260 fNovember, 



colella, and csespiiiUella, Ocnerosioma piniariella, Chauliodus chserophyllellus. Ornix 

 loganclla and scoticella, Lithocollctis faginella, pomifoUella, froelichiella, caledoniella, 

 spinolella, stettinensis, and heegerielJa ; and most surprising of all, a specimen of 

 what Mr. W. Holland has returned to me as Oxyptilus teucrii, from the extreme 

 north of Sutherlandshire. 



Three days subsequently at Rannoch produced no additions of interest ; all 

 the species taken being well known inhabitants, unless Scnpula decrepitalis be con- 

 sidered worthy of remark. I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. McCallum of 

 Rannoch and Pitlochry for specimens of some of the local rarities, which I was too 

 late for, as Trochilium scoUcBforme, Asferoscopus nubeculosus, Nyssia lapponaria, 

 Fidonia carhonaria, and Anarta cordigera. Had I been able to sugar or collect at 

 night, I have no doubt the above list would have been largely increased. As it is, 

 it was sufficient to give one a very pleasant impression of the Scottish collecting in 

 the early summer. — C. T. Cruttwell, Ewelme Rectory, Wallingford : Oct., 1905. 



Note on Eupithecia extensa7'ia.— Whilst on a ten days' collecting expedition 

 at Wicken Fen, in June last, in company with Mr. T. A. Lofthouse, on the 15th we 

 went over to Hunstanton to ascertain if Eupithecia extensaria was yet in evidence. 

 Though apparently not yet fully out, it was very satisfactory to find that the species 

 still held its own on the old ground. — Geo. T. Porritt, Edgerton, Huddersfield : 

 October 6th, 1905. 



Cnephasia communana, S.-S., in Surrey. — On June 4th, 1904, wishing to find 

 for the late Mr. C. Gr. Barrett the almost (or quite) unknown larva of Tortrix osseana, 

 I walked over to a rough piece of ground some six miles from here where I had 

 noticed the imago commonly the previous summer ; after a vain search for two hours 

 I was coming away, but noticing some small things on the wing, I put up my net, 

 and soon beat from one of the scattered bushes a Cnephasia ? , which I was about 

 to throw away as " only virgaureana " when it struck me that it was an unusually 

 early date for this species to be on the wing, and upon closer examination I saw I 

 had netted something very different. I soon beat out five more, and having no 

 more boxes with me returned home. Luckily I had in my cabinet a single specimen 

 of communana taken years ago in Cambridgeshire, and by its aid was enabled to make 

 out my captures. I went again in the afternoon and took twenty more, nearly all 

 in the finest condition. Upon sending some to Mr. Barrett he at once confirmed 

 my opinion, and remarked that he had seen no freshly captured specimens for a very 

 long time. On June 3rd last I found it again, but owing to the strong wind could 

 only capture a very few ; then came a week of heavy rain and bitterly north-east 

 winds, quite preventing any collecting, and when I paid my next visit it was almost 

 over and in quite worthless condition. I may note two points of interest — (1) It is 

 apparently exceedingly local ; (2) Its (for a Cnephasia) exceptionally early appear- 

 ance, for in normal seasons it must begin to emerge the last week in May ! I was 

 unable to find the larva on April 20th, but hope to do so next spring ; it is I expect 

 polyphagous on low plants. — A. Thurnall, Thornton Heath : Sept. 25th, 1905. 



T'anessa antiopa in Kent. — While cycling in the neighbourhood of Ash, near 

 Sandwich, on September 12th, I saw a very fine specimen of V. antiopa ; not 



