38 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



August 7th was one of the hottest days of the year, and a visit 

 to the sandhills resulted in the capture of Cramhus uliginosellus (dis- 

 turbed from the clumps of tall rushes), C. tristellns, one Anthrocera 

 filipendulcs var. with a pink hind wing, Peronea aspersana, Phalonia 

 roseana, P. atricapitana, Sciaphila conspersana, Tortrix ictericana, 

 and Symmoca {(Ecogenia) quadripuncta on the wall inside the light- 

 house. On August 8th in the evening I took Sericoris littoralis 

 amongst Statice armcria on the cliffs. I visited the sandhills again 

 on the 9th at dusk and took Alucita litJiodactyla, Cramhus uligino- 

 sellus, Phalonia {Eupoecilia) atricapitana, Depressaria alstrcemcr- 

 iana, and Acrolcpia granitella. Dicrorampha simpliciana was flying 

 freely amongst Artemisia vulgaris at 8 p.m. on the 10th and a good 

 series was soon boxed, and earlier in the day Ennychia cingulalis, 

 C. nigromaculana, and CEcophora lamhdella were the best species 

 obtained. The only new species noticed on the 11th was Depressaria 

 suhpropinquella. On the 12th a further visit to the sandhills only 

 produced Cramhus genicideus in addition to those species already 

 mentioned. As we were leaving the next day, the 13th was devoted 

 to setting my captures and packing up. After doing so a final walk 

 round the cliffs added Acidalia marginepuncta and Adactylus (Ag- 

 distis) hcnnetti to my list. The latter was flying between 8 and 

 9 p.m. amongst the spathulate sea lavender {Statice hinervosa). It 

 was very much paler than specimens from Mr. Ovenden, of 

 Rochester, and appeared to be the form described by Mr. Tutt (vol. 

 V. p. 137) as (2) "Whitish grey with four black dots on the disc = ab. 

 grisea typica, n. ab. This species does not appear to have been 

 previously recorded for Devon. We had no rain after August 1st, 

 the weather being brilliantly fine during the remainder of our visit. 

 In 1910 I was prevented from visiting the neighbourhood until July 

 29th, and between that date and my return home on August 12th, 

 the following species were taken, in addition to most of those already- 

 mentioned : — Hypermecia angustana, Gelechia domestica, Butalis 

 grandipennis (on the road below a bank where some dwarf furze 

 bushes grew), Hedya aceriana (at rest on white poplar trees and 

 fences in a garden), Argyresthia alhistria, Lita maculea (beaten from 

 hedge in a lane), Goleophora alcyonipennella (brought into the house 

 amongst knapweed flowers), Eupitliecia coronata, Phalonia rupicola, 

 Cerostoma vittclla, Laverna atra, L. ochraceella, Stignionota coniposi- 

 tella, Chrosis alcella, Lithosia complanula. Prays curtisellus, Argyris- 

 thia andereggiella, Peronea variegana, Catoptria ulicetana, Litho- 

 colletis cmherizipennella, Anerastia lotella, Selenia hilunaria, P. ohs- 

 curaria, Euholia hipunctaria, Depressaria nanatella, D. ap'plana, 

 Homoiosoma sinuclla, Ochsenheimeria hirdella (on bedroom window 

 curtain at 7.30 p.m., a very unusual time and place for this species), 

 Penthina gcntiana {on the wing at 1 p.m. amongst teazle), Orthotania 

 ericetana (in a clover field in the afternoon), Miniasioptilus hiptuncti- 

 dactyla, Miana literosa (at ragwort flowers at 7 p.m.), Spilonota 

 incarnatana (sitting on the leaves of Bosa spinosissivia at sunset), 

 Coleophora alhitarsella (at rest on a fern leaf in a hedge in the after- 

 noon), C. laricella, Cramhus inquinatellus, Xylophasia rurea, Miana 

 bicoloria, Gelechia desertella, G. marmorea, Argyresthia spiniella, 



