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being noticed or captured — Afimtift o;iothina. Lycophotia strigula, Noctita 

 fllarcosa, X. jilecta, A', ilahlii, X. .rantJitifirapha, Tn/phaena iant/iino and 

 T. orhnna. On the mountains near here Pliisia intcrroiiatiomn occurred 

 quite commonly at the flowers of the marsh-thistle, also Hahroatola 

 tripartita and //. triplasia, and at rush flowers Charaeas iiraminia, 

 Apanwa (li(hpim, Celaena hanorthii, Citria fiavago, Coremia munitata, 

 Lareyitia roesiota, Ktnvwlma alchemillata, Eui^troma tcstata, K. pnpulata 

 and var. vinaanario. A visit paid to the Magilligan sandhills, 40 

 miles from here on August 28th produced Afiri)tis vcstiip'alis, A. citrKoria, 

 A. tritici, Peritlroma sainia, Actrhici jjrarco.r, all from ragwort flowers, 

 also Xortiia t/Iarcosa, X. daldii, Stilhia numnala, and a single Lciicania 

 littoralis ; at the end of the month the following were taken at light — 

 JlyiJroecia nictitans, H. micacca, Xenronia popularis, ('irrhoedia xeram- 

 pelina, Cahjmnia trapczina. During September Vanciim io and 

 Fi/ranii'is atalanta were very abundant, with a single P. eardui. The 

 usual ivy-frequenting insects were abundant, also Cidaria siterata, of 

 which I secured a nice series. At electric light appeared Uimera pen- 

 naria, also later Hybernia aurontiaria and II. defoliaria. Poecilocampa 

 popidi also put in a welcome appearance at lamps here, the first speci- 

 men was taken on November 22nd, the last on December 20th, I 

 have also taken the following larvfe here this season — Ainorjdio populi, 

 Snierinthiis ocdlata, ]>rt>pa)ia falcataria, P). laccrt/inaria, Ceriira 

 riiuda, Xotodonta drornedariits, X. ziczac, LopJwpteryx cawclina, Leio- 

 catiipa dictacoide^, (Uo^tera piyra, Tryp/iaena jimhria, and a great many 

 common Noctuid larvfe, — T, Greek, Lassan, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, 

 Jammry 12tl,, 1903. 



Note on Emergence of Pceciu)campa popi'li. — A brood of Poecilo- 

 cmnpn jmpidi, of which the ova were laid on December 1st and 2nd, 

 1901, commenced emergence on November 1st and the last emerged on 

 December 15th, The larvje were all treated in the same way, sleeved 

 out till nearly full-fed on sallow. The pupje were kept out-of-doors, 

 but under a roof, and were all in one cage. The emergence was very 

 intermittent, on one day a dozen or so emerged, and then, after an 

 interval of four or five days, or even a week, another would come out. 

 After a week's interval, during which I thought the emergence was at 

 an end, twelve and ten appeared on November 29th and 30th 

 respectively, and then, after a fortnight, the last, a ? , emerged on 

 December 15th, Between GO and 70 altogether emerged, one or two 

 only being cripples, but sevei'al managed to spoil themselves, jMostly 

 they emerged between 3 p,m.- 1 .30 p.m., and commenced flying almost as 

 soon as their wings were dry, at early dusk, but some emerged between 

 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., and some, I think, in the early morning, but of this 

 I am not quite sure, as I did not always look late at night. Some of 

 the 2 s were very large and very few of the brood were undersized. — 

 F. C. WooDFORDE, B.A., F.E.S., Market Drayton, .January Ut, 1903, 



Date of appearance of Eupisteria heparata. — With regard to 

 the time of appearance of Piipisti'rio heparata {antca, pp. 344-345), in 

 this district the imagines generally begin to appear about June 20th, 

 and continue till about -Tuly 10th-15th, and those in my breeding- 

 cages appear about the same date. In the New Forest 1 took some 

 from May 25th-31st, I may add that Asthi'na blonwri in this district 

 seldom appears before July 1st, and then only in very early seasons ; 

 July 15th-25th is about its noruial time, — ^Ibid, 



