18 . LJ"ne, 



Curtis — Brit. Ent., pi. 595, ? ). " For the loan of this fine addition to our Lepidop- 

 tera, accompanied by the following maraorandura, I am indebted to T. C. Heyshara, 

 Esq., of Carlisle: I have availedmyself of the first opportunity to send you the Xoctua 

 " wliich I take to be a specimen of Heliothis scutosa : it was taken on the banks of the 

 " River Caldew, a little below the village of Dalston, in July last. I have also seen a 

 " male which was captured in August, 1834, on the coast not far from Skinburness, the 

 " specimen however was much wasted. No other species of the genus has been met 

 " within the vicinity to my knowledge." Curtis goes on to say — "The figures I have 

 " seen of this moth are much lighter than Mr. Hcysham's specimens, as is also a male 

 " presented to me with several other interesting insects by Dr. Dowler, of Richmond, 

 " who took it, I believe, near Odessa ; the caterpillar feeds on Artemisia campestris, 

 " and most likely on other plants of the same genus ; the moth appears in May and 

 " June on the continent, and again in July and August." 



The Skinburness specimens were brought home by Mr. Eothwell at the Midsum- 

 mer vacation. Mr. Barrett's chai'acters are excellent, particlarly the eor^/cea-like 

 stigmata ; the white ncrvures on the upper wing give it the appearance of the antler- 

 moth, Charceas graminis. I may add that, the food-plant A. campestris (Wormwood) 

 grew plentifully on the waste grounds about Dalston, I saw a great patch on the 

 River Caldew about two years ago when I was at Carlisle. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 15, 

 Spring Bank, Preston : April 2Wi, 1877. 



Trachea piniperda- -Whilst walking on the shove a short distance from Southport 

 on the 27th of last month, I was rather surprised to find a specimen of Trachea 

 piniperda on some palings facing the sea. There did not appear to be any trace of 

 pine or fir in the district ; indeed, the spot is almost barren of trees, except willows 

 and dwarf sallows, growing in such a wilderness of land. Has piniperda been 

 noticed in such a situation before?— Geo. T. Porritt, Highroyd House, Hudders- 

 fiold : May 1th, 1877. 



A species of Trichoptera neio to Britain. — When working out the Leptoceridce, 

 for Part vi of my " Revision and Synopsis," I discovered amongst my British species 

 a <J of the insect that appears in the " Revision " (p. 335, pi. xxxvi) as (Eeeiis 

 notata {Mystacida notata, Rambur). This was taken by myself on August 1st, 1873, 

 not far from Oatlands Park, Weybrldge : no doubt it is an overlooked species, both 

 here and on the continent, for the list of European localities I have been able to give 

 for it is short. Without reproducing the detailed descriptions I have just given, it 

 would be impossible to present any intelligible idea of the species. Its nearest British 

 (or European) ally is testacea, Cur., the males of both having the dorsal segments of 

 the abdomen partly modified in texture. Misled by a " type " I introduced wo^a^a as 

 British in the " Entomologist's Annual " for 18G2, p. 33 ; the insects there alluded 

 to -were lacustris, Vict. (Compare my " Trichoptera Britannica," p. 119, 1865). — 

 R. McLachlan, Lewisham : May, 1877- 



A species of Stylopida fossil in Amber. — The numerous insects entombed in 

 Amber have always proved of great interest as giving us, preserved in a medium 

 that may be compared to the canada-balsam of the mieroscopist, a clear idea of the 

 entomology of a comparatively recent geological period. Probably there is no case 

 in which an insect in Amber has been held to be absolutely identical with one now 



