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More Desultory Days at Dawlish (Supplementary to 

 Mr. Browne's Notes). 



By H. J. Turner, F.E.S. Read January i^fh, 1904. 



After the admirable paper you have heard from Mr. Browne my 

 own notes must appear to be very deficient. In fact, my entomology 

 was, I think, more desultory than ever. 



I am omitting from the present list most of the species which I 

 recorded previously. Among the butterflies no species new to me 

 occurred, and those I had previously recorded (" Abstract Pro. S. 

 Lond. Ent. Soc," p. 22, etc., 1900) were very scarce or quite absent. 

 No Sphingid^e were even seen, and of the x'Ynthrocerida^ only 

 A. fiUpenduke occurred sparingly. A solitary specimen of Calli- 

 inorpha kern was the only example of the Euchelidte taken or 

 observed ; this species has, I believe, been unusually rare this 

 season, no doubt owing to the hard life the larvK have in a mild wet 

 winter. In the Eutrichidae a Cosmotriche potatoria was the only 

 example taken. Bryophila perla (two) and B. vmralis (a few bred 

 from pupre) represent the Bryophilidae. The latter species was 

 certainly not so common as usual, although a diligent search always 

 produced some pupse. Miana bkoloria represented the Apameidre, 

 in numbers, as usual, on its favourite haunts, the low slopes near the 

 sea, with a single Apamea didytna. Among the Noctuid^e were 

 Triphcena pronuba and T. cones; but the larvae q{ Agrotis ripce. were 

 exceedingly small, and such difficult larvae as they are to deal with, I 

 thought it much better not to take any. 



Turning now to the Geometers. The Ennomid^e were represented 

 by Eugonia quercinaria and Selenia biliinaria^ var. jtiUaria. The 

 Boarmiidae were illustrated by Cleora lichenaria and Boarmia gem- 

 maria. The Acidalidae have Asthena candidata (a very late example), 

 Acidalia virgiilaria, A. bisetata (exceedingly common), and A. dimi- 

 diata. The Zerenidae afforded plenty of Abraxas grosstilariata. 

 The Larentiidae were represented by Eupithecia isogrammata, Cidaria 

 picata (in some numbers), Melanippe utiangulata, and Hypsipetes 

 furcifera isordidata). Of the Pyralida^ the best capture was in Botys 

 asinalis (obtained from among its food-plant, Rubia peregrina) ; 

 Pyraiista purpiiraHs, Pionea forficalis, and Ebulea sambucalis were 

 also taken. The Hypenidte, represented by Hypena proboscidalis, 

 were a nuisance everywhere. The Pterophoridte taken were Mimcese 

 optilus pterodadylus and Aciptilia pentadactylus. The Crambidae 

 observed were Crambus cubnellus (in great numbers) and C.pinellus. 

 Two forms of Aphoniia sociella represent the Galleridae. 



