272 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The evening of the 25th was calm and slightly cloudy, wind 

 S.W., and moon in second quarter. At sunset I went to the 

 downs and sugared posts. G. trigrammica came in profusion, 

 but M. dentina was much less in evidence than on the 20th, and 

 I saw numerous Apamea basilinea and three Agrotis cinerea, in 

 addition to one that I discovered newly emerged and drying its 

 wings at the base of one of my sugared posts. I netted Cidaria 

 truncata, P. vitalbata and E. pumilata, but very little seemed to 

 be flying. In the evening of the 27th I went again to the downs, 

 but as they were enshrouded in mist I abandoned the original 

 intention of sugaring and confined my attention to campion 

 bloom in the lanes ; but the weather conditions seemed to be 

 unfavourable, and very few insects were flying, so I only obtained 

 a couple of E. venosata and D. carpophaga and odd D. cucubali, 

 E. haworthiata, E. vidgata, etc. On the 28th ova of E. atomaria 

 hatched from a female taken on the 16th, and N. typica was bred. 



June 1st was calm and clear in the evening after a cloudy, 

 warm day, wind S.W., full moon rising. At sunset I went to 

 the downs and sugared posts as before. Some nice banded vars. 

 of G. trigrammica were taken and the type was in profusion, but 

 getting worn. The only other species seen were a couple of M. 

 dentina, one H. adusta, also a few A. basilinea, and I netted 

 Noctua c-nigrum, D. cucubali, Acidalia mar ginepunctata, etc., and 

 E. venosata in abundance over campion at sunset. The 2nd was 

 warm and sunny, and in the afternoon I went to the woods on a 

 last venture for vars. of B. euphrosyne, but I saw none worth 

 taking, and the type was practically over as they were much 

 worn. B. sclene was just appearing and I saw numerous 

 beautifully fresh specimens, but all typical, so did not take any. 

 Larva? of L. sibylla I noted in abundance on honeysuckle, fre- 

 quently half-a-dozen on one vine. Ova of N. lucina deposited 

 on May 24th hatched this day. The evening of the 3rd was warm 

 and calm after a southerly breeze during the day, so at dusk I 

 visited campion bloom in the lanes. I found E. venosata flying 

 commonly, but they were now much worn; also I netted a 

 couple of fiesh D. cucubali and D. carpophaga in addition to 

 Neuria reticulata. I found H. sordida, A. pitta, G. trigrammica, 

 etc., rather commonly at honeydew on nettles. Imagines of A. 

 villica commenced to appear in my cages on the 6th. At sunset 

 on the 7th I visited campion bloom again and saw practically all 

 the species noted on the 3rd, H. sordida in profusion. Larva? of 

 Ortholitha cervinaria were common on mallow and were of all 

 sizes, some quite tiny while others were almost full fed. The 

 evening of the 10th was beautifully clear with a rather strong 

 breeze from the south-west. I went to the lanes at dusk, but I 

 only saw a few of the most common species flying round the 

 campion. No N. reticulata, which I went for chiefly. I boxed a 

 solitary specimen of the delicate Acidalia subsericeata from a 



