190 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



time of writing this, my firm belief was that, when I first saw the 

 individuals some years previously, Mr, W. H. B. Fletcher told me 

 that they had been taken in Sutherlandshire ; in the interval, however, 

 the data had slipped his memory, and no note, throwing any further 

 light on their history, could be found. Since then I have succeeded 

 in discovering Mr. W. Salvage's address, and he has kindly searched his 

 diaries in the hope of finding the desired details, but without success. 

 He tells me, nevertheless, that the moths in question were undoubtedly 

 taken at large, and that he feels almost certain that they were secured 

 at Invershin, on the banks of the river Kyle, in Sutherlandshire. 

 Mr. Salvage thinks that the year of capture was probably 1886, but it 

 may have been 1892 or 1894. — Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., Norden, 

 Corfe Castle. May 2iith, 1910. 



JS^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Strange position of pupariuji of Hadena oleracea. — The follow- 

 ing instance of an unusual pupal habitation seems to be so remarkable 

 as to be worth recording. On August 19th last I was collecting pupae 

 of Xoiuiiiria anoidinis {ti/jihae) in a reed bed, when I found a Noctuid 

 larva on the point of pupating in the central stem of a reed, head 

 upwards. The larva had spun a little thin silk round itself and was 

 unrecognisable, but obviously not Nonagriid. It pupated on the way 

 home. I preserved the pupa carefully, as I had no idea what species 

 it would turn out to be. On June 13th of this year the moth emerged, 

 and proved to be Hadena oleracea. The reed was in the middle of a 

 large bed normally under water, which had been temporarily drained 

 oft' for the purpose of my search. There was no other growth near, so 

 to all appearances the larva had fed on this unusual pabulum. The 

 reed beloAV it contained a large amount of frass, and there was no 

 evidence that it had been tenanted by anj' other larva. — H. C. Hayward, 

 Repton, Burton-on-Treut. June 15th, 1910. 



Diasemia ramburialis reported from Lings. — A request. — In the 

 account of the sale of the remaining portion of the collection of lepi- 

 doptera made by the late Mr. J. A. Clark in the Kntoniolof/ist's Record 

 for April last, I notice that a specimen of l>iase)nia rambiirialis labelled 

 "Lines, 1873," was sold in lot 158. As the Entomological Secretary 

 for the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union, I shall be very much obliged 

 if the purchaser of this insect will communicate with me, and let me 

 have any further particulars if he knows them, should this note come 

 to his notice. — Guy W. Mason, Barton-on-Humber. 



Lepiduptera in Sussex. — The hot weather about mid- May brought 

 things on. On May 22nd Brenthin selene was out in some numbers at 

 Abbott's Wood and <? s of JJ. eitphrusyne going over; on May 20th 

 rolj/ommatiis icanis was out in numbers on the downs but no Arpiades 

 thetis was seen until May 22nd. I have sugared several times at 

 Abbott's Wood but it proved quite a failure until last night when I got 

 a few insects, mcluding Aplecta prasina, (ionoptera libratrix, (Traiinnenia 

 triip-ain.niica, Hadena t/ialassina, B. dentina, Xijlopliasia nirea, Apamea 

 hadlinea, Noctiia rubi, I'Aiplexia lucipara, Miana strviilis, Erastria 

 fasciana, Thyatira batis, Cymatophora or, Eurymene dolabran'a, 

 Tephrosia consortaria, and Niuneria pulreraria, while a good number of 

 Melanippe viontanata and Acidalia reiniitata were also attracted. I have 



