NOTES ON COLLECTING. lOI^ 



had emerged, two of which were in cdpulii. — E. F. C. Studd, ^I.A., 

 Oxton, Exeter. March 20t/i, 1899. 



Bournemouth and Beockenhurst. — I went to Brockenhurstyester- 

 •day (April 3rd), and observed several Ihrplios jiarthrniax, all flying 

 actively, and was able to beat a few larvfe of Clcora lirJioian'a, Mi-tro- 

 rampa niarf/aritaria and T/icra rariata. I have bred 'racnidcanijia stahiltK, 

 T. instahilis, T. (joth'ua, PtrrosUDiia jialpina, A)iiji/ii(ltisi/s sfrataria from 

 dug i)upie, and one example of Kujiitlu'cia (■ornnata,ivow\ larv;e collected 

 from ('li'iiKttis n'talha. Here I found Xi/lorainiia arcnla (lithoriza) at 

 rest. — (Major) R. B. Robertson, Forest View, Soutbborne Road, 

 Boscombe, Hants. Ain-'d ith, 1,S99. 



Carlisle. — The most striking meteorological feature of this spring 

 has been the persistency with which the wind has blown from points 

 varying between north and east. Spring lepidoptera have, conse- 

 quently, been but little in evidence ; while those species which have 

 been observed, have been from two to three weeks behind their normal 

 time of appearance. February was nearly over l)efore Hi/bmiia nijii- 

 .1(1 1 1 ran' a put in an appearance on the whitethorn hedges. Several 

 •expeditions in search of the ab. fiisrafa of 7/. inanjinarid, in early 

 March, did not meet with any success ; tliough ordinary forms were 

 tolerably common. On the IBtli, a few nice Larciitia iiiiiltistri<iaria 

 Avere obtained, and on the same occasion, hibernated Drprcsyaria aiqilana 

 and IK ocdlana were abroad. About the middle of the month Dinrnca 

 faijclJa made its debut, but the smoky form vras hardly noticed, though 

 usually it occurs in some numbers. The sallows were a miserable 

 failure. Tieniocampids w^ere singularly rare. No 'ramincainiia ijntlih-a, 

 no T. IK ip I ih'ti, no T. incrrta, no I'acJuKihia nilin'cosa, i'(:c. The only 

 species which turned up were 7'. jmlrcniloita and 7'. stahilix, about 

 half a dozen of the first and a dozen of the second. The presence of 

 two or three Orrliodia raccinii, and a solitary SropddsDiiia sati'Uitia did 

 little to improve matters. An outing wath the treacle-pot was produc- 

 tive of a single T. ptdccndcnta. Two Geometrids usually common in 

 our lanes in April are Ant'ulea haliata and ( 'idaria siitf'i'.inata, but the 

 number of specimens taken this spring, by the half-dozen Icpidopterists 

 who work this district, is less than one a man ! Tcjilinisia crejnmidaria 

 (liiidididaria) made its appearance on April IGth, and specimens are 

 still about. At rest on fir trunks, Xi/ltx-niiiiia areola and LdhnjJiura 

 rarpinata were sparingly met \\\Va. Birch busiaes were systematically 

 worked throughout April for the genus Krinrrania, with the result that 

 /'>'. purpiinila, sciiiijnirpiirdla, iniunaviddla and ya)ujidla were boxed. 

 K. itniiiiariilrlla was much the commonest species. At the time of 

 writing K. sid>piir]iiirdla is to be beaten from oak. A few Ampliisa 

 prndnwiana yveve netted as they flew in the sunshine on heathy 

 ground, and a single hil)ernated Lcjitdnranina litcrana was picked up. 

 Butterflies began to appear at the end of the month— the usual com- 

 mon species. The first days of May sav/ Satitrnia /:ardiiia on the 

 move among heath, along "with the ubicpxitous l-jiuitnnia atdinaria. 

 Inciirraria wiiscaldla was rather common along hedge banks in lanes. 

 A solitary Sarmtliripa undiilanii'^ (hibernated) was taken in a larch 

 wood on the 7th, also two or three I'critttu db.sciircjiimrtdla. About the 

 same date FAarhista nifdcincrca was fir^t noticed. F.iiiiithnia ahhrrriata 

 turned up among oak on the 14th, on which date T/ura rariata was 

 taken on fir trunks. Iliii»:iprtrs r:dwrata was found half drowned in a 



