108 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 
I took one hybernated specimen of Cerastis vaccinti at rest on a post in 
the wood.—Ws. Daws, Mansfield, Notts. April 12th. 
Visits to Saerwoop Forest in 1918.—My son, W. J. Daws, made 
his first visit to that portion of Sherwood Forest known as Bricklands 
this year, on February 38rd, in search of Lepidoptera. He keeps no 
collection of his own, but is a zealous collector and has been the means 
of adding some good things to my collection in the past. He was the 
first to record the capture of Plusia moneta in Nottinghamshire. On 
this date, February 8rd, Phigalia pedaria was fresh out, and he selected 
a few of the best marked forms and took a fine dark olive form. 
Cheimatobia brumata was still out in numbers, and a few were secured 
in good condition. Hibernia leucophaearia was in numbers, both the 
type and the variety marmorinaria, which latter varied much in the 
colour of the bands. Hibernia rupicapraria was well out at this date, 
and both Diurnea fagella and Tortr tcodes hyemana (tortricella) put in an 
appearance. 
His next visit was on February 17th, when Phigalia pedaria was 
out in numbers, and among those picked out were three of the olive 
SEQUIM. tell. leucophucar ia was now in scores, and Alsophila aescularia in 
profusion. There were hundreds of D. fagella, from the typical form 
to the melanic form known as dormoyella. He also took a fine male 
example of Hibernia defoliaria on this date, a very heavily banded speci- 
men with a distinct narrow band on the lower wings. It is the finest 
example I have in my series. 
On February 24th, his next visit, he found all the species previously 
mentioned in the utmost profusion, except of course H. defoliaria. 
Four of the very nice olive form of P. pedaria and one black female 
were brought me. 
P. pedaria and A. aescularia were still out in great number on 
March 3rd, and on March 10th several more of the olive form of P. 
pedaria were obtained on both visits. 
March 17th again found him in the Forest and two more of the 
olive form were obtained. <A. aescularia was still in profusion. There 
was some variety in the colour of the various specimens brought me, 
some had a slight reddish shade while others were darker and duller. 
Another visit on March 81st found P. pedaria still “ going strong ” 
in spite of enemy raids on their stronghold, and three more of the olive 
form were captured and one typical female. On this date my grandson 
accompanied his father to the Forest, and in his youthful attempt to 
box a specimen of A. aescularia it fell to the ground amongst dead 
bracken, in the search for it he founda melanic Taeniocampa instabilis, 
the darkest I have in my series. 
On April 1st he was again in the Forest and P. pedaria and H. 
leucophaearia were noted in good numbers, but only one olive form was 
met with on this occasion. Hibernia marginaria (progemmaria) was 
now well out, both type form and the var. fuscata. He tock three 
females which differed considerably in the markings on their stunted 
wings. One has kindly deposited a good batch of ova. He also took 
ov this date one female of Pachys (Amphidasis) strataria (prodromaria) 
and four specimens of Tephrosia crepuscularia (biundularia), one of the 
light coloured form and three of the dark var. delamerensis form. One 
of these shows signs of a cross between the two forms, it has what I 
