianthecia carpophaga, 
D. conspersa, Adela degeerella. During July I took Ellopia 
fasciaria, Phorodesma bajularia, Hemithea thymiaria, Hepialus 
hectus, Liparis auriflua, L. salicis, Pachycnemia hippocastanaria 
(second brood, I suppose), Hupithecia minutata. I found sugar 
perfectly useless this summer, the best that I tock in one 
night being Xylophasia polyodon and Apamea oculea. About the 
end of this month I took a number of male Nemotois scabiosella 
and three females near Caterham in a grassy meadow. The 
males were very common, and I took as many as I could box. 
The females were not fully out, but last year, when I discovered 
the species in this locality, I took three females and only one 
male; they were then getting over. I spent a few days, at the 
end of June, at Reigate, and, although the weather was rather 
unfavourable, I took a good many things. I noticed, in collecting 
the cocoons of Zygena filipendule, that a great many contained 
dried-up larvee, or very small pup, which latter died. Can any 
one suggest why the larve should have been starved to death, as 
that seems to me to be the cause.? I took here Strenia clathrata, 
all three species of Pyrausta, Ennychia anguinalis, Acidalia 
imitaria, saw one A. ornata taken, Eupithecia coronata, and Phyto- 
metra e@nea. I searched the chalk hills carefully for Spilodes 
palealis, of which I took specimens in 1878, but without success. 
In the New Forest the scarcity of some species was very apparent ; 
LTimenitis sibylla and Argynnis paphia were scarce and getting 
over, especially the former; <A. adippe and A. aglaia were 
