18 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



insect completely from this locality in about ten minutes, the whole of 

 the infected plants could be covered by one sweep round of the net, 

 and, although we have tried planting some of the larvae on other patches 

 of the foodplant growing within twenty yards of the spot, I can never 

 find it there the next season. Early in June, Adactylus bemietiiwa,s to 

 be found in the marshes very abundantly — ova, pupte, larvae and 

 imagines all occurring at the same time and place, while Etipithecia 

 scabiosata, E. oblom/ata, E. linariata, E. absynthiata, Scoparia cembrae 

 and Adopaea lineola were fairly plentiful if worked for, as were also 

 the larvte of Gortyna ochracea in the thistles. Strange to say, I quite 

 failed to rear the perfect insect, owing, I believe, to the ichneumons. 

 •An evening spent in early July for Nola alhulalis drew blank. I 

 have not seen that species since 1902, when four imagines were taken 

 in as many evenings. Melanthia rubiginata, Timandra aniataria, 

 Ebulea crocealis, and Oidaeiaatopliorus lithodactyla were, however, very 

 common and in lovely condition. 



During June and July, the breeding-cages kept one fairly busy with 

 Geometravernaria, Leucania co7iic/era, Eupitheci a scabiosata, E. absynthiata, 

 Malacosoma castrensis, Noctita ditrapezium, E. isoyrammata, E. valeria- 

 nata and E. oblonyata, while, from an old apple-tree in my garden, 

 Aegeria myopifornns kept emerging from late June till mid- July. About 

 two or three dozen were captured, but scores got off to dance in the 

 sunshine round the treetop. I only came across one larva of Cosmo- 

 triche potatoria, but, oddly enough, that produced the finest aberration 

 I have ever seen of that species, it is a (^ with the coloration of the 

 lightest $ s. Mamestra abjecta appeared true to time, from July 14th 

 io 23rd, in fair numbers, also Hydroecia paludis, Calamia phragmitidis, 

 Leucania coniyera, Eupithecia subnotaia, Mylophila cribrella, Gilhneria 

 pallidactyla {bertrami), Chilo phraginitelliis and Hoemosoma binaevella ; 

 these, with a few each of Apamea ophiogramma, Leucania straminea, 

 Senta ulvae, and a few other species, made collecting in our marshes 

 fairly lively for about a fortnight. By way of a change, a visit to the 

 woods was proposed, where we got a nice series of Orobena stramen- 

 talis, Eupisteria heparata, Lithosia griseola, Riinda sericealis, Ebulea 

 crocealis, Epione apiciaria, Timandra auiataria, and a few rather worn 

 Coremia quadrifasciaria. A bit of fun was occasioned one evening by 

 my companion trying to negotiate a muddy ditch with the aid of an 

 old treetrunk thrown across by way of a bridge ; of course, when he 

 got to the centre of the stream the treetrunk canted over a trifle, my 

 friend landing up to his middle in the black odoriferous slime, and, 

 scrambling to the opposite bank, he seated himself to scrape and wring 

 his nether garments, meanwhile using very unparliamentary language 

 to help dry them, whilst I, inwardly smiling, and with a real feeling 

 of satisfaction that I had escaped, found it hard work to catch and 

 box the imagines of Acidalia etnarginata, which fairly swarmed at the 

 spot. By the way, I think we read of a very similar adventure in one 

 of our Editor's books (Woodside, etc.), which happened a few years ago 

 on Cooling Marshes. On that occasion he was the victim. 



A week later, one evening at sugar, I had some Fyralis glaucinalis 

 visit one particular post ; I only caught two as they were very skittish, 

 so, as I wanted the species, I made a daylight inspection of the 

 locality, and soon came across some farm-buildings well covered 

 with old thatch and a fine old stack of hopbine. The day forbade 



