154 THE entomologist's record. 



from Buruley larva3 ; Taeniocampa utabilu, Feb. 26th-March 7th, 

 larvae on oak, takeu at Buruley ; Aviphidasys strata n'a, March 6th, 

 from Faruboro', Keut ; Taeniocampa ijntJiica, March 7th, from Buruley ; 

 Kruxjaster lanestris, March 17th- April 7th, larvfe from Lancashire 

 coast ; DiantJioecia cuaibali, March 22nd-27th, pupa fouud at alder 

 roots, Buruley ; Odontopera bidentata, March 24th-April 15th, from 

 Mauchester ; Hpilosoma lubricipeda, March 30th-April 13th, larvae 

 from E. Suffolk ; E^ipithecia fraxinata, March 31st, larva3 ou ash, at 

 Buruley. I saw, last year, iu the Entoiii. Record, a query as to hyberna- 

 tiou of CrocalUs eliiii/iuirid, aud as a captured $ laid me some eggs, I kept 

 them to see wheu they hatched. I fouud, as I had expected, that it was 

 uot until spring. I missed the first day or two, but by April 15th 

 about a dozen had hatched, and they are still appearing. — W. G. 

 Clutten, Buruley. Ajrril, 1898. 



Note on Porthesia chrysorrhcea. — Since 1894 I have been 

 practically cut off from all connection with entomological matters, and 

 with the return to some extent of facilities for collecting, I have read 

 with much interest your "Retrospects," for the last few years in the 

 recent volumes of the Entoiiiolor/ist's Becord. In No. 1 of the present 

 volume (Ent. Bee, x., p. 2) I notice that you refer to the re-occurrence of 

 Porthesia chn/sorrJioea, at Sheerness, after many years' absence, and it 

 would appear that the species has been considered as practically 

 extinct in this country for some years now. I do not know when or 

 where the last recorded (that is prior to last year) capture took place, 

 but iu the Ent. Mo. Ma;/, for last year, p. 185, Mr. J. J. Walker, in 

 recording the re-occurrence of the species at Sheerness, mentions that 

 he had not previously seen the insect alive iu any of its stages since 

 1872. It may, therefore, be worth while mentioning that I took a 

 male specimen at Broaclstairs in September, 1885, at light. I took 

 the insect from a lamp under the railway arch which crosses the main 

 road at Broadstairs, just outside the station. With the exception of 

 the thorax, which is rubbed, the specimen is in perfect condition. — 

 H. AiNSLiE Hill, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 9, Addison Mansions, Kensington, W. 

 April 27th, 1898. 



BiSTON IIIRTARIA WITH RUDIMENTARY HIND-WINGS. 1 liave taken 



this season a female Biston hirtaria wn'th but one pair of wings. The 

 under- wings of the specimen are of the most rudimentary character 

 possible, and only just discernible to the eye. It is not a failure of 

 expansion of the hind-wings after pupation, noticeable in crippled 

 specimens, but practically a suppression of the wing altogether ; the 

 left fore-wing is slightly contracted along the inner margin, otherwise 

 the insect is normal. The specimen was taken from a lime tree in 

 Well Street, South Hackney. — E. W. Lane, 9, Teesdale Street, 

 Hackney Road, N.E. April 17th, 1898. 



Habits of Erebia neoridas. — The note on this species iu your " Con- 

 tributions to the fauna of Piedmont " {ante, p, 120), reminds me of my 

 experiences last August. I found it in two localities, first at the head 

 of the valley, above Voiron (Isere), August 24th, going towards St. 

 Laurent du Pont, and again in the " Col du cheval blanc " (Savoy), 

 just beyond Napoleon's tunnel — route Les Echelles — Chambcry 

 (August 25th). At both places it was in company with E. aethiops, 

 but while £". neoridas preferred the stony slopes, E. aethiops was generally 

 nearer the road. I might easily have taken a long series of both 



