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collected Sept. 1992 at Valdevecar, Albarracin, Teruel, Spain, emerged June, 1993. 

 Conistra erythrocephala D.&S., ab ovis two gravid females taken at Arlanzon, 

 Burgos, Spain, May 1993, emerged September. 



(c) Moths taken in France in July, 1993. From Col de Vars, Alpes-de-Haute- 

 Provence: Rhyacia latens Hiibn., Eurois occulta L., Apamea rubrirena Treits. From 

 Esteng, Alpes Maritimes: Udea maurinalis W. P. Curtis ( = itysalis Walk.), Zygaena 

 viciae D.&S., Z. loti D.&S., Ochropleura celsicola Bell., O. signifera D.&S., 

 Chersotis alpestris Boisd., C. oreina Dufay, C. anatolica Draudt, Rhyacia latens, 

 Eurois occulta, Apamea rubrirena, Syngrapha ain Hochenwarth. From St Laurent - 

 du-Pape, Ardeche: Pyrois effusa Boisd. From Collias, Gard: Parahypopta caestrum 

 Hiibn., Harpyia milhauseri F., Hadena luteocincta Ramb., Cryphia algae F. From 

 Foret de Tavel, Gard: Parahypopta caestrum, Hadena luteocincta, Calophasia opalina 

 Esp. ( = casta Borkh.). From Grotte de Baumes, Gorges du Gardon, Gard: Apopestes 

 spectrum Esp. From Camp des Rochilles, Savoie: Zygaena exulans Hochen., Arctia 

 flavia Fuess., Euxoa culminicola Stdgr., Chersotis anatolica, C. ocellina D.& S., C. 

 alpestris, Rhyacia latens, R. grisescens F., Xestia ochreago Hiibn., Polia serratilinea 

 Treits. 



(d) From Arlanzon, Burgos, Spain, May 1993: J odea croceago D.& S., Lithophane 

 ornitopus Hufn. (a very dark form). 



(e) A display showing variation in Noctua janthe Borkh. and N. janthina D.&S., 

 the former being the species known to occur in Britain. The two species can be 

 separated fairly confidently on external features, both upperside and underside, but 

 a critical examination of the genitalia is essential to be absolutely certain. A note 

 discussing the value of the various features for distinguishing the two species was 

 provided with the exhibit. Six British, two French and two Spanish specimens were 

 shown. 



Hoare, R. J. B. — A selection of microlepidoptera, including Pyralidae and 

 Pterophoridae, collected during an Exeter University field trip to Bourg St Pierre, 

 Valais, Switzerland, 25.vi-8.vii.1993. The species exhibited were as follows. 

 Incurvariidae: Lampronia rupella D.&S., Bourg, by day, l.vii; Nematopogon 

 robertella Clerck, Valsorey, 3.vii. Psychidae: Pseudobankesia alpestrella Hein., male 

 bred from cases collected on a rock-face, Bourg, 27. vi; Bijugis bombycella D.&S., 

 male caught at dusk, Bourg, 27. vi. Bucculatricidae: Bucculatrix(?) absinthii Gartner, 

 two of several seen flying round Artemisia absinthium L., Bourg, l.vii. Epermeniidae: 

 Ochromolopis ictella Hiibn., Bourg, two by day, 27. vi; Cataplectica devotella Heyd., 

 Bourg, two by day, 27. vi; Epermenia scurella H.-S., Bourg, one by day, 27. vi. 

 Oecophoridae: Schiffermuelleria similella Hiibn., a light and a dark specimen, Bourg, 

 at m.v. light, 27. vi; Depressaria silesiaca Hein., two of six bred from larvae on 

 Artemisia absinthium, Bourg; Ethmia funerella F., two second-brood specimens from 

 larvae on Symphytum officinale L., collected at Delle, near Belfort, France, 7.vii. 

 Gelechiidae: Eulamprotes libertinella Zell., Bourg, two at dusk, l.vii; Teleiopsis 

 bagriotella Dup., Valsorey, by day, 3.vii; Chionodes perpetuella H.-S., Bourg, at 

 m.v. light, 3-4. vii; Caryocolum interalbicella H.-S., Valsorey, by day, 3.vii; Sophronia 

 semicostella Hiibn., Valsorey, by day, 3. vii; S. humerella D.& S., Valsorey, by day, 

 3. vii; Acompsia tripunctella D.&S., Bourg, afternoon, 27. vi. Cosmopterigidae: 

 Pancalia latreillella Curt., Valsorey, by day, 3. vii. Scythrididae: Enolmis acanthella 

 Godart (sens, lat.), one at rest on a wall, Chaumont, France, 7. vii. Tortricidae: 

 Sparganothis pilleriana D.& S., Sion, by day, 2. vii; Eana penziana Thunb. & Beck., 

 male taken on a rock-face, Bourg, l.vii, female at m.v. light, 28. vi; E. argentana 

 Clerck, two by day, 26. vi: this species was abundant around Bourg; Apotomis sauciana 

 grevillana Curt., Bourg, by day, 26.vi; Gypsonoma nitidulana Lien. & Zell., Valsorey, 



