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P. fuscus. E. M. 
P. microdactylus. June 1 — 17. E. 
M. Among Eupatoria Cannabinum . 
*P. tetradaetylus. June. E. M. On 
chalky banks and flying at dusk over 
herbage.— Rev. S. C. Tress Beale, Ivy 
Court, Tenlerden ; March 11. 
Phibalapteryx Jluviala. — The par- 
ticulars of ihe capture of this new British 
Geomctra may not prove uninteresting 
to some of the readers of the ‘Intelli- 
gencer.’ On the 25th of August last my 
brother and I left Ilfracombe by coach 
early in the morning for Braunton Bur- 
rows, to hunt for the larvae of Deilephila 
Euphorbia;, tkc. We arrived at the vil- 
lage of Braunton about half-past 10 a.m., 
from which we walked to the Burrows, a 
distance of tw'o miles, through narrow 
lanes, though not shady enough to pro- 
tect us from the burning heat of the sun. 
We beat plenty of common Geometrae 
from the hedges, and now and then a 
solitary and worn specimen of S copula 
etialis ; the handsome Vanessa Alalanta 
flew swiftly by, alarmed at our approach, 
and settled on a leaf or the late blossoms 
of the blackberry ; weak and ragged spe- 
cimens of Tilhonus and Janira were still 
in existence ; Chrysophanus Phlceas darted 
by like a golden meteor, and alighted on 
the flowers of the wild peppermint, a 
plant which seems to be a favourite with 
most Lepidoptera. We at length reached 
the Burrows, and commenced work in 
earnest. Vast. clumps of Euphorbia Peplis 
and Paralias cover the sands, together 
with J uncus acutus (sea rush) ; the former 
we diligently searched for the larvae of 
the rare Euphorbia, a moth which, some 
years ago, was found there commonly, 
but, alas! without success; the latter 
were covered with the empty cocoons of 
Anihrocera Filipendula. In the valleys 
between the sand-hills there are large 
beds of the wild peppermint ( Mentha 
piperita) and ragwort ( Senecio Jacobaa) ; 
on the latter the larv ae of Euchelia Ja- 
cobaa were very abundant; here, too, 
Polyommatus Alexis and Ageslis flew 
from flower to flower, frequently fighting 
with the pugnacious little C. Phlceas , 
who was equally abundant ; the beauties, 
Vanessa In and Urtica, were likewise 
there, and sometimes, though not often, 
we saw Cynthia Cardui feasting heartily 
on the rich nectar, but ever on the alert, 
and most difficult to catch. A few 
Noctuae were also there, hovering about 
the flowers: most of them were that well- 
known pest Plusia Gamma, the others 
Ayrotis Valligera. On walking through 
the bed we dislodged hundreds of Scopula 
ferrugalis and made the bees fly angrily 
around our heads. Having caught as 
many as we wanted of the above-men- 
tioned species, we left the sand-hills for 
a short time, and ascended the hill (or 
cliff) before us ; we beat a few specimens 
of Aspilates citraria out of the fern, 
together with plenty of Stenopteryx hybri- 
dalis and the larvae of Hadena Pisi. 
Having reached the top we sat down 
and enjoyed the magnificent view: as 
far as the eye could reach was the mighty 
Atlantic, calm and glistening in the sun 
like one vast sheet of glass: we saw the 
Islaud of Lundy very plainly, as well as 
Hartland Point, the houses on the latter 
looking like little specks of snow. Having 
refreshed ourselves with the cool breeze, 
we descended to the Burrows to have 
another hunt; when just entering them 
I beat a dark-looking Geometra from the 
peppermint, which flew and looked dif- 
ferent from any I had seen before ; after 
a short chase I caught and boxed it, — - 
this was Fluviata ! We knew not at 
the time its value, but fancied it was 
P. lignaria ; not being quite certain we 
sent it to Mr. Staiuton, who kindly named 
it for us, much to our delight. In some 
parts of the Burrows, where Galium veruin 
grows abundantly, we found a few larvae 
of M. Stellatarum, but no D. Galii, 
though Raddon used to take it there, 
as well as Euphorbia. We did not do 
much more after this, and then walked 
