198 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



1st May, by beating larvae at night, I got two Triphcena 

 fimbria in Berewood, after which we had hurricanes and heavy 

 rain, and it was altogether as bad a spring as I can remember. 



Cyaniris argiolus appeared on the llth May ; Pieris napi 

 on the 12th May. Nemzobius lucina and E. pusillala were 

 out in Berewood on the 18th. About this date the weather 

 settled in fine, and we had some glorious days in May, but 

 they came too late to save the spring larvae from a watery 

 grave, as attested by the scarcity in the summer. 



In the first week in June Dicranura furcula, from both 

 Berewood and Canford, emerged in my breeding cages, and 

 were followed by D. bifida from Cranborne. A few days in 

 the later end of June were dull and wet. 



On the 2nd July, 1913, I found a freshly-emerged Coccus 

 lignaperda, which had formed its cocoon of mortar in a space 

 in a brick wall where there had been a settlement, about 

 1ft. Gins, from the ground. 



On the 5th July, at Berewood, Boarmia roboraria, B. 

 repandata ab conversaria, Geomeira papilionaria, Noctua 

 (Agrotis) ditrapezium, and Phorodesma bajulcUa all came to 

 light. The latter in my experience being rare in the county. 



On the 19th July Hyria auroraria was seen. 



On the 20th July Aventia flexula and Eilema deplana were 

 taken in the New Forest. 



On the 27th July Zeuzera cescidi, which was found in 1912 

 at Canford by Headkeeper Wren, emerged, but unfortunately 

 escaped, as my only hope of feeding it for 15 months or so 

 was to feed it in a living apple tree in the garden. 



On the 2nd August a late Hemaris fuciformis larva was 

 found at Canford. 



On the 3rd August Colias edusa male was taken at Arish 

 Mell, and I was also fortunate enough to secure the most 

 extreme Lycosna corydon var fowleri I have ever seen. 



In August I was working the Broads of Norfolk with 

 satisfactory results, though the nights were very moony and 

 foggy. On the 28th August one specimen of Aporophyla 

 australis was procured by E.H.C. at Badbury Rings. 



