350 .VOX-IUMTISII IXSECTS. 



A few yeais ago tlic heautiful Guernsey Tiger Moth, 

 ( Cdll'nxorplid herd), was not included in the British list, but it 

 is now qnite conniion in some ])arts of South Devon. I have 

 no doubt that it has been introduced into England in the Qg^ 

 and larval stages from these islands. A pretty little moth, 

 7\}rtriv pro/itfhdncf, was first discovered in this island by the 

 Rev. F. E. Lowe in 181)8 ; it had not then been seen in 

 England. On October 28rd,^ 1905, however, it was taken at 

 Bognor, Sussex, by Mr. W. H. 1>. Fletcher, M.A., and is now 

 spreading rapidly ])oth here and in England. Fortunately it 

 is not very injurious, its food-plant being the common hedge 

 Euonymus. 



The spiders of (luernsey have recently been assiduously 

 collected by Mr. E. D. Marquand, and amongst those recorded 

 in his valuable paper on the order there are eleven species 

 Avhich have not up to the present time been met with in Great 

 Britain. Among these there are some which are indigenous 

 to the south of Europe. 



The following list contains representatives of all the 

 princij^al orders of insects, and also of spiders. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA (Moths). 



Eubolia peribolata, -Hb. This pretty geometer flies commonly in the day- 

 time, amongst furze but^hes, on the cliffs of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and 

 Sark during August and SeiDtember. The larvae feed upon furze, and 

 were described for the first time by the late Mr. Edward Newman in 

 The Entomologist, vol. 8, page 107, from Guernsey specimens. They 

 hibernate during the winter and are full grown at about the end of April. 



AgrotiS CPassa, Hb. I took two specimens of this rare JSoctuu in 1875, 

 and Mr. A. J. Hodges took two at sugar near St. Sampson's on Aug. 14, 

 1893. According to Guenee this species is found in France, Austria and 

 Germany, but is nowhere common. 



Polyphsenis sePieina, Esp. This is a beautiful species, the colour of the 

 upper wings being bright grass-green clouded with olive-green. The hind 

 wings are reddish fulvous, with the wing rays and a broad marginal band 

 black. I first took a specimen in July, 1872, at sugar, and have taken 

 several since. It occurs on the Continent, in Central and Western 

 France, Italy and Dalmatia, but is nowhere abundant. It is beautifully 

 figured in Thr Eidomologist for April, 1876, from a Guernsey specimen. 



Dianthseeia luteagO, Hb., var. Lowel. This is a new form of liUeago. 

 It was bred from pupaj found at the roots of Silene maritima, in Guernsej^ 

 on June 15th and 16th, 1897. It was named by Mr. Tutt Lotcei in 

 honour of its discoverer, Rev. F. E. Lowe, M.A., F.E.S. 



MIC RO-LEPIDOPTER A. 



Adela Violella, Tr. A specimen of this small long-horned moth was 

 captured in the Talbots Valley on June 7th, 1892. It is of a beautiful 

 dark violet colour, hence its name. 



