36 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



both in Hampshire and in Cornwall where I happened to be in August. 

 On May 24th large numbers of Callophrys rubi were observed, and 

 I obtained a few ova on the 27th which were deposited on young 

 laburnum shoots. The resultant larvae emerged on June 4th, and 

 fed up very quickly on broom flowers (as far as I could see entirely 

 refusing to eat any leaves), and the majority had pupated by July 

 5th. On June 3rd I took a fine female Eustroma silaceata at a lamp 

 and she obliged with sixteen ova, all of which produced fine imagines. 

 The young larvae appeared on June 10th, began to pupate on July 

 3rd, and the imagines came out between July 21st and 27th. We 

 had a series of stormy nights between June 5th and 9th with wind 

 and thunder and lightning, l:)ut the lamps were swarming with moths 

 all the time, including Stauropus fagi, Drymonia trimacula, Notodonta 

 trepida, and other prominents, Demas coryli, Xylopkasia rurea, with 

 the variety comhusta, Dianthoncia carpophaga, and a fine series of 

 Enimelesia alhnlata, as well as swarms of common things. On June 

 10th a female Parasemia plantaginis was taken from long grass. 

 She deposited twenty-seven ova, and the resultant larvae fed up well 

 on plantain, though a few^ died off at each moult. The first pupa 

 appeai'ed on September 15th and produced an imago on October 

 26th. All the survivors had pupated by October 9th, except one, 

 which is still a small larva, and has curled up for the winter. Four 

 imagines have appeared up to date', the last one on November 18th. 

 On June 12th the lamps were swarming with moths, with Dasychira 

 ■pudihunda and Gonodontis hidentaia predominating ; but Drepana 

 binaria, D. falcataria, Boannia consortaria, Eupitliecia oblongata, 

 Ghloroclystis rectangulata, Gidaria corylata, and others ^vere also 

 taken. On June 22nd, which was a windy day, though the sun was 

 shining brightly, a fine series of Canonympka pamphilus was netted, 

 the females being especially large. 



Sugar, on the whole, was disappointing throughout the season, 

 but on June 27th Acronycta megacephala and Hadena genista were 

 taken, and on July 5th a nice series of Mania iypica. On July 8th, 

 a dark, damp night, Lithosia lurideola was taken from a lamp, and 

 on the 11th Hygrochroa syringaria, Gidaria picata, and G. associata, 

 with Acidalia virgularia on the 12th. On the 13th a fine specimen 

 of Limenitis sibylla was seen, but not captured, and an interesting 

 example of protective resemblance observed in a pair of young night- 

 jars, to a large stone on the ground. The mother was seen flying 

 around in an agitated manner, so we knew we must be too near her 

 young to please her ; but it was a long time before they could be 

 found. On July 16th a female Augiades sylvanus was seen ovi- 

 positing and a few ova were obtained as she left them. The larvae 

 therefrom came out on August 2nd, and went on feeding till about 

 the end of October, when they retired into their tents for the winter. 

 On July 20th Acronycta leporina was taken from a lamp. I was 

 away from home during August, and the next entry in my diary is 

 for September 5th when Tapinostola fitlva was taken from a lamp — 

 my first record for this insect in Haslemere. From September 17th 

 to October 1st I spent a good deal of time beating the birches, and 

 was rewarded with larvae of Pheosia dictcBoides, Notodonta drome- 

 dariiis, Lophopteryx camelina, GymatopJiora fluctuosa, Acronycta 



