258 [November, 



For some years a relative who is interested in shootings at Chart- 

 ley had urged me to go and see the Moss, but it was not until the 

 present summer that I was able to get away at a time which seemed 

 suitable, and to spend a few days there towards the end of June (23rd 

 to 26th). My primary object was to try to find C. tij)1wn and Leucorr- 

 hinia dnbia, but I did not succeed in taking either of these species ; it may 

 well be because everything was certainly late in such a deplorably back- 

 ward season. The conditions were otherwise right for these insects — a 

 fine stretch of sphagnum bog with plenty of cotton-grass, with Vac(dnium 

 Oxycoccos creeping over much of its surface, and amongst other things 

 Andromeda polifolia was noticed. Mixch of the bog carries small or 

 stimted birches, but there are still plenty of open places. Conifers 

 are, however, taking a hold in some parts, and in the long run, these 

 and birches of more vigorous growth may cause a material change in 

 the character of the ground. The margins of the Moss, which are 

 heavily timbered with oak, birch, alder, etc., no doubt produce plenty 

 of Lepidoptera, but my attention Avas chiefly devoted to the Moss 

 itself, on which the only butterflies noticed were Callophry? rvhi, not 

 uncommon but worn ; one or two Chrysophmms phlaeas on spots where 

 the peat was bare ; and a single G. pampTiilus on a grassy pat/ch on 

 the side of the Moss. 



Although I was disappointed in not finding the two species 

 referred to, the time spent on the Moss was full of interest and profit, 

 as it proved to be swarming with bog Trichoptera, including two 

 species which I have never before met with in this country, Neuronia 

 clathrata Kol., and Stenophylax alpestris KoL, both of which were 

 common, the latter especially being apparently distributed over the 

 whole Moss, while N. dathraia seemed to be more restricted to the 

 neighbourhood of open water. Eegarding the occurrence of *N. clath- 

 rata in Britain, it may suffice to refer to Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. XL, 

 p. 281, where I have given a fairly full account of what is known 

 about it as a British insect. 



S. alpestris has been taken rather more commonly in* one or two 

 localities in the north of England, and has recently been recorded from 

 Nethy Bridge in Scotland (Porritt, Ent. Mo. Mag., VoL LI, p. 146). 

 The Chartley specimens are many of them up to the average size of 

 Continental examples. Another interesting species taken was Limno- 

 pJdlus elegans Curt. Other Trichoptera frequenting the Moss and the 

 surrounding woods were JVewroma ruficrtis Scop., Glyphotaeliiis pellu- 

 cidtis Retz., Limnophilus Utridus Curt., L. vittatus Fab., L. auricula, 



* I have fov some years }iad in mv collection, a big $ Ncui-onia clal/uata, taken at Chartley, 

 by Mr. BUis, of Solihull.— G.T.P. 



