224 THK entomologist's record. 



N(>to(l<))it(i tirpida, just hatched ; Lijmmitria munac/ia, plentiful ; 

 Aiiijihiilasi/s fitrataria, AsjtJialia ridcns, a nice lot ; Knjnthccia ahhrrriata 

 and V'.'. irriiinata. LarvtB of Ijasiorainiia trijhiii were fairly common on 

 the heath, Avhile sweeping produced larvje of Af/yjtis af/dt/tino plenti- 

 fully and fullfed, N(}Cti(o naiU'cta, Srlidasniia plitmaria, I'dr/ii/ctiainiia 

 hipixtra^tanaiia, Annrta ))u/rtilU, and l-Aijiithicia nanata. We only had 

 a dew on one evening, and then we stayed out till one o'clock, and 

 obtained some 60 larvip of A. ai/othiti>t and 20 A', mylt'cta. Dusking was 

 good on the whole, though we got no rarities ; amongst others, we 

 teok ScoiUona lH'J(jian'a on the heath, Alardria altcrnata, luqyiHteria 

 hcparata, Litliosia wcwmella, Epiimc adirnaiia, hi/psiprtcs inijduriata, 

 3I('l(7ntlii(( ori'llato, and Hadcna cimti(ju(i. Searching trunks produced 

 Staurojiiis fat/i, Macaria liturata, Boarmia consortaria, Tip/trosia e.rtrr- 

 sario, I't'p/ndxia cirpiiscKlaria (hiundidaria j, Apatela aeeris, &.C. Mac- 

 rot/loasa luntdii/lifdrniis was going o\er. l)ut Acosmetia rali;iinnsa was not 

 properly out. although we knocked out a few ( 'ochlidion anUana [testudo) 

 when beating. We had one day after I'hdtjiia cribrutn, and obtained 

 about 60 in very good condition, some \ery much darker than others. 

 Larvce of Tacuiocompa f/racilis var. riifa were common on bog-myrtle, 

 and we found some on dwarf sallow a long distance away, evidently 

 laid by a wandering female, as I had never found them on it before, 

 although they will eat if freely in ca])tivitv. — H. M. Eoei.sten, F.E.S., 

 Forty-iiill. Enfield. 



The New Forest in spring. — Visiting the New Forest in the 

 spring showed that everything Avas very backward. On May 10th the 

 oaks were only just beginning to leaf, and ( 'i/amris ar(/i<diis, Viipona 

 falcida, 1). xntitiicida, hybernated Eugonia jiolychlonm, and (ionrjitenjx 

 rhamni were the imagines seen most frequently. Dusking produced 

 iMrcntia I'lCtinitaria, Lytidia adustata, and Cidaria SMjjuiiiata. On my 

 return to Boscombe I took Drijmonia chaonia in the garden, whilst on 

 the heather in the neighbourhood I have taken luipithccia nanata, 

 Scodiona bch/ian'a (the first on May 18th), Anaita myrtilli, Pacliy- 

 cncmia hippocaatanaria, Ematimia atoiuaria, Tcphrosia crepuscularia 

 (binndidaria) in larch Avood, and S)mrinthi(s tiliae, whilst Cyaniris aryiolus 

 appeared in Bournemouth gardens. I also found here larva) of 

 Geomrtra piapUtonoria and Arctia rillica, Avhilst sugar, to date, has 

 produced nothing. Smcrinthua tiliae, S. populi, Cyniatophora ocularis, 

 Ptiloilontis palpina, Notudonta dictaea, Sec, have appeared from my 

 dug pup,T which I have kept in a warm room. — (Major) R. B. Eoeert- 

 son. Forest VieAV, Southborne-road, Boscombe, Hants. Jjnie Ath, 1899^ 



^^ ARI ATION. 



Aberrations oe Lasiocampids.^ — I have a male Lasiocampa (jucrcus 

 which I captured at Wicken, Avith the yelloAv band of the hindwings 

 continued outwards to the hind-margin, Avhilst another has no yellow 

 band at all, the position of the band being merely indicated by a lighter 

 clouding across the dark broAvn hindwing, this example was bred from 

 a larva taken in the Avest of Scotland. An example of Macrothylacia 

 rvhi obtained from the Ncav Forest has the outer of the transA'erse 

 bands of the forcAving absent, the inner being much reduced at both 

 ends. — W. INI. Christy, M.A., F.E.S., Watergate, Emsworth, Hants. 

 May Uith, 1H99. 



