140 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



The notes on the times of flight of the Crambi are very interesting, 

 and such slight experience of them as I have I gladly give. Ilithyia 

 carnella. — Can be easily disturbed during the day when the sun is 

 shining, but not when it is at all cloudy ; it flies rapidly a short distance, 

 and can be easily marked down. Also flies just as it is getting dark, 

 but so far as my observations go not for any length of time. Comes 

 occasionally to sugar. C. perlellus. — Flies during the day in the sun- 

 shine. IVarniigiondlus, the same remark applies, but I have never 

 noticed either species (?) after sunset. With regard to zvarringtonellus 

 being a variety of perlellus^ it is worthy perhaps of note that at Torquay 

 only perlellus occurs ; on the other hand, in Dorsetshire, where war- 

 ruigto7ieUus swarmed, I did not take diUy perlellus ; but in North Staf- 

 fordshire both the type and variety occur, I believe, in the same locality. 

 C. chrysonuihellus swarms on the downs near Eastbourne during the 

 day, and this year I took it plentifully on the Malvern Hills, between 

 5 and 6 p.m. I have had no experience with this insect after sunset. 

 Incpiinatelhis flies freely in the sunshine, but I have never noticed it 

 at dusk. Culmellus does not move during the day, but it swarmed at 

 Torquay from dusk till between lo and ii. Pascuellus. — At dusk. 

 Adipellus. — Easily disturbed during the daytime. PrcEtellus. — Easily dis- 

 turbed during the daytime. Geniculellus. — Easily disturbed during the 

 daytime. Afyellus flies freely during the day ; abounds in a bog near 

 Keswick. Selasellus. — During the day in long grass near ponds. 

 Hortuellus. — This flies during the day, at dark can be easily disturbed. 

 Tristellus. — Same remark applies. — E. C. Dobree Fox. 



I fear I can add only very scant notes as to the times of flight of the 

 Crambidce. C. pinetellus easily disturbed all day, natural flight begins at 

 twilight. It is generally one of the earliest visitors to the moth trap on 

 favourable evenings. C. pascuellus. Flies readily early in the afternoon 

 and again at late dusk. C. pinetelhis. I have only taken one specimen ; 

 that was flying after dark. C. perlellus. Comes to the moth trap after 

 dark till about 2 or 3 a.m. C. tristellus. Easily disturbed all day, 

 fiies at dusk. C. inquinatellus. Frequently takes short flights in the 

 afternoon. Comes rather early to the trap. C. geniculellus. Comes to 

 the trap after dark. C. culmellus. Flies at dusk, and comes readily 

 to light early. C. hortuellus. Disturbed easily in the afternoon, flies 

 at early twilight ; comes to light during the first part of the night. — 



M. KiMBER. 



Of the genus Crambus we have here, falsellus, prcetellus, pascuellus, 

 pinetellus, perlellus, tristellus, inquinatellus, geniculellus, culmellus and 

 hortuellus. I find all these fly naturally from dusk on into the night 

 and rest a bit in the day, but if they are ever asleep it is with one or 

 both eyes open, for they are, most of them, only too readily put up in 

 the day. Perlellus and geniculellus are not quite so easily moved in 

 the day as the rest. If it is at all rough or cold they lie close. 

 Pinetellus is the only one I have never started in the day, it does not 

 seem to move till it is almost dark. — W. Holland. 



I have corrected one mistake which I fell into last time ; the times 

 of flight given for the other species are the times when I have found 

 the several species most abundant, Mr. Fenn's experience is very 

 curious, according to him all are most abundant from dusk on to mid- 

 night. As nearly all the species I mentioned are found in June and 



