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ago. This species has never been known to occur in Guern- 

 sey or Jersey. Tlie Small Heath Butterfly {Ccenonympha 

 pamphili(s) is very abundant all over the island, yet one 

 specimen only has been taken in Guernsey. Vanessa lo (the 

 Peacock Butterfly), Gonopteryx rliamni (the Brimstone) and 

 Avgynnis lathonia (the Queen of Spain Fritillary) are all 

 much commoner than in any of the other islands. 



Of the rarer moths the beautiful Guernsey Tiger, Calli- 

 morpha, hera, is abundant and the yellow variety lutesceiis is 

 not rare. On July 11th of this year I captured a fine 

 specimen of the Hornet Clear wing (Sesia apiformis) near 

 Port du Moulin. It bears a striking resemblance to the 

 hornet in size, colour and shape. It is new to the Channel 

 Islands. In September, 1874, the Rev. G. H. Engleheart 

 took specimens of Xaiithia flavoyo and Heliothis armiger, two 

 moths which are not on the Guernsey list. 



The Hemiptera or field bugs include the non-British 

 species Lyyoeus punctaio-guttatus and Brachypelta aterrima. 

 The rare British Coccid, Ripersia Tomlinii^ has been found 

 abundantly in ants' nests near the silver mines in Little Sark. 



Among the Trichoptera or Caddis Flies, Philopotamns 

 insularis, a species which hitherto had only been known to 

 occur in Guernsey, has been discovered at a small rapid stream 

 near the Port du Moulin. Limnojjhila mttatns, Halesus 

 digltatus^ Hyacophila dorsalis and R. mimda, all additions to 

 the Channel Islands list, were taken by Mr. F. V. Theobald, 

 B.A., F.E.S., during 1890 and recorded by the late Mr. R. 

 McLachlan, F.R.S., in the Entomologists^ Monthly Magazine 

 for 1892. Ryacophila miuida was a most interesting capture. 

 In England it seems to occur only in the Dartmoor and 

 Exmoor districts, and its known distribution on the Continent 

 is confined to the Department de ITndre, where it has been 

 found commonly by M. Rene Martin, of Le Blanc. One 

 species of Dragon Fly only has been met with, viz. : yEschna 

 mixta. 



The Coleoptera or Beetles are no doubt numerous, but 

 they have not been so much collected as some of the other 

 orders. The most interesting species is Cetonia aurata or 

 Rose Chaffer. These large and beautiful beetles are exceed- 

 ingly abundant, looking like living jewels as they sparkle in 

 the sun with their heads buried in the blossom of the black- 

 berry or the flower-heads of various plants. It has been taken 

 once or twice in Herm but never in Guernsey or Alderney. 

 The non-British Black Chaffer, Cetonia moino, has also been 

 taken. 



