484 THE INSECTS OF JERSEY. 



This is a family whicli is ahsciit from tlio other islands. 

 Picris (laplidica (the J^ath White HutterHy), whi(;h in Imi<>-- 

 land is only an occasional immigrant, is a resident and may 

 be taken every season. Two of the Hairstreak Butterflies, 

 lliivla Qucrcvs and T. lV-alhnni^ have been taken. 



The motlis are al)nndant and inehide some rare s])e(;ies as 

 Deih'pliila lirornica^ Chcerocainpa clpcnor and porcclliis^ Plui^id 

 Jnutctca and iota^ Anarta. myrtilii^ Tricjoiiophovit einpyvca,^ Leu- 

 caniii alhijmiictd^ L. vittclina^ X. fj-allyinn^ Sec. C(/I/imo7'jjha 

 hera (the Jersey Tiger) has long been known as a resident of 

 Jersey, and the pretty little geometer, Et/bo/ia pcri/jolnta, is 

 as common amongst the fnrze bushes on th.e cliffs as with \is. 



The larvcTC of Deilcpliila euphorhi(E (the S])urge Hawk 

 Moth) used to be excessively abundant on the Sea Spurge at 

 St. Brelade's and St. Onen's Bays, but here, as at L'An(;resse 

 Bay, in Guernsey, where th(^y formerly occurred, they have 

 now entirely disappeared. 



The Coh'optcra or Beetles are very numerous, but have 

 not been sufficiently collected to form a satisfactory list. 

 The Stag Beetle, Liicanus cerrus, the Glow-worm, Lampyrns 

 noctilffca, and the AJusk Beetle, Aromia vioschcda^ave common. 

 The two latter have never been taken in any of the other 

 islands and the Stag Beetle only once, in Guernsey. Cctonia 

 morio and Cryptocephalus rittaivs, both non-British species, 

 occur commonly. The former has been taken in (luernsey 

 and Sark. The latter is found in all the islands. 



In June of this year I ca])tured four specimens of a 

 Chaffer which is not on the British list. These were sub- 

 mitted to Mr. G. C. Champion, F.Z.S., who determined them 

 as Anisophlia agricola. It is a non-British species, and had 

 hitherto not been known to occur so far north. 



Among the Heiniptera many extremely rare British and 

 several non-British s])ecies occur. These have not been found 

 in any of the other islands. Some of these are Frostonnia 

 (juttulu^ Fab., of which only one specimen has been taken in 

 England of recent years, Plonosiomus rarivs, Fieb., the only 

 recent British capture of which was made in June, 1890, 

 Corduiis suh-apteriLs^ De G., Strachia cognata, Microplax 

 albofa^ciatKS, and 'lluininotettia foicstratus^ H.S., the three 

 last being non-British. One of the commonest species is 

 Pyrrocliofis (iptera^ which is scarce in England and Guernsey. 

 Mr. Sinel remarks " that it is so abundant as to form coloured 

 patches on the sand-banks. It is about one half an inch 

 in length, bright scarlet, with black markings in grotesque 

 caricature of a human face." 



