844 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
Agrotis corticea, A. segetum, Leucania coniyera, and Erastria fuscula. 
Setting out again we found that the night had grown as dark as pitch, 
and the air much cooler, but on reaching my round I captured a fine 
series of Aplecta nebulosa, and also Aplecta herbida. This time I filled 
my boxes very quickly, and returned to my friend’s patches, and waited 
until he had filled his, we then repaired to the shed, and killed our 
takings. On this round we had taken the following fresh insects :— 
Thyatira batis, Cerigo matura, Xylophasia polyodon (very dark specimens), 
X. hepatica, Aplecta herbida, A. nebulosa, Boarmia repandata, Gonoptera 
libatrix, Miana fasciuncula, Triphaena pronuba, X. sublustris, Noctua 
triangulum, N. plecta, Hadena pisi, and X. lithorylea. As soon as we 
had killed these we set out once more, but found the arrivals to be 
considerably fewer, in fact when I had filled my boxes dawn was 
breaking and there was no need of a lantern to see to box the insects, 
I repaired to the hotel and found Mr. Field ALNGHLY there ; this time 
we had only taken one fresh species, viz., Ayrotis obscura. Having pinned 
the insects we rested upon the rough planks, but found sleep impossible, 
for the birds kept up an incess sant chirping, and the morning air was 
exceedingly cold. Having boiled some water on our little spirit stove, 
and made tea, we partook of a hearty breakfast, and soon after- 
wards turned our attention to larva-beating with fair results.—H. 
Crisp, 81, Union Road, Cambridge. October 80th, 1900. 
Lepmoptera 1x SoutH Drevon.—I spent my holiday this year in 
South Devon, but did little entomologically. On July 17th between 
Exmouth and Stareross I found Anthrocera trifoltt in abundance in a 
field near the railway; the confluent form appeared to be fairly common, 
much more so than at Tenby, the specimens, however, rather worn, a 
condition that might be expected at this date. At Torquay, where I 
arrived on the 18th, I cbtained Leucania putrescens both at sugar and 
flowers, and also noticed Ayrotis luniygera and A. lucernea, as well as 
commoner things.—(Rev.) HK. C. Dosrér Fox, M.A., Castle Moreton 
Vicarage, Tewkesbury. November 1st, 1900. 
Leripoprera at Siartow 1x 1900.—Of the insects observed by me 
during the past seayon several are, to the best of my belief, new to the 
locality. In parti¢ular Lithosia sororcula on a tree trunk, May 27th, 
Polyommatus bellarqus, from June 4th-17th, all the females being of 
the ceronus form. Schoenobius forficellus, from July 4th-8th ; Piven 
ornatellaand Spilodes palealis, on July 28th; andasolitary Thecla w-album 
sitting in a road in a beech wood on July 27th. Amonest lepidoptera 
not strangers to the place, bepta bimaculata was seen on June 2nd, 
and Ou yptilus parridactylus was to be found amongst thyme at the end 
of July. Mimaeseoptilus phacodactylus, which sirananedl in 1899, was 
searched for in vain, but Vanessa io was fairly common after an absence 
ofeightyears. Botn broods of Cyaniris aryiolusand Polyommatus astrarche 
were unusually abundant, Dryas paphia was very scarce, and Pararqe 
megacra still scarcer, in fact only one specimen of this once abundant 
butterfly was seen. Clolias edusa g was common from August 12th 
to the middle of September, C. hyale did not appear until thr ee weeks 
later and was in very poor condition, it seemed to prefer stubble to 
clover fields|—A. H. Crarxe, I’.E.8., 109, Warwick Road, S.W. 
November 5th, 1900. 
Nores on Acurrontia atropos.—Referring to my note (ante., p. 275) 
recording the finding of five nearly full-fed larvee of A. atr opos at Margate, 
