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nicta) tridens was found on grass. It had just assumed the last instar, 
and had doubtless been blown off the hedge above by the rough wind. 
It refused to touch any of the various leaves I provided it with and 
subsequently died. I heard of a second individual which behaved in 
the same way. Harly this month Gonepteryx rhamniappeared in Victoria 
Park, and I took a nicely banded form of Camptogramma bilineata, the 
only Geometer I have set for years. From a tall hawthorn hedge, 
near Combe Down, a single Semasia spiniana was boxed, but I could 
not disturb any further specimens. It was perhaps rather late for this 
species. Two specimens of Hudoria (Scoparia) angustea were found at 
rest on tree-trunks in Victoria Park, and two others in the Institution 
Gardens, and I believe I beat a fifth from a hedge near Swainswick, 
but it flew off too rapidly to identify it. This species appeared to be 
quite over in a few days, as though I looked for it I saw no more. 
There is, just beyond the Hampton Rocks, a beautiful and rather 
sheltered meadow, which I did not find till this month, unfortunately, 
as it looks a promising spot. In one place were a number of scabious 
- blossoms, and many of them supported Aglais urticae and a few Vanessa 
to. They made a brave show in the afternoon sunshine of the day I 
was there. from the hedge at the entrance of the field I took a grey 
Cerostoma vittella and disturbed a specimen of Chelaria huebnerella. 
Though birch is no doubt the favourite food-plant of this species, I 
fancy it may also ‘eat hazel, as 1 have beaten it out of this far away 
from any birches. On another occasion near the Rocks above men- 
tioned, hacodia caudana, a pale form, was netted, and a couple of 
Peronea sponsana were tapped out of beech. This species occurs spar- 
ingly in all the beech clumps here where I have tried for it. It gener- 
ally flies to the ground, and sometimes shuffles away like a Depressaria. 
I have seen none of the pale form. At Conkwell, in a wood, the only 
specimen seen of P. schalleriana was taken. It is no doubt common 
there as there are sallows, but the weather was against visiting the wood 
at the right time. The 8th of the month might be described as a 
‘copper’ letter day, as I then saw the only Rumicia phlaeas of the 
whole year. It is strange that I have seen no other individual of this 
usually common butterfly. This event occurred at Bathford, where I 
also saw a fully grown larva of Macrothylacia rubi enjoying a leaf of 
clover. On the 14th I went through the lane to Swainswick, took a 
Hucosma lacunana and saw two other specimens, but these were worn, 
Barrett mentions a second flight of this abundant species in September. 
The next day the wood below the Hampton Rocks yielded, in response 
to beating, P. sponsana, Argyresthia semitestacella, and the larva of 
Dasychira pudibunda from beech, while from hazel came two larvee of 
Demas coryli. On the 19th a fresh male of the beautiful Himera pen- 
naria was seen at rest in Victoria Park, and also two fully grown larve 
of Acronicta megacephala. Three days later I searched two or three 
sallows which grow along the canal near Limpley Stoke, but only saw 
one larva of Notodonta ziczac. On the beech trunks a few Hadena 
protea were partly hidden among the moss and lichen. This species 
was quite common about this time, but all of them were of the grey 
form, one seen at Bathampton was handsomely marked with black. 
Much to my surprise I found a Pandemis heparana female in Victoria 
Park on the 24th. I had not seen this species since August 4th, 
Scopelosoma satellitia, of a dark brown form, occurred at Midford, and 
