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Half village, half town, it is pleasant but smallish, 



A place I'd suggest 



As one of the best 

 For a man breaking down who needs absolute rest. 

 Especially, too, if he's weak in the chest ; 

 And known, where it happens to be known, as Dawlish. 



T may be gayer 



But as for the air. 

 It really cannot for a moment compare 

 With snug little Dawlish — at least, so they say here." 



Having been, so to speak, introduced to Dawlish by Mr. Turner, 

 it seemed quite in the proper order of things that, immediately on 

 my arrival there, the first person I heard was coming down in a day 

 or too was Mr. Turner himself. I was very glad indeed at this, for 

 I knew that his general and special experience would be of great 

 assistance to me during my stay. We had some pleasant outings 

 together, and I owe it entirely to his kind help that I was enabled to 

 come away with about thirty pupce of Bryophila miiralis. This 

 insect was only just about emerging when I left. I took two 

 imagines, but from my pupae only about nine emerged, and some of 

 these were partial cripples. It is necessary to keep these pupae 

 rather damp, which is all right when normal conditions prevail, but 

 we had such a spell of cold and wet weather in August that it was all 

 against their successful emergence, and most of the pups damped off, 

 the last emergence taking place on September ist. 



I found the most profitable work by day was beating for 

 Geometers, but this was sadly interfered with by the wind. Among 

 the results were — 



Cidaria picata : this species was not at all uncommon, and in 

 fair condition, but its capture was a work of some difficulty owing to 

 the high wind generally prevailing, most specimens flying high and 

 being blown over the top of the hedge ; Emmelesia decolorahi, one 

 taken ; Cidaria dotata, mostly rather worn ; Meianippe uiiangulata, 

 in fair condition ; M. rivata, not common ; M. sociata, plentiful and 

 in good condition, the dark-banded form usually ; AI. fluctuata, not 

 many seen ; Melantliia ocel/afa, three taken in good condition — one 

 small clean form ; Acidalia imitaria, fairly plentiful (a good many 

 no doubt missed owing to the colour-resemblance to C. bilijieata) ; 

 A. i/iterjectaria, one ; A. bisetata, plentiful ; A. scutulata^ I should say 

 fairly plentiful, but mistaken at times for A. bisetata ; Cilix spinnla, 

 one ; Hypsipetes eliitata, plentiful, but worn ; Eupithecia subnotata, 

 one ; Coremia miidentaria, plentiful; C. ferrugata, fairly plentiful. I 

 obtained a few ova from a worn female^ the larvae from which 

 (eighteen in all) fed up and pupated in due course. Somewhat to 

 my surprise one imago emerged on October 31st last, the weather at 

 the time being warm and moist. Both this insect and the parent 

 were of the same distinctive red coloration. Triphcena ianthina^ 

 two fine specimens, and others seen. Camptogramma bilineata, a 

 most unmitigated nuisance, especially at dusking. I used to take a 



