320 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



was done chiefly between Porlock and the Doone Valley, and was eon- 

 fined almost entirely to day-work. Of the butterflies, one example of 

 Culias htjitle was seen on the moors. Pieris brassicce, P. rapa, and 

 P. nnpi were all fairly common. A few Air/ynnis [Drtjas) paphia were 

 noticed, in a somewhat worn condition. Sati/rus semele was abundant 

 on the moors, and Paravfie mer/tBra seemed to occur in great numbers 

 almost everywhere, but only two specimens of P. ef/eria were observed. 

 Epineph.dc tithonus and E. ianira abundant. Vanessa nrticcB was also 

 very common, and a single example of V. io was seen at Dunster 

 (Somerset). LyecBna icarus, Ci/aniris arcfioJus, Pohjommatus phloeas, 

 Thfcia quercus (one), Ccenonymplia paviphilus, and Pamphila linea 

 [thaumas), complete the list of butterflies. Turning to the moths, a 

 sino;le Macroglossa steUatarum was seen on the moor. A few Apamea 

 oculea and Triphana ianthina turned up, and single examples of 

 T. fimbria, T. comes, Abrostola triplasia (to light), and Plusia ijamma. 

 Geometers were rather better represented, the following species being 

 observed : — Ephyra porata (one). Camptogramma bilineata, Hypsipetes 

 ehitata (worn), Larentla didymata (found at rest in the day-time on rough 

 stone walls and banks, and flying abundantly over the whortleberry 

 at sunset), Rumia cratrnjata, Cidaria tninnita (a very nice lot, containing 

 some very pretty forms, beaten from a place about two hundred and 

 fifty yards long, where the whortleberry grew very thickly under a beech 

 hedge I, C. populata (obtained from the same lot of Vaccinium as C trun- 

 cata), C. testata (a few turned up in a sheltered corner of the moor), 

 Boarmia rhomboulana (a large and worn female), Melanippe yaliata (not 

 common), M. subtristutu, Melanthia ocellata, Acidalia aversata, A. mar- 

 ginepimctata (a few very nice grey forms found at rest on rough grey 

 stone walls, aud differing considerably from some just taken in Kent). 

 Hypena proboscidalis (worn) and Botys ruralis complete the list of 

 imagines. Larvae taken were : — Euchelia jacobaicB (common), Dasychira 

 pudibunda (one), Spilosovia menthastn, Dcmas coryli (common), Lopho- 

 pteryx camelina (a few), Amphidasys betid ari(i,B.ud Eupithecia nanata (one). 

 With regard to Dcmas coryli, I did not discover their presence till just 

 before leaving. From the low beech hedges on the moor I then beat 

 over fifty larvfe in an hour and a half. They varied considerably in 

 size and colour — dark greyish, white, yellowish, and pink. One larva 

 of L. camelina was red ; although I have frequently taken the larva, I 

 have never seen one of this colour before. Dragonflies were practically 

 nil, Sympetrum striolatum. alone being seen. — F. M. B. Cabr; 46, Han- 

 den Road, Lee, S.E. 



SpmNGiD^ AT EiNGwooD. — Larvas of Achcrontia atropos were abun- 

 dant last year, but this season they appear to have been more so, 

 nearly every potato patch producing them. I obtained my first, a full- 

 fed one, on Aug. 8th, and the last on Oct. 5th. The latter was 

 wandering about in search of food ; it was very small indeed, but has 

 pupated. I have had pupte brought to me right up to Oct. 11th, 

 when a digger brought three which he turned up on that date. On 

 Sept. 15th a pupa was brought to me ; this was dark in colour, and a 

 fine male imago emerged from it on the 17th ; the pupa, upon being 

 touched, squeaked several times, but not so loud as the imago did after 

 emergence. I have specimens hatching out ahnost daily now in my 



