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nice little series from a fence at Laverstock), D. capsincola (one imago ; 

 larvae common in white campion), D. carpophaga (larvae obtained com- 

 monly on Laverstock Down in July, by picking handfuls of bladder 

 campion and shaking them into an umbrella), Plusia gamma, P. chry- 

 sitis (common iu the garden), P. iota (larva), P. nwneta (larvae in the 

 garden), TripJmna pronuba, T. interjecta {one, near Wilton), Grammesia 

 trigrammica, Noctua plecta, Nania typica, Amphipyrn tragopogonis {l&vva,), 

 Gonoptera libatrix, Acontia luctiiosa (Laverstock). Euclidia mi, CucuUia 

 umbratica (very abundant on posts dui-ing May, June, and early part of 

 July ; larvae swept at Stonehenge at end of July). C. verbasci (larvae 

 common on Verbascum in June and July ; moth taken in the garden in 

 May). Habrostola urtica; (a few to light) ; also larvae of Orthosia lota, 

 TcBniocampa cruda [pulverulenta), T. mmula, T. stabilis, Scopelosoma 

 satellitia, and Calymnia trapezina. 



The following Deltoids were noticed : — Hypcena proboscidaUs, H. 

 rostralis, Pechypogon barbalis (near Wilton), Zanclognatha grisealis (near 

 Wilton), and Rivula sericealis (in the marshes). 



Geometry : — Uropteryx sambucaria, Humia cratcegata (luteolata), 

 Boarmia rhomboidaria, B. repandata (one in the garden), Tephrosia con- 

 sonaria (Rhinefield), T. crepziscularia (near Wilton), 2'. luridata and 

 T. punctulata (near Wilton), Metrocampa margaritaria, Venilia maculata, 

 Amphidasys betularia, Phigalia pedaria {pilosaria) larvae near Wilton. 

 Odontopera bidentata, Eurymene dolabraria (near Wilton), Cleora liche- 

 nana (two localities near Salisbury), Cabera pnsaria, Asthena candidata, 

 A. luteata (one, Old Sarum), Acidalia incanaria, lodis lactearia, Hemithea, 

 thymiaria, Acidalia trigeminata (abundant), Ephyra porata, E.punctaria, 

 E. trilinearia, E. omicronaria (one ; all the Ephyras near Wilton), 

 Numeria pulveraria (a few near Wilton), Strenin clathrata (locally 

 abundant), Halia vauaria, Macaria liturata (Laverstock), Abraxas gros- 

 sidariata, Ligdia adustata, Ijomaspilis marginata, Minoa euphorbiata (a 

 few near Wilton), Larentia pectiriitaria (abundant), L. didyviata, Eupi- 

 thecia palchellata (one, Laverstock), E. subfidvata (one, to light), E. 

 venosata (larvae from bladder campion, Laverstock), E. pusillata (a 

 short series beaten from spruce firs in Rhinefield), E. subnotata, E. cen- 

 taureata, Antic! earubidatn (one), Melantkia ocellata, Melanippe rivata, M. 

 suhtristata, M. fluctuata, M. montanata (near Wilton), Fidonia piniaria, 

 Panagra petraria, Cidaria corylata (near Wilton), C. dotata, Coremia ? 

 ferrugata, Thera variata (Rhinefield), Cheimatobia brumata (larvfe), C. 

 boreata (larvae near Wilton). Hybernia defoUaria and other Hybernia 

 larvfe very abundant near Wilton. Hypsipetes elutata (very abundant), 

 Eubolia bipunctata, E. cervinaria (larv^ on mallow at Wishford), Sco- 

 tosia vetidata (locally abundant), S. rhamnata, S. dubitata (larvffi very 

 abundant), Camptogramma bilineata, Anaitis plagiata, Mesotype virgata 

 (locally common at Stonehenge). 



Pyralides : — Botys ruralis, Scopula olivalis, S. prunalis, Pionea forfi- 

 calis, Hydrocampa stagnata, Aglossa pinguinalis, Ebulea sambiicalis (one), 

 E. crocealis (one, Romsey), Eurrhypara nrticata, Orobena extimalis 

 (margaritalis) (a few on Laverstock Down ; also a few others undeter- 

 mined). A few Aphomia sociella came indoors to light. 



The weather was most unfavourable for dragonflies, Calopteryx 

 splendens seemed to be pretty generally distributed, and was taken in 

 Salisbury, by the canal at Romsey, and at Wishford. C. virgo was out 



