90 [April, 



/. lituratus, Fall. Eppiiifj; Forest, Darentli Wood, and Mortimer, Berks. ; 

 common on sallows. 



I. pcecilus, H.-S. One strongly-marked specimen ( i? ) of this handsome species 

 from Lombardy poplar at Mortimer, Berks., September 11th ; previously only 

 recorded {Hem. -Horn. Brit. Islands) from Cossey and Wacton, Norfolk. 



/. vitreus, Fabr. I found this a very common species on Lombardy poplar 

 wherever I collected in the London Suburbs, taking it at Edmonton, Crouch End, 

 Kew, Ealing, Chingford and Broxbourne, also at Mortimer, Berks. ; I. fulgidus, 

 Fabr., was associated with vitreux in all these localities, and equally common with it. 



I. populi, Linn. Epping Forest, Darenth, Basingstoke and Mortimer ; common 

 on aspens. 



I. confusus, Flor. In plenty on sallows; Epping Forest, Mortimer and Hanwell. 



I. albicans, 'K.hm. Chcshunt, on a single tree of the grey poplar {Populu.i 

 canescens), and Hanwell, on small bushes of white poplar ; decidedly scarce in both 

 localities. 



I am indebted to Mr. E. A. Butler for kindly confirming my identifications of 

 /. varius and poecilus from Mr. Edwards' descriptions in his " Hemiptera-Homoplera 

 of the British Islands." — Id. 



Captures in 1908.— Having recently read Mr. Eland Shaw's articles on the 

 subject in this Magazine for 1889—90, I started last autumn to collect our native 

 Orthoptera, and by the end of the year I had taken 21 species in all. Xiphidium 

 dorsale was found by me in a salt marsh at Ohurston Ferrers, Devon, and also on 

 Wicken Fen ; the specimens from the last-named locality being decidedly the larger. 

 Labia minor was very common round Cambridge in June last, and again at the end 

 of September (is not this rather late for the species ?). 



I took two examples of Xanthia ocellaris from street lamps on September 18th. 

 One was a typical specimen, but the other came much nearer to X. gilvago. It was 

 very much darker, had a decided reddish tinge, and was quite without the usual 

 white centre to the black mark in the reniform. There was no doubt about its 

 identity, liowever — the pointed wings and pale veins were unmistakeable. Perhaps 

 some of our Lepidopterists may know if this is a recognised variety, and whether it 

 has been seen before in this country. 



Diloba cseruleocephala was unusually abundant here last autumn. 



I found Hypenodes albistrigalis fairly common at Dartmouth in August, and 

 took a specimen of H. costiestrigalis in the New Forest about the middle of the 

 same month. Oenectra pilleriana occurred commonly in a bog in the New Forest 

 about the middle of August. 



Agrophila nulphuralis and Acida/ia rubricafa were both very much in evidence 

 (to any one with eyes sharp enough to see them !) at Tuddenham ; of the second 

 brood of the latter species a friend and I took 80 one afternoon, and could have 

 taken plenty more of more or less worn specimens. Lithostege griseata was said to 

 have had a second brood, but we did not see any. 



I have also taken single specimens of insects as follows : — 



Agrotis strigula, Wicken Fen, June ; a most unexpected capture, since there is 

 no heather for many miles round. Euxanthis seneana, Haslingfield, Carabs., June 



