98 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



on the borders of the heath near Warehara ; E. geyeriana, between fifty 

 and sixty, on a small patch of swamp, from August 5th to 3'-ind, flying 

 freely at dusk. I am indebted to Mr. Barrett for kindly examining and 

 determining this addition to the Dorset list. Argyrolepia cnicana, rather 

 abundant. Scardla arcella, several, flying at dusk; Tinea alblpunctella, 

 one, beaten out among overgrown coppice wood in a swamp : Phylloporia 

 hlstrigella, several flying at dusk ; Lampronia proRlatella, very abundant ; 

 Cerostonia lucella, three specimens only ; 0. alpella, only one, where two 

 years ago it was fairly abundant. Of C. sylvella, in most seasons fairly 

 common, not one was taken. Gelechia rhombella, several in an orchard ; 

 Lita maculea, one only ; Fcecilia albiceps, one ; Ptocheimsa subocellea, 

 several, among marjoram : Cleodora cytisella, one only ; Chelaria hilbner- 

 elLa, unusually abundant — among them a variety with the usually dark 

 blackish mark on the costa of a bright rufons colour; Glypliipteryx thra- 

 sonella, so abundant as to be quite a pest. Tlnagma betulce ; the occurrence 

 of this species has already been noticed in the ' Entomological Monthly 

 Magazine ' (Feb. 1891, p. 48), by Mr. Eustace Bankes, who was the first 

 to observe its work here on the birch leaves last autumn. Subsequently I 

 found a fine example of the perfect insect in ray cabinet, doubtfully placed 

 under respleadelliim, and kindly determined to be T. betulcB by Dr. Wood. 

 This specimen was caught on the wing in July, 1887. The little oval 

 holes cut out by the larvae, near the footstalk of the birch leaves, were 

 abundant ; on the dwarf birch bushes I often found six or seven on each. 

 Whether we shall be able to detect the larvae while feeding inside the birch 

 shoots, next summer, or obtain the perfect insect in any quantity by breeding 

 or sweeping, remains to be seen ; but that it is an abundant species here 

 there seems to be little doubt. Grac'darla elongella, in an oak and birch 

 wood; Chauliodus illigerellus, frequent, flying at dusk, but not as abundant 

 as in some past seasons ; Laverna paludicolella, one only, of unusual size ; 

 L. lacteella, not unfrequent, flying rapidly at dusk, and swept among 

 herbage ; Ckrysoclysta schrankella, fairly abundant, by sweeping, and flying 

 in sunshine, but very local. Asychna terminella : several of this little gem 

 flying at dusk, and swept among low underwood and coarse herbage. Ela- 

 chista gleichenella, several; E. monticola, not rare (appears to be very like 

 E.poellcB), new to Dorset — my examples have, some of them, been determined 

 by Mr. Staiuton ; E. paludum, four examples, in a swamp among sedgy 

 grass, new to Dorset. LithocolJetis anderidcB, bred from mines in birch- 

 leaves gathered in the previous October, new to Dorset : on this species see 

 notes by Mr. N. M. Richardson (Ent. Month. Mag., Jan. 1891, p. 22), and 

 by Mr. H. T. Stainton [I. c. 1890, p. 192). Buccidatrix aurimaculella, 

 several, swept ; Nepticula cBneqfasciella, several, bred from mines in wild 

 strawberry-leaves gathered in November, 1889 ; N. gei, one, bred also 

 from wild strawberry-leaves. — 0. P. Cambridge ; Bloxworth Rectory, 

 March 10, 1891. 



Notes on thh; Lepidoptera of Middlesex. — Argynnis euphrosyne 

 was formerly common in Highgate Wood ; when I first visited this 

 locdlity, in 1855, I met with the species in abundance, and took it there 

 for several subsequent years. Hesperla sylvanus was also common then in 

 the same spot ; and a few Syrichthus alveolus. In some grassy hollows on 

 the edge of Coleford Wood at Fortiss Green, I used, about the same time, to 

 take Thanaos tages, Hesperia liiiea, Epinephele hyperanthus, and many other 

 species, I merely mention the above Rhopalocera, as being the nearest 



