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laurels and ivy, while P. rapae and P. brassicae were everywhere to be 
seen. At Bexley,on May 80th, I photographed a pair of Tree Creepers 
who were feeding their young on Cheimatobia brumata larve. The 
feature of the spring of 1916 was the great damage done to oak and 
other trees in the south of Hneland by the exceptional abundance of 
these larvee. 
On May 21st Minas tiliae started emerging from pupe taken at 
Hast Dulwich. When returning from a walk in Romney Marsh, on 
. May 22nd, I put up a Lapwing from eggs, and on going to the spot I 
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found larvee of Pachyyastria trifolii feeding in some numbers. Some 
were small, while others were about two-thirds full size. This was at 
a spot where I had not taken them before, and although the imagines 
which I eventually bred from them were of the pale variety, they varied 
in general appearance from those I had bred from a different part of 
the marsh previously. 
On June 2nd I found the trees at Richmond and Wimbledon 
stripped of their leaves by larve of C. brumata. It was quite notice- 
able a mile off, as instead of being a beautiful green the trees had a 
dark red-brown appearance. | 
On June 16th I took two g Apatela (Acronicta) aceris on tree 
trunks in Dulwich village: and I noticed the whole of the way down 
the railway line from Herne Hill to Maidstone, Kent, the oak trees 
were stripped of their leaves by C. brumata larve. 
On June 20th a specimen of Minas tiliae was observed drying its 
wings, on a fence at Kast Dulwich, and on the 26th specimens of 
Ouspidia (A.) megacephala were seen at rest on elm trunks, while on a 
maple tree in my garden one Lycia hirtaria larva and some Orgyia 
antiqua larye were feeding. 
On July 8rd, at Brockenhurst, New Forest, a pair of T’riaena (A.) 
psi were observed at rest on a fir trunk. A colony of Plebeius aeyon 
were found at rest on a heath, the majority were resting head 
downward, some were resting with their wings parallel with the 
ground, while seven were resting head upward, these latter were all 
more or less worn. Plebeius aeyon seemed more lively than Polyom- 
matus icarus, as when about to be pillboxed they jerked themselves off 
the heather stem and wormed their way through the branches to the 
eround, whereas P. icarus seemed quite lethargic, and in some Cases 
walked slowly into the box. Coenonympha pamphilus were observed 
resting head upward, and a few Eimaturga atomaria 2s were also rest- 
ing on the heather. Metrocampa margaritaria was found at rest on a 
tree trunk, and at dusk two Hepialus hectus were flying around in circles 
on the road, evidently a g and @ courting. 
The ? Triaena psi, taken from the tree trunk on July 3rd, laid ova 
in a pillbox on the 9th, of a pale cream colour, which did not change 
cae the 18th, when they developed a purple spot, and hatched on that 
ay. 
On July 15th I went to Eastbourne for five weeks, where I had the 
pleasure of the company of Mr. EK. P. Sharp on most of my outings, 
which were mainly devoted to insect photography. On the 16th, at 
Abbott’s Wood, the following were found on tree trunks :—Moma orion 
2, Apatela aceris 2 , Amoebe viridaria (pectinitaria), Hydriomena fur- 
cata (elutata) 9, and Cleora viminalis, also a full fed larva and two 
pup of Psilura monacha, the latter attached by a small web to the 
