88 FIRST APPEARANCES OF fclRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



In this Autumn two old birds and two young ones arrived 

 and, alas." 



Members should realize that toward the close of the 18th 

 Century the Spoonbill bred regularly in Poole, and would 

 again, but not with the encouragement that so-called civili- 

 zation gives it. ED. Phen. Notes. 



THE ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (Buteo lagopus). 20 May. 

 At Canford. (W.P.C.) 



THE ROSEATE TERN (Sterna dougalli). The Rev. F. 

 Blathwayt records this bird as present, and possibly breeding 

 on Chesil Beach. 



(8) ATOLMIS RUBRICOLLIS. Swarmed in Hooke Park 

 11 and 17 June. (W.P.C.) And was also bred from Canford 

 Bottom, confirming a record of 50 years or so ago of E. N. 

 Blanchard, not previously accepted without reservation for 

 want of data. 



(9) GNOPHORA DERASA. At Poole, 8 July. (W.P.C.) 



(10) CATOCALA NUPTA. At Poole on 31 August, by Miss 

 E. Frome, and another on October 8th, by W.P.C. 



(11) PLUSIA MONETA. 5 May. Five full-grown larvse 

 at Poole, a new record for the district. (W.P.C.) 



(12) CALLIMORPHA DOMINULA. Knocked up by E.H.C. 

 at Break Hill, Canford, 22 July. (W.P.C.) 



(13) HERSE CONVOLVULI. At Swanage. One specimen 

 on 25 August, another on 30 August, and a third on 1 

 September. (F.G.P.) One at Lyme Regis. (Henry Ellis, 

 of Lyme Regis). 6 September, male, and, 15 September, 

 female at Corfe Castle. (D.D.) 



(14) HYLOICUS PINASTRI. A fine specimen of this insect 

 was obtained in Bridport on 14 July, 1917, and was with 

 great generosity added to my cabinet by Mr. W. W. Male. 

 The specimen is in fine order, though the fringes shew evi- 

 dence of sustained flight. (W.P.C.) 



(15) ASPHALIA FLAVICORNIS. 25 March, 1917. At 

 Canford Bottom, Dorset. (W.P.C.) 



(16) NOTODONTA TREPIDA. Ova and larvae at Canford 

 24 June. (W.P.C.) 



