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pocastanaria, Corernia designata, Ciclaria suffumata, and Chesias 

 rufata. 



Larvae of the following, among others, were taken : — Notodonta 

 ziczac, Thyatira batis, Gortyna ochracea, Panolis inniperda, Miselia 

 oxyacanthcB, Agriopis aprUina, Hadena protea ; and ova were obtained 

 from Pcecilocampa popiili, Epunda nigra, Coremia designata, Chesias 

 spartiata, and many others. 



From the street-lamps the most noteworthy captures were : — 

 Pcecilocampa populi (in greater profusion than ever before within my 

 experience), Notodonta dictcea, N. trimacula, Polyploca flavicornis, 

 Demas coryli, Asteroscopus sphinx, Eupithecia pulchellata, E. sitccen- 

 taureata, Gidaria siterata, C. miata, C. suffumata, C. silaceata var. 

 insidata, and Aniatis plagiata. 



Sugaring in my garden produced : — Acronycta psi, A. aceris, 

 Dipterygia scabriuscula, Apameahasilinea, A.gemina, Miana strigilis, 

 M. fasciunc2ila, Biisina tenebrosa, Noctua f estiva, Orthosia lota, Ceras- 

 tis vaccina, G. ligula, Scopelosoyna satellitia, Xanthia cerago var. 

 flavescens, Epunda nigra, Miselia oxyacanthce, Agriopis aprilina, 

 Aplecta prasina, A. miata, Hadena protea, H. thalassina, Galocampa 

 exoleta, and Xylina semibrunnea. It is perhaps worth recording that 

 a friend of mine, who was sugaring almost every night about three 

 miles from my house, took two specimens of GymatopJwra flitctuosa. 



In most cases I have made no mention of the species taken by me 

 here in previous years, the majority of which turned up again. But 

 the interesting list of new species taken by my friend and myself in 

 1908 leads us to regard this as a very favourable locality, and we hope 

 to be able to work it even more thoroughly this year. — F. A. Old- 

 AKER, M.A. ; The Eed House, Haslemere, Feb. 16th, 1909. 



Entomology in Cornwall and Devon in July, 1908. — Contrary 

 to my usual custom of spending my holiday on the Continent, I last 

 season decided to give old England another trial. Having re-read a 

 very interesting article by Mr. A. E. Gibbs in the 'Entomologist' 

 (vol. xxxix.) on a holiday he spent at Polzeath, and what specimens 

 he collected there, I decided to foUow out Mr. Gibbs' s directions, and 

 accordingly caught the 6.20 a.m. train from Waterloo (a comfortable 

 corridor), which did not stop between London and Salisbury. At 

 Okehampton we had to change into a slower train, but the scenery 

 being so beautiful one did not regret the slower progress. I reached 

 Wadebridge at one o'clock ; it had been raining, and I at once 

 inquired at the station about a conveyance for getting my stock of 

 treacle, carbide, " setting house," and other heavy luggage taken the 

 seven miles. As luck would have it there was a carrier going that 

 way there and then. I next asked about accommodation ; one man 

 informed me he knew of no place where one could stay, but the 

 carrier's boy, who now came upon the scene, informed me that there 

 was a lady who " took people in," and I felt greatly relieved until the 

 boy added he did not know if the lady in question was " full up " or 

 not. However, I decided to risk it, and immediately made for the 

 Station Hotel, and, having lunched, the rain seeming over, I mounted 

 my bike and made a start. After a mile or so the rain came on again 

 so much so that I took shelter under some trees ; after some time I 



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