216 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



TRIFINAE. 



(53) Noctua castanea, var. neglecta. Qrey Rustic. 



Sep. 2 One at Canford Bottom at rest amongst heather 

 stems. (W.P.C.) 



(54) Miana bicoloria. The Cloaked Minor. 



July 30 Extremely abundant in clover fields in the 

 evening at Arish Mell. (W.P.C.) 



(55) Mormo maura. The Old Lady. 



July 28 A single specimen at Poole. (E.H.C.) 



(56) Panolis griseo-variegata. The Pine Beauty. 



June 25 The larvae were abundant at Canford. (W.P.C.) 



(57) Graptolitha ornithopus. Qrey Shoulder Knot. 



Apr. 8 One sitting head up on a fir tree at Canford. 

 (W.P.C.) 



(58) Xylocampa areola. The Early Grey. 

 Apr. 8 One at Canford. (W.P.C.) 



(59) Heliothis dipsacea. The Marbled Clover. 



July 16 At Canford Bottom by W.P.C., and on 

 July 22 Again observed by E.H.C. 



BREPHIDAE. 



(60) Brephos parthenias. The Orange Underwing. 



Apr. 9 Four at Dunyeats Hill, and one at Cockwood, 

 Canford. The flight of this insect is curiously 

 bewildering ; it has a speed nearly equal to 

 that of Colias edusa but has the habit of tower- 



