4 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



5th ; like H. comma, it has an extensive range, but this year 

 must have been scarce, as a dozen to twenty specimens a day 

 formed a very good take of this species. On my return from 

 a holiday, on Sept. 8th, I was surprised to find H. comma 

 and L. corydon still flying, and my last specimens of each species 

 were taken on Sept. 16th. The ordinary common butterflies 

 have on the whole been much scarcer than usual. I failed to 

 see a single specimen of Pararge megcera, although on the look- 

 out for it. 



Amongst the moths taken upon the hills this season have 

 been Nemeophila plantagiiiis and Ino geryon, already recorded ; 

 Lithosia griseola, Biston hirtaria, and Amphidasys betularia, 

 resting on tree-trunks ; Thyatira batis, Heliaca tenehrata (arhuti), 

 EucUdia mi, E. glyphica and Phytometra viridaria (cenea), Plusia 

 iota and P. pulchrina, Hadena genistce, Bapta temerata, Neuria 

 reticidata {saponarice), Metrocampa margaritaria (in abundance), 

 ZygcBJia JilipendidcB, Eremohia ochroleuca (once), Hepialus hectus 

 and H. sylvinus, Spilosoma mendica, Cilix spinula, and Charaas 

 graminis. This latter species was frequently to be found during 

 the day at rest on scabious flowers, and, after reading the account 

 in Newman's 'Moths' of the time and manner of the flight of 

 this species, I determined to put it to the proof. Accordingly, I 

 appeared on the hills by 8 o'clock on several fine August mornings, 

 and found the insects threading their way in all directions 

 amongst the grass-stems. I secured a fine series, but found, at 

 any rate in this neighbourhood, that their flight was continued 

 to about half-past nine, when they settled for repose during 

 the day. 



At " light " at the window I secured a large number of 

 species ; on several occasions they were so plentiful as to remind 

 me of my Natal experience in this line, where, in little over four 

 years, I secured 994 species by this means. In the early spring 

 I took a single specimen of Nyssia hispidaria, plenty of Hyhernia 

 rupicapraria, H. progemmaria, Selenia bilunaria (illimaria), S. 

 illustraria (1), and numerous Tgeniocampae. Later on during 

 the season my captures were as follows : — Smerinthus populi, 

 Hepialus sylvinus, Dasychira pudibunda, Calligenia miniata, 

 Lithosia griseola, L. complanula and L. griseola var. stramineola, 

 Ai'ctia caia, Spilosoma menthastri and S. lubricipeda by the 

 score ! Bombyx neustria, Odonestis potatoria, and a single speci- 

 men of Lasiocampa quercifolia. On my return, in September, 

 I found that Trichiura cratcegi came in some numbers, unfortu- 

 nately all worn, but giving me hopes of finding the larvae next 

 season. Other captures were Cilix spinula, Nola cucullatella, 

 Leucania conigera, L. comma. Hydroecia micacea, Axylia p)i(tris, 

 Xylophasia rurea, X. hepatica, Neuronia popidaris, Luperina 

 testacea, Mamestra anceps, M. persicarice, Grammesia trilinea, 

 Caradrina morpheus, C. alsines, C. blanda, C. cubicularis, Rusina 



