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Apawi'd ijcmina and ab. rnni^sa, Eupitliccia aasimilata, H. tlii/iniaria, 

 Trochilium erahronifoniw, Lcurania iiiipiira, Mdanthia alhicillata, Platjip- 

 tilia ochrodacti/lm, Eupithceiavah'rianata (larv.e), Mdanipjic uncoupil- 

 ata, Miana furuncida (variable and common), Kuholia hijmnctata, 

 Acidalia proHiiitata, Cosmotriclie potatoria, (thojiIids nhscio-ata, fjciicoma 

 ftalicis, Ai/rotis tritici, A. nii/ricanH, Ancrastia lotclla, Cironhiis pini'tdlusi, 

 Lithosia annplana, Sdulosciiia phniiaria, and Phipitheda anhnotata : 

 while the moth-trap produced Cidaria dotata, Clrdeohia annustaiis, 

 A. diniidiata, Arctia caia, Cidaria puraUata, Acidalia iiiiitaria, A. inter- 

 jectaria, Vdunja caiiiitata, 1'. ochrodacti/liCH, Aciptilia haliodactijla, L. 

 cowplanida, At/rotis jiorphifrea, A. promutata, Halias irararia, Malo- 

 cosoina neustria, Khidra rcrhascali^, < 'ili.f spi)tiil((, Kiipitlwcia uhloniiata, 

 &c. A couple of trips to J>i'ockenhurst and Lyndhurst produced iJnjas 

 jiaphia, Li men it is sibi/Ua, Klhipia fasciaria, An/i/nnis adippe, ZephyruH 

 (jiiercm, Minoa cujiJiorbiata, Zonomina trilinearia, Lithoaia deplatia, 

 Apatiira iris 1^ , CalWjenia miniata, Ku'/onia poli/c/doros, &c., while at 

 Bwanage I took TJn/mdiciiH actaron, Mdanan/ia f/alathea, ('ledcobia 

 aniimtalis, Geometra rcrnaria, I'objoiniiiatus a;iestifi, PhibalaptcnjxterRata, 

 and larvjB of Eupitlwcia isoi/raiiDiiata. During August sugar was no 

 good at all, but honey-dew was very attractive, my best captures being 

 L'ayadrina ainbii/iia (common), Tcthea mibtiisa, Lcucania albipioirta (1), 

 Tyiiphacna suJisapta (1) and l>n'pana haiinda, while Tn/phainia ianthina, 

 T. findjria, Aj/rdtis tritici, A. obdiaca, A. var. aipidina, A. ptita, A. sct/e- 

 timi, Hadcna cJiotupodii, Miaita litrrosa, Peridronia sKjf'iisa, I', saiiria, 

 JjCiicaitia palJcns, I,, iinpiira, Noctua c-nifinnii, &c., were more or less 

 common. Dusking and day work were not much good though I took 

 Kiqnthccia sabfidrata, E. succentifriata, Hi/penodes eostacstrii/alis, Cram- 

 l)iis latistrius, Hi/drnccia iiiicaeca, Hcjnalus si/lrinuH, l'/iibalaj)tcri/x vital- 

 bata (1) (no wild clematis near), whilst Macrof/lossa atdlataram was (and is 

 still) common ; larva-beating produced Acronicta Icporina (2), Xotodonta 

 ::iczac, N. drowedarixs, I'tentstonHi palpina, Ihrpana falcula, Geometra 

 })ajiili<inaria,Scc.,iindi\ieuioth-ii'ii])J\)ui<)mustiliaria,h'iijntIiecia(>1dnnf/ata, 

 Aspilatea citraria, Acidalia itiiitaria, H. micacea, A. eiiiari/inata, ],iipe- 

 rina testacea (very common and variable), P. comitata, Ebidea rerban- 

 calis, ]). Iiamida, Hemerojdtila abniptaria, Cidaria nissata, ('. latistriiis, 

 Hi/jirna mstralis and Mdantliia tjaliata. All insects except otherwise 

 mentioned were taken near Bournemouth. — (Major) IJ. 13. Hoiskktson, 

 Boscombe. Heptcmber, 1899. 



Notes on Lepidopteka from Guernsey. — During -June and -July 1 

 was in Switzerland, and so any report from me of Guernsey insects is 

 necessarily only for the dull months of the year. We had nothing but 

 wet and cold until the end of May. There was no spring, and sum- 

 mer came with a rush on May 80th. My tirst record is .January 1st, 

 Piunia crataei/ata, in the hoiise, also Cheimatobia briimata. .January 

 25th, P/dni/ophora meticttlosa, also in the house, probably an escape 

 from my breeding cage. On February 27th, Ai/hiis iirticae, Hying in 

 the sun within a few yards of a shaded corner, in which the hoar frost 

 had not left the grass at 8.30 p.m. March 14tli, I'aranp ei/eria, 

 appeared after hybernation ; next week we had snow. April IHth, 

 I'icris brassicae, and several P. rapae \si\\\ I'liriisaplianus pidaeas, ix\)- 

 peared. April 22nd, bred Diantlioecia capsinnda. ])uring April, larvsu 

 of Dasipliira J'ascdina were fairly connnon, hut Lasiucampa trij'olii was 

 very scarce, in fact I only saw three. Callophrtps rubi not very abun- 



