70 [March, 



Folia socia (petrificata). One at ivy. 



Leucania conigera. Seen feeding on tlie flowers of Centaiirea nigra in full 

 afternoon sun. Agrotix xanthographa (1), and llgdrKcia nictitanss (2), on ragwort 

 bloom in full sunsliine. It seems curious tliat one out of the many hundreds of 

 A. xanthographa that must liave been close by should go to the ragwort all alone. 

 It is only slightly less strange that L. conitjera and M. Literosa should in like 

 manner only rarely frequent flowers by day. 



Macrogloxsa stellatarum. Several. 



* Deilephila elpenor. Several larvae in the garden on Epilobiuin montanum 

 mostly found by Mr. A. L. Onslow. 



Sphinx convolvuli. One seen September 18th. 



*Acherontla atropos- One taken close to the shore by Master H. Wimbush 

 in 1903 was reported to me by Mr. T. Young. 



* Vanessa polgchloros. Previously "reputed." A worn specimen in the 

 drawing-room October 2nd. This makes 35 species of butterflies that have certainly 

 been taken in the parish. T^. eardui. Fine specimens seen early in August, but 

 not so common as the season advanced. 



Satyrus semele. One at flowers in the garden, quite unusual with this species. 



Epinephele janira. One hour before sundow;', July 31st ; a single tap of ray 

 beating stick dislodged seven specimens from a thorn bush. 



Lyccena argiolus. A female netted July "iytli, making the third specimen in 

 the locality. 



Colias edusa. One seen. 



Pieris napi. At 3.30 p.m., on August 1st, a very hot day. Mr. A. L. Onslow 

 and I saw 14 or 15 white butterflies sitting close togetlier with wings closed on 

 mud by the road-side. A circle a foot in diameter would have enclosed them all ; 

 within a couple of feet were eight more. They were all napi and all males. We 

 noticed that when another flew over them several of those drinking would open and 

 shut their wings rapidly. When disturbed they mostly flew but a short distance 

 and settled on the lower leaves of a hedge close by with wings expanded, an atti- 

 tude that seems to be habitual with the species in the late afternoon. On 

 apparently suitable days I twice revisited the spot with my camera, but there were 

 but one or two whites on the mud. The butterfly habit of drinking at mud, or wet 

 sand, in companies is well known to collectors in hot countries, and I have seen it in 

 Q-ermany, but never previously in England. 



Pyrausta cespitalis. I saw my first Mortehoe specimen, previously recorded 

 by Dr. Riding. * Scoparia angustea {coarctata). One at ivy. Epiblema cana 

 confirmed ; previously with a query. *AcaUa ferrtigana. Two beaten out of 

 hedges. Tortrix for.ikaleana. A second specimen, in the garden. *Gelechia 

 mulinella. Two. Depressaria costosa. Abundant among furze ; only odd speci- 

 mens previously. Hyponomeuta cognatella {evonymella). A second specimen at 

 some distance from the spot where Mr. Image took the first. PLuteUa annula- 

 tella. One at light. — G. B. Longstaff, Highlands, Putney Heath, S.W. : 

 January Wth, 1905. 



Remarkable larval vase of Coleophora lixella, Z. — In Ent. Mo. Mag., xx, 18 

 (1883), attention was called to the peculiar habits of the larva of Coleophora lixella, 

 which, during the autumn, when quite young, feeds upon wild thyme, using for its 



