164 THE entomologist's record. 



pupil of the ocellated spot, but the absence of the rosy tinge of the 

 forewing is also very noticeable. — J. W. Tutt. 



:iaOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Steidulation of Smerinthus populi. — On the evening of 

 November 1st, at 10.30 p.m., a fine specimen of Acherontia 

 atropo^ emerged in our incubator. I had never seen a living 

 specimen before, and the peculiar squeak which we heard several 

 times reminded me of another scene. One evening after dusk, a 

 few years ago, I was walking Avith a friend up a lane when I 

 heard the sound of some strong- winged insect humming through the 

 air. I put up my hand and it flew right into the curved palm held to 

 receive it. I closed my fingers over it, the third finger very firmly 

 holding the wriggling body, and it repeatedly uttered the very same 

 sound as A. atrojios only we&kev. I carried it 200 yards, and I found it 

 to be a very fine specimen of Siiwrinthus populi. — (Mrs.) E. M. Cowl. 



Hybernating stage of AciDALiA iMiTARiA. — This species appears to 

 hybernate as a larva in nature. A larva, about two-thirds grown, was 

 beaten from honeysuckle near Haslemere, April 16th, 1900, and 

 produced a moth on the 24th of the following June. — R. M. Prideaux, 

 Reigate. March 2%id, 1901. 



Lepidoptera from the Penarth district. — The following are a 

 few of the more interesting captures made last autumn, sugaring from 

 the end of September until the first week of November bemg exceed- 

 ingly productive. Peridrowa ypdlon {mff'nm) and P. mitcia, very 

 common, Miselia oxyacanthac, plentiful (I took two almost black), 

 Ai/riopis aprilina, common, one Xylina rhizulitha, four Calocainpa 

 vettista, one C. cxolcta, Orthma lota, Citria cerat/o ffidraf/oj, common, 

 Tiliacea aiiya/jo, common, one Cirrhoedia xerainpeUna, Polia fiacocincta, 

 Hadena proti'Hs, and Tapinnatnla fidva. — T. L. Howe, Beaufort House, 

 Penarth. 



Leucanias at Rye. — Among the Noctuids captured last August in 

 the neighbourhood of Rye were two Leucania straminea, two L. 

 albijiitncta, and a few other good species. — J. Henderson, 7, Pinfold 

 Road, Streatham. 



Lepidoptera at sugar in Warwickshire in 1900. — Daring the 

 past season I took upwards of twenty species of Noctuids at sugar in 

 my garden at Hampton-in-Arden. I obtained better results than in 

 previous seasons, and I attributed my success mainly to the compara- 

 tive absence of honeydew, which happy state of things prevailed 

 throughout the summer. Among those taken were Noctiia c-nii/rum, 

 Tetlwa fiiibtitsa, Triphaena ianthi)ia, T. interjecta, Xylopliasia Jicpatica, 

 X. suhlustris, Mellinia (/ilvayo, Hadena phi, Leucania conif/cra, Ajiiotis 

 corticea, A. nigricans, A. tritici, Peridroma sttff'usa, Cerij/o Jiiatiira 

 (ci/therea), Cabjinnia affinis, and Catocala nupta. Of these At/rotis 

 tritici appears to be new to this district, and I was also pleased to get 

 Ayrotis corticea, Triphaena interjecta, (JaUjinnia affinis, and Catocala 

 nupta, all of which may be considered rare in Warwickshire. — G. W. 

 Wynn, Lyndhurst, Hampton-in-Arden. 



Insects in the Brighton district. — Among the more interesting 

 captures that I made in this district m 1900 were the following : — 

 Homoptera : Ledra aurita. — Taken August 3rd on trunk of Spanish 



