86 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



one T. rubricosa. The larvae of Leucania litoralis are plentiful, but 

 as yet only half grown. Nyssia zonaria seems to have almost totally 

 abandoned Wallasey. I have seen none at all there this year, and have 

 only heard of a solitary ? having been taken.— Geo. A. Harker. 

 April, i8qi. 



Tilgate. — Mr. Harker is indeed fortunate in his " weather and crops " 

 (of insects). Here it is a delusion and a snare to attempt collecting in 

 any form. Incessant hard frosts, easterly winds and bitter nights seem 

 invariable. The sallows were all spoiled by the Easter snowstorms, and 

 I have never come across any fortunate collector in this district who 

 has taken anything worth mentioning. I believe Brephos parthenias 

 was not scarce at Tilgate on the i8th inst., but sugar and sallows 

 combined, at Christchurch on the same evening only produced about 

 four specimens of the commonest Tieniocampas, one Scopelosoma satellitia 

 and a Cerasiis ikiccitiii. — C. Fenn, Lee. April, 1891. 



Warrington. — About a fortnight ago I was at Delamere Forest with 

 my friend, Mr. Acton, and spent a couple of nights larvas-hunting. We 

 found Noctua larvae plentifully along the lanes and wood edgings and 

 inside the woods, The larvae of species obtained were Triphxna fimbria, 

 commonly ; Noctua brmmea and N. trianguluni, abundantly ; Leucania 

 lithargyria and Aplecta nebulosa, a fair number. We also got a few 

 Ellopia fasciaria and quantities of Thera variata by beating pines ; a 

 few Trachea piniperda imagines tumbling into the umbrella at long in- 

 tervals. Altogether, we were much pleased with our success, bringing 

 home over three hundred larvae. I am indebted to sallow for half a 

 dozen Tczniocampa gracilis and two T. rubricosa this season, and for 

 these I repeatedly visited the sallows of this neighbourhood. The 

 common Tceniocampas were numerous, and I sorted out a few light, 

 mottled, and banded forms of T. instabilis. Of black vars. I saw 

 several, but some years they are very common. Hybernating Calo- 

 campa exoleta and Scotosia dubitata females appeared also. I kept 

 several for ova, but could not induce them to deposit, even though I 

 put them out of doors in a wire-guaze cage over growing plants. — 

 J. Collins. May 2yd, 1891. 



Pitcaple. — During the last week of April and first week of 

 May, insects, on favourable evenings, literally swarmed at sallows. 

 Tceniocanipa gothica and T. stabilis were, as usual, most abundant. T. 

 instabilis and T. rubricosa were not uncommon, var. gothicina a few. 

 T. gothica, T. stabilis and T. instabilis varied to an extraordinary degree, 

 but the latter, unfortunately, were mostly all showing signs of wear. 

 Hybernated species, such as Cerastis vaccinii, Calocampa vetusta and C. 

 exoleta, though not uncommon, were of course left to enjoy themselves. 

 Cieneral collecting has been fairly good lately, and, among others, I 

 have taken or seen the following: — Pieris rapce and P. napi, a few; 

 Arelitffa artemis,\z.wx. abundant in one locality ; Polyommatus phlceas, 

 one at Muchalls ; Sesia philanthiforniis larvis on coast ; Nudaria ?nun- 

 dana larvae excessively abundant at Muchalls ; Chelonia plantaginis 

 larvae not rare ; Arctia fuliginosa pupae common ; Bonibyx callume larvae 

 a few ; Selenia illunaria only coming out ; Dasydia obfuscata larvae at 

 Muchalls ; Melariippe fluctuata, a few ; Lobophora lobidata, a few ; 

 Anticlea badiata, just appearing ; Cidaria suffumata, common, var. 

 piceata, not rare, about 15 per cent.; Chesias obliquaria, a few ; Dasy- 



