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Drepana lacertinaria, L.—One 9, May 1914. Two ?s, May, 1918. 
Two 9s, 1915. Two gs, July, 1916. 
Cilix glaucata, Schiff.cSeventeen, at Witley, May, June, July, and 
August. 
Nowip2. 
Nola cucullatella, Li.—Larva beaten from sloe in June, 1919, near 
Chiddingfold. 
‘Nola strigula, Schift.—One, Witley, May 27th, 1918. One, Witley, 
July 2nd, 1918. One, Witley, June 1919, taken on pine 
tree, opposite ‘‘ The Hill.” 
CHLOEPHORID®. 
Hylophila prasinana, L.—Three, Witley, 1915, Witley, May 20th; 
— 1914, and Witley, June 11th. 1912. 
Aylophila bicolorana, Fuesl.—Two, Witley, July 1912. One, Witley, 
June, 1919, bred from larva taken off oak, May, 1919. 
SARROTHRIPINA”. 
Sarrothripus revayana, Tr.—Four, Witley, August. One, Witley, 
March 28th, 1918. 
Arctup®.—Sub-family Arctiinae. 
Spilosoma menthastri, Ksp.—-Moth plentiful at Witley in May and June. 
Larve common in August and September. 
Diaphora mendica, Cl.—Three gs, Witley, May 1912. One 3, Witley, 
May, 1919. 
Spilosoma lubricipeda, Kisp.—Three gs, June, 1912. One g, May, 
1914. One g, June, 1914. Two ¢?s, May and June, 1912. 
Larve reared from ova laid by a @ taken in June, pupated 
in September. 
Phraymatobia fuliginosa, L.—One 2 taken at Witley in June, 1917. 
A series was bred from this specimen. ‘Two or three taken 
in 1912. 
Diacrisia sannio (russula), L.—Twenty-four gs, June, 1912. Three 
2s, June 1912. Thirty-one g's, June, 1919. Moth plenti- 
ful in afternoon sunshine on Hambledon Common, June, 
1919. Thirteen 9s, June, 1919. Larva not observed. One 
g, July, 1919, with broad forewings. 
Arctia caja, L. 
One or two damaged moths taken at Witley, in July. Larva not 
plentiful, a few found in Witley district in May and June. 
Description of a @ form, bred at ‘The Hill Museum,” Witley, 
April 2nd, 1918, from a @ taken wild at Witley, 1917. 
Forewinys.—Gyround colour a rich cream, with the brown markings 
greatly reduced; on right forewing the marginal band disappears 
altogether, likewise the submarginal, excepting two small posterior 
spots, and on the left forewing the marginal band is represented by a 
smudge of brown, submarginal by a small spot in cell 5, overlapping 
into cell 4, and two small posterior spots. Second and third transverse 
bands united, forming a heavy V-shaped mark. The first band well 
separated from the second and third, The brown blotch near base 
very small. 
