18ft THK ENTOMOLOr^IST's RECORD. 



An especially i^ood spot to search for this moth is in the "bays" at 

 the bases of the trees. 



:iaOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



LEPir>(»PTEROLO(JiCAL NoTKS. — I had an example of ( 'uciiUia li/c/uiitis 

 emerge from pupa on June 2nd, Siiihmnna fuliginum on May BOth and 

 June 2nd, both species new to me. I have at the present time in 

 the cages fine broods of feeding larvse of Knnomus aiitumnaria and 

 E. cdniaria. All my Ptilo]tliora idinni;/(')ri and Hoporitid croccaijo have 

 gone to earth, whilst six 'I'iliaa'a aiira(/a larvae have spun cocoons on 

 the ground, or attached to dead leaves of sycamore. I am very satisfied 

 with the latter, as it is the first time I have seen this larva pupate. — 

 J. Henderson, 24, Birchin Lane, London, E.C. June 4th, ldO'6. 



Whit Monday in Berks. — It was very hot on Whit Monday, June 

 2nd, but I was all over Snlham Woods and Purley, near Tilehurst, 

 Berks. I found insects numerous, especially Kmlilof rarchoiiinis, but 

 it was much too hot to do any vigorous collecting. — Ibid. 



Drymonia chaonia in Kew Gardens anjj Cyaniris ahgiolus in St. 

 John's Wood. — It is not often that I get the chance of observing an 

 insect nowadays, but I happened to-day in Kew Gardens to see a 

 specimen of Dnjmonia cJiaonia which fluttered down to my feet. It 

 seems rather an urban locality for it, and I suspect on this account it 

 is interesting enough to make a note of. My last urban insect of 

 interest under somewhat similar conditions was Cyaniris ari/iolHs, 

 which was sitting on the pavement near St. John's Wood Road 

 Station.— W. F. H. Bi.andeord, M.A., F.E.S., 48, Wimpole Street, 

 W. Mai/ 2Wi, 1908. 



Vespid.e in Durham. — Yesterday, while collecting near Ebchester, 

 CO. Durham, I was astonished to see )uimbers of line female wasps 

 Hying, and boxed several. On reaching home I was examining them 

 along with ^Ir. Chas. Robson, when, amongst several Vesjia vuliiaris, 

 we found a perfect female of W's/ni (instriaca. This wasp has never 

 been recorded for Durham before, but was recorded for Killingworth, 

 Northumberland, by Mr. Robson, in 1899. We do not usually get 

 wasps here in any plenty, but up to date this year the following have 

 been taken : — W-xpa rnh/oris, I', nifa, ]'. si/lrt'stris, and I', aiistriara. — 

 J. W. H. Harrison, 2,' Train- Street, Bertley R.S.O., Durham. June 

 nth, 1903. 



Peuhia moneta in Cambridgeshire. — Although the season up to 

 the present appears to be anything but a good one, yet Plusia moneta 

 has occurred in round numbers, my friend ^Iv. Scott and myself 

 having taken over six dozen larvjc 'My own have been taken in 

 various gardens in the town of Cambridge, whilst ^Mr. Scott has taken 

 the major part of his in a garden in the village of Haslingfield.-~E. 

 Crisp, 31, I^nion Road, Cambridge. Jn)ir 12th, 1903. 



Plusia gamma at sugar. — With reference to Mr. C. W. Colthrup's 

 note (antia p. IT^l), headed as above, the occurrence there recorded is, 

 in my experience, by no means so unusual as he appears to think. I 

 have frequently seen and taken Plusia yannna at sugar, even in the 

 course of a single season, and, although I do not remember ever to 

 have observed it at this bait in large numbers on any one particular 

 night, my diary contains various entries of its being " not uncommon," 

 or of " a few " being met with, at sugar, on some particular evening, 



