134 THE entomologist's recoed. 



[I remember occasional instances of C. porcellus at sugar. One almost 

 identical with that mentioned above happened to Mr. Ovenden many 

 years ago when I was with him. — Ed.] 



St. Aiint^s-on-Sea. — We have done pretty well this season on the 

 sallows, Tceniocampa gracilis^ T. opima and T. gothica with T. rubricosa 

 putting in an appearance, T. gracilis being by far the commonest. 

 Orgyia fascelina are not nearly so abundant this year as last, but still 

 we have managed to secure a {^w larvae. We have also got a fairish 

 amount of Leucania littoralis larvse off the sandhills and they are just 

 beginning to turn. — H. Baxter, St. Anne's-on-Sea. 



York. — Sallows yielded plenty of specimens, mostly of the common 

 tribe, when nights were favourable; but I was prevented owing to the 

 wet and cold windy nights which prevailed during the blooming season, 

 trying them sufficiently often to take TcEuiocampa leucographa. This 

 species was however taken at Bishop's Wood, near Selby, and, judging 

 by my previous experience when I took a large number one season, the 

 species is not uncommon there. Aniidea badiata I found, on one of the 

 sallowing nights, flying round the rose bushes in the greatest profusion. — 

 S. Walker, 75, Union Terrace, York. 



Cambri ge, etc. — I found the early part of this season decidedly bad, 

 and things very late, they are coming out much better now, and seem 

 tolerably plentiful. A day at Tuddenham ("The Breck Sands") in 

 April produced larvae of a Gelechia in Cerastiuin an>ense, probably G. 

 fraierfiella, and other larvje in flowers of broom, from which I have to-day 

 bred one Tortrix xyhsteana (I expected G. imilinella), cases of Coleophora 

 lixella and C. onosinella (the latter of which have been coming out the 

 last week), and one imago, Gelechia velocella. C. alcyonipenella is now 

 coming out from cases occurring plentifully near the town, and C. 

 troglodytella from the Fens. I was at Wicken one day in the middle of 

 June and collected some larvae of Gelechia ??iorosa from yellow " loose- 

 strife," and Peronea sliepherdafin in " meadow sweet," and took a series 

 o{ Eiipa:cilia vectisana (? Ed.) and oddspecimens o( Fhoxopleryx pahidana, 

 Chaidiodiis illigerella, Stigmo7iota orobana, etc. I saw Mr. Houghton 

 (the local collector) who told me Meliatia flammea had been pretty 

 plentiful, JSascia cilialis and Vii/iiuia ve?iosa just coming out. The larvae 

 of Plusia orichalcea were very late, I took a few and the last one spun 

 up July I St, a full fortnight later than in other years, and three weeks 

 later than last year, which, by the way, was the earliest year I have 

 known them. Two nights in the Fens, July 4th and 5th, proved 

 good for "'light" and produced Macrogasier castaiiecR (arundinis) 

 slightly worn, but more plentiful than I have ever seen them, about 

 fifty or sixty in the two nights. Leuca7iia pudorifia came freely to " sugar," 

 three L. straminea at honeydew on alder leaves, Xylophasia rurea and 

 var. alopecurus at "sugar," one TripJia-na siibsequa in a heap of rubbish, 

 and other odd things such as Hepiahis hecius, Coremia quadtifasciaria, 

 Herminia cribralis, Rivula sericealis, etc. One thing I have found in 

 the Fen fresh this year which has pleased me much, w's: — Stratlinwpoda 

 pedella which occurs plentifully on three alder trees only, although I 

 tried all over the Fen where alder grows. — W. Farren, Cambridge. 



Swa7tsea. — So far as this season goes, insects seem to be scarce, I 

 have taken some Boarmia consonaria, but mostly $ J, the ? ? being 

 about one in ten. Oddly enough, the majority of these were taken on birch 



