164 THE entomologist's record. 



I put a chip box into the sleeve with them, and nearly all the eggs are 

 invisible, hidden away under the films of wood which have started with 

 the damp. I thought they had not laid until I noticed the green of the 

 ova under a thin film. C. or also laid well. They differ much from 

 the Rannoch ones. I hope the second brood of Deiopeia pulchella may 

 turn up. Has anyone views as to how to try for the larvse — sweep the 

 Myosotis in the water meadows ? I can't sweep the middle of a cricket 

 pitch, where there was one taken, others are paid to do that. — G. M. 

 A. Hewett, Winchester. 20th June, 1892. 



Bristol. — I consider that the season here is, on the whole, a good 

 one. The weather so far has been fairly favourable, though many 

 nights have been cold. On Whit Monday, which was a splendidly fine 

 day, I was able to get a good day's collecting at Dursley (Gloucester) 

 with a friend, and although we got no rarities, we saw that fine locality 

 at its best, as far as number of specimens is concerned. Lycatia alsics 

 was literally in swarms, sitting in rows of a dozen or so on the damp 

 mud in the roads left by rain on the previous day. (By the way, I once 

 saw this species resting on a sheep's dropping at Portsmouth.) Ino 

 geryon also was flying among the long grass in hundreds. Nearly all 

 we caught were males, the females hiding among the grass. We were 

 rather too early for Nenieophila plaiitaghiis, two specimens only putting 

 in an appearance, and only one Nemeobius lucina ; but we either saw or 

 captured fifteen species of butterflies and a large number of moths. — 

 C. G. Griffiths. July \th, 1892. 



Folkestone. — Colias edusa and var. helice, C. hyale, and Deiopeia pul- 

 chella have been taken at Folkestone this year. — Hy. Ullyett, Folke- 

 stone. 



Retarded Emergences. — In June, 1890, I had some larvae of 

 Sphinx ligustri which fed up and pupated in the following August. 

 One emerged in June, 1891, and the remaining sixteen have now made 

 their appearance in the following order : 6 ? 's, 4 5^ 's, i ? , 5 c? 's, the 

 last one appearing this evening. I also had a similar experience 

 with Cucullia verbasci. Out of about a dozen larvae which pupated in 

 August, 1890, all but one hatched in April and May last year; this 

 remained in the pupa until April 21st, 1892. I have captured 6 

 specimens of Agrotis suffusa in splendid condition at different dates 

 from June 8th to 27th this year. Is it not rather an unusual time for 

 this species? They are in too fine a condition for hybernated ones. 

 — H. Sandlin, 28, Hastings Road, Maidstone. July ^th, 1892, 

 [^Agrotis saucia, A. suffusa, and A. puta all have double broods in 

 some seasons, one in May and June, and a later in August and 

 September. Records of retarded emergences of Sphinx -ligustri and 

 Cucullia verbasci both occur in the first vol. of this magazine. — Ed.] 



AsPHALiA ridens — RETARDED EMERGENCE. — In the New Forest 

 the appearance of this insect in the larval stage is very uncertain ; 

 some years it is abundant, while sometimes hardly one is taken. In 

 June, 1888, it was very abundant all over the Forest. Of the larvre 

 taken in that year by myself quite 80 per cent, died before reaching 

 the pupal stage ; most of them were stung, but several fell victims to 

 cannibalism, I found "sleeving" the best method of rearing them. 

 If moss is placed in the sleeve they will spin up in it without the 

 slightest trouble. The pupae are very hardy, thise kept in a warm 



