220 THE entomologist's record. 



dipteron, doubtless also parasitic, occurred in laro^e nuruhers with a 

 single specimen of a spider, which the Rev. 0. Pickard-C'ambridtie. 

 believes to be a new species of the genus Plioeorrdtis, Lin., hitherto 

 consisting of a single British and European species. It is much to be 

 regretted that the debris of the package was destroyed before I had an 

 opportunity of examining it. I have since received from the same 

 warehouse a living specimen of Attaiieniia nwi/atniiKt, F. {=j>tc,'iis, 01.), 

 an insect which is common in Paris and other continental cities, but 

 has but one British record, i.e., " a single specimen'" taken by Mr. 

 Wollaston, in July, 1868, in Finsbury Circus [Fowler, Brit. Col., iii., 

 860] .— E. A. Newbery, 12, Churchill Road, N.W. June Qt/,, 1901. 



:^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Habits of Brephos notha. — Jjrephos witha is not only a very easy insect 

 to breed, but is also very prolific, so that there must always be a large 

 number that will escape the collector ; it is, moreover, so high a flyer, 

 that a great many must live in peace from year to year. The only 

 apparent reason for its scarcity is that it is local. — J. C. Moberly, M.A., 

 F.E.S., Woodlands, Basset, Southampton. Maij l.s«, 1901. 



Larv^ of Plusia moneta. — With the exception of a hunt for Pliisia 

 moneta larvae, which appear to be again fairly common this year, I have 

 not been able to give much attention to entomology. It does not 

 follow that because the larvje are common I shall have a number of 

 imagines in duplicate. — B. A. Bower, F.E.S., "Langley," Willow 

 Grove, Chislehurst. May IQth, 1901. 



Extended duration of pupal stage of Petasia nubeoulosa. — On 

 March IBth a fine^ Petasia iiubecnlom emerged in one of my breeding 

 pots, the larva of which I brought from Rannoch ; it pupated in 1898, 

 and has thus been three winters in the pupal stage ; a fine ? also 

 emerged on March 31st, and there should still be a few pupje to hatcli 

 out.— G. 0. Day, F.E.8., Knutsford. April ith, 1901. 



I bred a J Petasia nnbecidosa on April 3rd from 1898 pup;e, and 

 two ? s on the 15th and 17th from last year's pup;e. This is a later 

 date than any I have known before, and I still have pupfe of the 

 1898 batch going over. — -T. Maddison, F.E.S., South Bailey. Durham. 

 April 2dth, 1901. 



Lepidoptera at Knutsford. — The mild weather previous to March 

 14th encouraged emergences. Plwjalia pedaria has been rather more 

 plentiful than usual, as also has Hijbernia man/iitaria ; about 20 per 

 cent, of the specimens of the latter species in this neighbourhood are 

 ab. fiiscata, with a large percentage of others tending in the same 

 direction. It has also been a favourable season for Anisojiteri/.v 

 aesenlaria, but I have taken Xi/ssia hispidaria and AuipJiidasi/s strataria 

 only sparingly.— G. 0. Day, F.E.S., Knutsford. April -Lth, 1901. 



Lepidoptera at Lyndhurst. — I stayed at Lyndhurst over Easter, 

 and had fair success, though the weather was very bad. Only a few 

 sallow bushes were out, but these produced Taeniorauipa miHiosa, T. 

 mnnda, T. pulrerulenta, T. instahilis, Panolis piniperda, Xi/lina soria, 

 X. (irnitliopns, Xylocampa areola, &c. Not a single female Tteniocampid 

 was seen until April 7th, although males were in abundance. 

 Searching posts and trees produced Xijloeampu areola, Xylina ornitJio- 

 pus, Anticlea badiata, and Tephrosia bistortata (commonly), Prephos 



