FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 19ft 



21st September, 1913, at Cranborne, I found a cocoon of 

 Dicranura bifida inside a loose piece of bark on a poplar. The 

 space between the tree and the bark was packed absolutely 

 full of Amphipyra tragopogonis, which was in all stages of 

 dilapidation. 



27th September, 1913, I took a late Tapinostola fulva 

 flying over a heath swamp at Canford. 



5th October, 1913, I again hunted the poplars at Cran- 

 borne for D. bifida. I found three, and E.H.C. found one. 

 These were mostly spun just under the surface of the moss of 

 the trees, and the outsides of the cocoons were covered with 

 lichens or moss. The day was fine and warm after a heavy 

 thunderstorm the preceding night, and E.H.C. thought the 

 bifida cocoons looked a darker color after the rain ; the best 

 thing is to look for a patch of lichen which has no definite 

 pattern on it, since the larva bites up the lichen, and it does 

 not therefore retain its natural form. 



