110 THE entomologist's BECORD. 



Shoebury; Parami lappella, July 1st, a few bred fram burdock; Telria 

 fiujitii-ella, July 8rd, beaten from elm near Hadleigh ; Coleophora 

 iiiaeniacdla, An/i/rolepia badiana, emerged July 7th; Mamestra abjecta, 

 July 8th, common on sugared blackthorn between Wakering Stairs 

 and Havengore ; Aciptilia baliodaetyla, July 15th, one specimen at 

 North Shoebury; Deprcssaria arenella, D. jlarella, July 22nd, both bred 

 from knapweed; D. scoparidla, July 30th, bred from broom; Ptnchenasa 

 inopella, August 7th, numbers of larva^ in heads of fleabane ; tenanted 

 flowers easily found as larva severs bases of florets causing them to 

 wither; Acjlo-^sa piwniinalis^, August 11th; Cnleophova tnxilodijtella, 

 August 16th, a few cases on fleabane ; (Joleophora ririjauyeae, Septem- 

 ber 1st, Solidago gathered at Eastwood, from which crept up a crowd 

 of larvfe, the cases of which are not easily detected among the flowers and 

 seeds ; Ciiciillia astcris, September 3rd, a late emergence ; I bred my 

 series between August 19th-28th ; Xonanria fi/p/iae, larvje in July, 

 September 15th, empty pupa-cases at North Shoebury; Pterostoina 

 }ialpina, September 18th, a larva of this species on sugared sallow at 

 Prittlewell. — F. G. WrnxxLE, 3, Marine Avenue, Southend. March 

 2Ut, 1902. 



Spring Lepidoptera at Market Drayton. — Hijbt'ntia Icncujihaiaria 

 has been extraordinarily numerous this year. During the first week in 

 March in one Avood near here, there were sometimes six or eight moths 

 on a single tree-trunk, and nearly every tree had one on it. They were 

 in every form — dark brown, light brown, black, and black and white 

 banded. Pkiiialia pedaria was very scarce, and Xi/ssia Impidaria not 

 to be seen. On the 16th, during a walk in the woods, I saw about a 

 dozen Aspludia Jiavicornis at rest, and one Brejdins jiarthenias, whilst 

 towards dusk A. flavicornis began flying freely with a few Anisoptfri/x 

 aescularia and Hybernia maniinaria. The season is fairly early, though 

 very few sallows are out yet. — F. C. Woodforde, B.A., F.E.S., Market 

 Drayton. March 22nd, 1902. 



Spring Lepidoptera at Scarborough. — The hybernated Vanessids 

 are now all very active and busy mating, whilst a large number of 

 Melitaca anrinia larvfe from the Kerry coast are already feeding up 

 rapidly. In the wood Asphalia fiavico)im and the early Geometrids 

 are now out. — H. W. Head, Scarborough. March llth, 1902. 



g^EYIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



List of Hymenoptera-Aculeata observed in Lancashire and 

 Cheshire with notes on the habits of the genera, by Willoughby 

 Gardner, F.L.S., F.E.G.S., F.E.S. [C. Tinling and Co., Printers, 

 53, Victoria Street, Liverpool] . — We have long had a good list of 

 the Lepidoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire, although it wants 

 bringing up to date very badly, and now Mr. Willoughby Gardner 

 has given us an equally good one of the Hymenoptera-Aculeata of these 

 counties. The general introduction is interesting, the list itself 

 is on the very best lines of a local list, and 166 species have been 

 recorded out of the known 374 British species in this group. The 

 short notes on habits are most interesting, and the map indicating the 

 localities most useful. As illustrating the style of notes, the following, 

 on Collctes cunicidaria, will serve (pp. 29-30) : — " This is one of the 

 specially interesting bees of our district, the species being peculiar to 



