56 THE ENTOMOLOGIST, 



cardui, and F. io have been out ia unusual force. — J. Clarke ; Beading, 

 Jan. 20, 1893. 



Notes from: the New Forest. — Having been located at Brocken- 

 hurst nearly the whole of last summer, it may be of interest to give an 

 account of- my doings there in the way of Lepidoptera. I arrived in the 

 evening of June 28th, after a hot day, and just as a thunderstorm was 

 threatening, which, however, did not come to anything, but nevertheless 

 rendered the evening very favourable for sugaring; consequently insects 

 flocked to the sugar, every tree being completely smothered, increasing each 

 time for four consecutive nights, when I noticed sometimes as many as 

 150 specimens, or more, on a single patch ; I also reckoned that upwards 

 of 55 species (Macros) made their appearance, not to say anything of 

 Micros, which were thick enough. Some of the very commonest Georaetrae 

 were present, whcih seldom are seen at sugar. Four species were a con- 

 tinual pest — Noctiia Irunnea, Triphana promiba, Aplecta nebulosa, and 

 Boarmia reimndata, with a good sprinkling of A. prasma (some only in 

 fine condition), Thyatira derasa, T. batis, Xylophasia lithoxylea, Apamea 

 gemma, Miana strigilis, Rusina tenehrosa, Agrotis exclamationis, Noctua 

 triangulum, N. /estiva, Hadena thalassina, Eurymene dolohraria (worn), 

 Boarmia repandata v. conversaria, B. roboraria, Tephj-osia luridata (not 

 many good); also a few each of Leuca^iia turca, Xylophasia hepatica, 

 Mamestra sordida (2), Noctua plecta, Nola strigula, Boaimia abietaria, 

 Metrocampa margaritata, Triphmia subseqioa (one fine specimen), two each 

 of Aventia fleocula, Macaria alternata, M. liturata (several), and other 

 common species. I then shifted my quarters, and found heiicania turca 

 (very plentiful), Acronycta ligustri {'2), CymatopJwra duplaris (]), Agrotis 

 corticea (1), and another fine Tiiphcena subsequa (and saw two or three others 

 taken by friends). Boarmia roboraria, Thyatira derasa, Calliginea miniata 

 became quite common, and remained so throughout July, the last two 

 during part of August. By this time TriphoBna fimbria and Euplexia 

 lucipara were fairly plentiful in some places, Cleora glabraria fl); Catocala 

 p7'om,issa (which turned up as early as July 6th) was not common, but C. 

 sponsa in fair numbers ; Lithosia helvola (fairly common). Gnophria quadra 

 (very few), Zonosoma aniiulata (several), Noctua stigmatica (8), a few on 

 ragwort), N. baia (common), Hydrcecia nictitans (common at ragwort), and 

 others. In September, Asphalia diluta (very abundant), Agrotis suffusa 

 (several), A. saucia (fairly comnnn), Noctua castanea (2), Agriopis aprilina 

 (abundant), and others. In October, Xylina ornithopus (fairly common), 

 X. soda (several), Calocampa exoleta (1), Gerastis vaccinii and Scopelosoma 

 satellitia swarmed on every tree. Captures at light : Geometra papilionaria 

 (1, about middle of July). Camptogramma fl^tviata (2, in trap), Asterosco- 

 pus sphinx (1, on Nov. 23rd). By day: Stauropxis fagi (1 female, at rest, 

 on June '■ZQlh), Eugenia erosaria [l], E. quercinaria{2). I went several 

 times in search of Apatura iris in July, but did not get it until the last 

 week in the month, when in company with Mr. T. A. Mitchell, who took a 

 fair male flying near a stream ; this he gave to me ; we saw several others 

 the same day : two days later I visited exactly the same spot, and at once 

 captured a fine female in almost perfect condition, and saw again many 

 others : as this was the first specimen that I had netted, I was not a little 

 pleased. Limenitis sibylla had been in its usual force, also the large fritil- 

 laries ; but Argynnis paphia v. valezina was no doubt commoner than I 

 had ever previously seen it. By larva beating I found Hylophila prasinana 



