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not uncommon on our cliffs in September. Mr. G. Baker 

 shewed me one of the variety Lelice from Icart. Heliophobus 

 hispidus came to light in my study. I mention this only 

 because it is a scarce insect here, and to be looked for only on 

 the sea coast. It was therefore a surprise to meet with it so 

 far inland and in the neighbourhood of the Town. On the 

 18th of September I was fortunate enough to take a female 

 specimen of Enpethcecia coronata, resting on the trunk of a 

 Wych elm in my garden. This is its first record for 

 Guernsey. It is generally distributed in the South of 

 England and rare in the north. There are two breeds a year, 

 one in the spring and early summer, the second in the late 

 autumn. One of its food plants is the common clematis. 



To this very meagre account of local Entomology for the 

 past year I can add one observation of no little interest. 



In September, 1909, 1 took in the lane beyond the Foulon 

 Cemetery two specimens of a pretty little " micro," which had 

 not before been noticed in the island, Yponomcuta cognaUllns, 

 Its relative Y. padelh/s is very common and must be familiar 

 to most of you from its untidy habit of covering the hedges 

 with bunches of webs, upon which the dust collects, making 

 unsightly objects. These webs are full of little wriggling 

 larvae which wander and devour all the foliage round. 



This spring I noticed webs of larvae in the hedge in the 

 lane where I had taken Y. cognatellus, and which I at once 

 guessed must belong to this species. I took a few home and 

 bred, as I expected, many specimens. But the shrub on which 

 the larvae were feeding was unfamiliar to me. I had noticed 

 it on former occasions, and idly wondered what it might be, 

 but had not the same motive for particular enquiry. Now as 

 my family would eat nothing else, I had to make a pilgrimage 

 every few days to the Foulon to bring home their pabulum. 

 I therefore looked up the food plant of Y. cognatellus and 

 found that it feeds exclusively on the " Spindle tree," Euonymus 

 Europeans, and identified these bushes as this species. And 

 here is where I think the interest of my investigations comes 

 in. On reference to Mr. Marquand's " Flora of Guernsey " 

 we read p. 73 " 4 Spindle tree ' alien. First record : Marquand 

 1891. Very rare. Two or three bushes in a hedge, bordering 

 the lane at the back of Les Eperons, St. Andrew's. As no 

 other station is known for this shrub, it can hardly be 

 indigenous, although it is fairly common in Normandy and the 

 south of England." 



This definite statement by the highest authority on the 

 Guernsey flora compels one to the conclusion that cognatellus 



