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allionia and T. ultimaria. The handsome OrtJiolitha mceniata 

 was very common in the woods and at light ; and ascending the 

 wooded path to the Col de Bretagne Minoa murinata, in spite of 

 its small size, was a prominent feature. The Noctuae and the 

 Tephroclystice were all taken at light, the other families nearly 

 all netted in the daytime, the chief exceptions being Acidalia 

 virgularia var. australis, A. suhmutata, Ephyra pupillar'ia, 

 Boarmia solieraria (one male), Trephonia sepiaria (two), Hylo- 

 phila bicolorana, Eromene hella, which were attracted by light. 



Besides Mr. Prout, I am also under obligations to Dr. 

 Chapman for naming certain specimens and to Mr. Bethune- 

 Baker for help with the Zygaenids. It is impossible to foresee 

 what system of nomenclature this paper may represent after it 

 has passed the Editor's hands ; but in making my list I have 

 followed the Staudinger-Eebelschen Catalog. 1901. As Mons. 

 Culot says in his preface to vol. ii. of ' Noctuelles d'Europe ' : 

 *' Le catalogue que j'ai pris pour guide, parce qu'il est le plus 

 repandu." I hesitate to add with him : " Et non parce qu'il 

 represente une classification rationnelle." Such criticism is for 

 the ever-conflicting experts. 



We spent two or three days at Bondol on the sea coast, 

 hunting Zygcena erythus. While there I took a few rather good 

 moths at light, and as Bondol is not far distant from La Ste. 

 Baume, I have added these captures as a separate note. 



Heterocera of Ste. Baume and Nans. 



Sphingid^. — Macroglossa stellatarum, Deilephila euphorbia, 

 Hemaris fucifonnis. 



Lymantriid^. — Orgyia trigotephras (var. Corsica?). 



Lasiocampid^. — Malacosoma neustria. 



Drepanid^e. — Drepana hinaria (one female). 



Noctuid^. — Acronycta rumicis (dark), Dianthoecia compta, 

 Caradrina exigua, Leucania scii'pi, Thalpochares polygi'amma, 

 T. purpurina, T. scitula, Eivula sericealis, Prothymnia viridaria, 

 Hoemerosia renalis, Catocala conversely C. nymphagoga, Apopestes 

 dilucida, Euclidia glyphica. 



Geometrid^. — Aplasia ononaria, Geometra vernaria, Nemoria 

 viridata, Acidalia ochrata, A. viacilentaria, A, determinata, 

 A. rufaria, A. litigiosaria, A. sericeata, A. inoniliata, A. virgidaria 

 var. australis, A. circuitaria (two), A. trigeininata, A. dilutaria, 

 A. degeneraria, A. inornata, A. aversata, A. rubiginata, A. mar- 

 ginepunctata, A. submutata, A. imitata, A. decorata, Ephyra 

 pupillaria, and var. gyrata, E. linearia [trilinearia, Bkh.), Rhodo- 

 strophia vihicaria, R. calabraria and ab. tabidaria. 



Larentiin^. — Sterrha sacraria, Ortholitha mceniata, Minoa 

 murinata {euphorbiata) , Larentia fidvata (one), L. bilineata (one), 

 Tephroclystia {Eupithoecia) allionia, T. breviculata, T . idtimar'ia , 

 T. oblongata, T. pumilata, Rumia luteata (one). 



