280 THE entomologist's record. 



albicans. Of coarse the common Central Spanish form var. arrago- 

 nensis, if it has been on the wing for some time, becomes almost white, 

 and has thus some resemblance to var. albicans, for a description of 

 which one cannot do better than refer to the last volume of Tutt's 

 British Butterflies, pp. 51 and 52. It would be important to know if 

 Mr. Muschamp's specimens were all var. albicans, and if so how many 

 there are, or if there were any var. arraifonensis amongst them, and if 

 so how many. 



It will of course be borne in mind that both Pajares and Puente de 

 los Fierros are in North-West Spain, where the rainfall is one of the 

 heaviest of any district in Europe, and that the climate there is totally 

 dift'erent from that of the sunburnt Mediterranean shores. — W. G. 

 Sheldon. November 5th, 1915. 



Anacampsis coronillella in Kent.— On the occasion of the Field 

 Meeting of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, at Otford, Kent, on June 19th, 1915, I took a specimen of 

 Anacaiiijisis coronillella by sweeping. This rare Gelechiid has hitherto 

 only been taken at Mickleham, in Surrey, as far as the British Isles are 

 concerned. Mr. J. H. Durrant kindly confirmed my identification of 

 the specimen. It would appear certain that the larva feeds on some 

 other foodplant besides Coronilla, as the field where this moth was 

 taken was not in the neighbourhood of any cottage garden where Coro- 

 nilla might have been growing. — Alfred SicH,Corney House, Chiswick. 



Where does C. boreata hide during the daytime ? — Can any of 

 our readers familiar with this insect throw light on this question ? A 

 friend of mine asked if I could send him a series of this species. I 

 answered I should only be too pleased, but that a light would not be 

 allowed on the ground, so that it would scarcely be possible to get 

 them until after the war. To this he said, " Why go at night? Why 

 not box them sitting about in the afternoon ? " I confessed my 

 ignorance as to this habit as, although I had seen hundreds of C. 

 boreata at night, I had never noticed them in daylight. Hovvever, 1 

 was game to try. Accordingly Mr. Turner and I reached the ground 

 about three o'clock on November 6th, and diligently searched and beat 

 the birches, gorse, etc. Our search produced nothing ; the contents of 

 our umbrellas leaves only; Mr. Turner's remark was, " We are too 

 early." I dissented, but agreed to go a fortnight later. On reaching 

 home I consulted my note book and found as under : — 



" 1875, November 27th, common ; 1885, November 27th, very 

 common but worn ; 1886, November 20th, common, condition fine, 

 November 27th, still common, condition good ; 1887, November 12th- 

 26th, common ; 1888, October 27th ; November 17th, very common ; 

 1889, November 2nd, November 16th, common ; 1891, November 14th, 

 in fair numbers : 1892, November 12th, common ; 1893, October 23rd, 

 November 11th, common ; 1895, November 16th, common ; 1896, 

 November 21st, in fair numbers; 1905, November 18th, plentiful." 



We tried again on the afternoon of November 20th, and our total 

 bag for two hours' work was two ? s. This was conclusive proof that 

 the species was out, although not a single 3 did we see. As the trees 

 and gorse w^ere beaten and searched systematically they could not have 

 been there. Search among the heather and gorse stems on bended 

 knees revealed nothing. At least, where was defoliaria, that also 

 occurs plentifully in the locality ? We returned to the station con- 



