78 THE entomologist's record. 



rnficapillus, Lac, E. laei-iuscidus, Mann, Stenns latifrons, Er., S. 

 fascijtes, Grav., -S'. vafelliift, l^v., Mi/llaena diibia, Grav., and TmiidjiJiloeiis 

 eorticiiiiis, Grav. We also made our first acquaintance with (ii/rinus 

 viinutKs, F., which was common in small pools. This species has 

 previously only been recorded for Cumberland from Sty Head, many 

 years ago by T. Blackburn. — Frank H. Day, F.E.S., 17, Thirlmere St., 

 Carlisle. February l^th, 1903. 



:^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Lepidoptera in the Southend district in 1902. — I found very 

 little to do here until the end of May, the most interesting insects during 

 that mon*:h being, Xcpticida J^oslactdla, FAacldsta m'l/rella, LitJiocollctis 

 toniiinella and Knpoecllia viactilomna. GlypJiipteryx riscfieriella was 

 common at various flowers on June 2nd, more examples of E. vuiculo- 

 sana were taken, and EtiMoe cardautineH was observed ovipositing on 

 yellow rocket. On June 4th E/daeodes lactana began to emerge and 

 Emvudeiiia afjinitata and E. decolorataweveneiied.; on June 5th Ephyra 

 uiincrovaria was knocked out of alder (one example only), and ^}nlonota 

 servillana and Elachista taeniatella were taken. A case, which I made 

 out to be that of (Joleojilwra siccifolia, occurred on June 8th, and Litho- 

 colleths lanteUa was netted. I visited Thundersley Common, where 

 there is a nice lot of buckthorns, on June 9th, and found a few P/iuxd/i- 

 teryx sicidana, empty eggs and larvae of (innepteryx rhaiiini, which fed up 

 and commenced to emerge on July 22nd, and a fine Xepticida aryniti- 

 jiedella which was boxed from a buckthorn leaf ; Xeinotois inctaxella was 

 flying at Coombe Wood, Thundersley, on June 18th, and Hadena 

 t/talassina came to sugar ; Xylojihasia Jwpatica at sugar and Hypsipetet^ 

 rmpliin'ata was netted on June 20th ; Cymatophura or emerged on .June 

 24th ; Emmeleda alhidata, very worn, was netted overyelloAv rattle, and 

 a larva of Coenonympha paniphiliis was swept near Benfleet ; Xaryn'a 

 tiionilifera emerged on June 29th. July yielded Eoarmia repandata, on 

 the 3rd ; Sciaphila riryaureana from ragwort on July 5th ; Gelechia senec- 

 tella crept up on July 6th from some moss which had contained a lot of 

 larVtP of Scoparia inerciirella ; Xepticida anoniahila was bred on July 

 7th, and a very large DyscJiorhta fis.v'pimeta on July 8th ; Anarsia 

 spartiella, EbuU'a ri'rbascalis (out of wood sage), and Lycoplmtia striyiila 

 were found on Thundersley Common on July ISth, Ditida si'uiifasciana 

 and Eidxjlia jdinnharia on July loth ; LitlioadU'tis alnifoliella on July 

 16th (mines were common in October), and Lita acnminatella netted ; 

 July 19th, La)))))rot(>>i atrdla knocked out of furze and a few ' 'hortndes. 

 arcuosa netted on Thundersley Common. A moth, half of which had 

 been devoured by mites, Avas found on July 20th, in a fold of muslin 

 that covered a bell-glass containing bark and lichen, enough of the 

 moth remains to shew that it was once a fine Scardia hdeti. Cerostoma 

 vittella emerged on this date. EupAstrria ohliterata was flying over 

 alder on July 22nd, and a few large (Eeophora kindcrniannidla were 

 bred from broom on July 26th. Ettrosjin'a undidata, netted at 

 Thundersley on July 19th, had deposited by July 27th, 96 ova, nearly 

 all of which were on the underside of sallow leaves. Lycojdtotia 

 striyida occurred in Southend on July 27th, a very unexpected capture; 

 Clcodora cythdla, one or two on bracken ; Xcphopderyx spisKicella, out of 

 OBk;Tinea //(/»<'Z/fl,inanouthouse,on July28th; a fine ? Sciaphila sinttana 



