50 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



15. — Those who are near a locality for Stilbia anomala should 

 collect the full-fed larvfe in February and March. 



16. — The pupse of Hi/psipetes ruberata should be searched for on 

 willow trees. The angles made where the boughs branch from the 

 trunk are the favourite places for pupation. 



17. — Beat lichen-covered thorn bushes and the low branches of oak, 

 apple and beech trees for larvre of Clcora lirlwnaria, and search the 

 long hoary lichens on old beeches for larvse of (.'. f/lahmria. From the 

 thorns will also be beaten larvae of Miselia o.vi/acanthae (Moberly). 



18. — Beat Scotch fir, which will yield larvfe of Thera variata 

 Ellnpla prosapiaria ( fa^ciaria) and, in some localities, Boarmia abietaria 

 and Avcntia Jle.rid a. Imagines of Pannli.'i pinipt'ida and Asphalia ridens 

 will also occasionally fall into the beating tray (Moberly). 



:iI^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Notes from East Tyrone. — The sallows were in bloom until the 

 middle of April, 1897, and only produced a few '['aeniocampa gothica, T. 

 stabilis and T. instabilis. In April I got a iew LcDrntia tmiltistrigaria, and 

 nice series of Cidaria wjfnmata. On May 14th, Spilosoma fuliginosa 

 and Kmatxirija atoinaria were taken during May. Euchlo'e cardumines, 

 Pararge egeria and Pieris napi were common. On June 9th, the 

 following Geometrids, among others, were taken : — FJubolia phunbaria, 

 Cabera pusaria, Einmele.sia albulata, Melanippe tiuintanata and Cidaria 

 russata. Ou June 12th, Melanthia albicillata was taken in fair 

 numbers, among wild raspberry canes. Towards the middle of the 

 month insects came very freely to the flowers of the raspberry ; among 

 others, Apamea baulinea, Xylophasia rurea and Hadena dentina were 

 taken. On June 17th, on the mountain, Saturnia carpini was common, 

 though worn, and very difficult to capture. At sugar, during the 

 month, the followiug insects appeared ■. — Thgatira hatisand (jonopliora 

 derasa, Xylophaftia polyodon and rurea, Leucania comma, Maiiwstra 

 brassicae and M. sordida, Hadena thalassina and H. oleracea. At the 

 beginning of July, Plnsia pnlchrina was common, with a few P. 

 festucae at flowers of knapweed. Noctua rubi, N. f estiva, N. brunnea, 

 Graphiplwra augur was common at sugar ; whilst C. umbratica was 

 taken sparingly at flowers of honeysuckle. Among the Geometrids, 

 this month, the following were taken : — Metrocampa margantaria, 

 Pseudoterpna pruinata and Camptogramma bilineata. Enodia hgperan- 

 thus flew in large numbers over the damp meadows throughout the 

 month. In August, an excursion to the mountains resulted in a few 

 larvae of Saturnia pavonia (carpini). At sugar, the same month, Viminia 

 rumicis and Amphipyra tragopogonis only appeared ; whilst Cerigo 

 matura was taken at light sparingly. In September, Pyrameis atalanta 

 was taken in some numbers at dahlias, and three specimens of Calo- 

 campa vetusta at ivy. — T. Greer, Tullylagan, Dungannon, co. Tyrone. 



London Lepidoptera. — Dv ring 1897, 1 captured specimens of the 

 following species of Lepidoptera in my garden, or within a few hun- 

 dred yards of my house : — Pieris brassicae, P. napi, P. rapae, Aglais 

 urticae, Smerinthus populi, S. tilae^'^, Arctia caia, Spilosoma hihrici- 

 pecla, S. menthastri, Leucoma salicis*^ , Orgyia antiqua, I'ygaera 

 bucephala, Triaena psi, Apatela aceris, Pharetra megacepJiala, 

 Leucania impura, Hydroecia nictitans, Axylia putris, Xylophasia 



