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wort on the sandhills, two worn specimens of Cydia nigromaculana 

 were taken at dusk. The next day my exertions were rewarded with 

 Euxanthis zagana, Pyrcmsta stachydcdis (disturbed at mid-day from 

 a mass of tangled herbage including bracken, Stachys sylvatica, &c., 

 growing at the back of the sandhills), Notarcha ruralis, Alucita litho- 

 clactyla at rest on a flower of Inula dysenterica and Becurvaria 

 (Brachycrossata) cinerella amongst grass on the sandhills. On July 

 30th, in the lanes near the sea, Plicdonia rwpicola was taken on the 

 hedge near E^tpatoriiim cannabinum; Notocelia rohorana and Epi- 

 hlcma trigeviinana were beaten out ; and on the sandhills amongst 

 ragwort I netted Phalonia atrica-pitana and several Coleophora 

 laripennella; amongst heather a male Plebeius argits (cegon), Peronea 

 aspcrsana, and Pseudopanthcra obscuraria ; and amongst marram 

 grass Gchchia politella and G. marmorea. On July 31st, in one of 

 the aforesaid lanes bordered with furze bushes on one side and black- 

 thorn on the other, two fresh specimens of Phalonia {AvgyroUpia) 

 hadiana were boxed as they sat on the furze in the afternoon 

 between 3 and 4 p.m. Subsequent search revealed the food-plant 

 Arctia lappa in an adjoining meadow. Another specimen of 

 P. badiana was netted at 8 p.m. in a lane near by. Other captures 

 that day were Hydriomena decolorata, Orneodes hexadactyla (poly- 

 dactyla), Euxanthis (Xanthosetia) zoegana, Eurliodope {Bhodophoea) 

 advenella, Acalla (Dictyopteryx) hohniana, and Epiblcma {EpJiippi- 

 phora) trigeminana. The morning of August 1st was wet, but the 

 heavy downpour ceased about 1 p.m., and by 2 p.m. the sun was 

 struggling to shine through the mist. A female Lasiocampa quercus, 

 newly emerged in a cardboard box covered with leno, being placed 

 in the window of a front room overlooking the sandhills, attracted 

 several males, of which ten were taken either in the room or just out- 

 side the window. In the evening between 9 and 10, at flowers of 

 ragwort, Agrotis tritici (variable), Triphana inter jecta, Caradrina 

 alsines and Leucania pallens were secured. Other species observed 

 included Gatoptria cana and Gelectria domestica. On August 2nd in 

 the lanes about a mile inland the beating stick dislodged Hydriomena 

 {Melanippe) unangulata, H. dotata {pyraliata), P. badiana, Eupmcilia 

 roseana, Stigvionota compositella, A. hohniana, and E. trigeminana, 

 and in the evening, Brachmia gerronella and Idiographis inopiana 

 (flying low just before 9 p.m. amongst Inula dysenterica). 



August 3rd produced several specimens of Acalla hohniana 

 (beaten from blackthorn bushes at the back of the sandhills), 

 Euchelia jacobcsce, Lampronia luzella, H. unangulata, Depressaria 

 purpurea, Crambus perlellus, Blabophanes ferruginella, Symmoca 

 {(Ecogenia) quadripuncta, Goleophora laripennella, and Lithocolletis 

 faginella. The next day Anthrocera filipendulos, A. hohniana, 

 Stigmonota compositella, and Gracilaria tringipennella amongst 

 ribwort plantain {Plantago lanceolata) were taken. The only cap- 

 ture of note on August 5th was Stenia punctalis—^\x specimens of 

 which were secured on the cliffs at sunset. The next day three 

 Tinea argent imaculella were taken flying at about 6 p.m. over an old 

 wall about a mile from the coast, whilst a little further on at the 

 roadside Goleophora discordella was netted. 



