226 THE entomologist's record. 



Scotland, bears a slight superficial resemblance to Psodos coracina, and 

 occurs commonly in the Alps and in the Scandmavian mountains, so 

 that collectors in Scotland ought soon to render an account of it. 



Mr, Saunders adds Psallus albicinctus, Kirschbaum, to the list of 

 British Hemiptera. A single $ example was beaten off a sallow on 

 the 13th of July, at Chobham. 



Colonel Partridge records having seena/'/^r/i dap/idice ^i Folkestone, 

 whilst his groom saw a Dciopeia pulchella. He also saw a specimen of 

 Plusia f/ioneta on the boards of a beginner, who had taken it at light. 



Specimens of Deiopeia pulchella are recorded (i) from Battle, 

 captured by Miss Roper on June 4th; (2) from Fonmon Castle, taken 

 by Mr. Jones on June 8th ; (3) from Southampton, by Mr. Rybot on 

 June loth. 



The record of the occurrence of Tapinostola cojicolor in Staffordshire, 

 in July last, to which we at once drew attention {ante p. 178) has 

 proved to be incorrect as was expected. 



Lord Rendlesham and his sons captured eleven specimens of Sphinx 

 pinastri at Woodbridge, Suffolk, during the daytime in the first part of 

 August, and left several damaged specimens on the trees. Ova were 

 obtained, and larvae were recorded as feeding up on September 4ih. 



The Boiys referred to ante, p. 216 is recorded in the official report 

 of the S )uth London Ent. Society as "a new species of Botys allied to 

 fuscalisy The specimen is certainly a large fuscalis, and that was the 

 general opinion of the members present who knew the genus. It is a 

 pity to introduce a supposed new species in this manner. If some 

 authoritative entomologist describes a species and gives it a name the 

 matter can be thrashed out, but this method is altogether objectionable 

 and unscientific. 



Mr. Bateson, at the Meeting of the Ent. Soc. of London on October 

 5th, exhibited specimens of Saturnia carpini \\\\\c)i\. he had fed up in a 

 white muslin sleeve, and which had spun their cocoons in white paper; 

 also others which had spun up in a dark muslin sleeve in dark paper. 

 There was no difference in the colour of the cocoons, thus showing that 

 the lai vK had not been influenced by their surroundings. 



Mr. Poullon then read a paper and stated that the larvre of Aniphy- 

 dasis hetularia when exposed to light were very sensitive to environment. 

 He reared some in the dark, these showed no variation, another lot 

 was kept in darkness during the day, and exposed to the light of a 

 paraffin lamp by night. These produced but slight variation. He 

 found the colours very little altered in the last stage, the previous stages 

 being those in which the larvae were most susceptible. The action of 

 artificial and distinct colours in the larvse did not produce the same 

 colour in the larvae, thus orange produced green, blue produced dark 

 brown, etc. Alelanippe 7nontanata larvae were sensitive to the action of 

 light, Rumia cratcegata very sensitive, whilst those of Catocala electa^ 

 C. elocata, Hemerophila abrnptaria and Boarmia roboraria proved also 

 sensitive. On the other hand, Gnophos obscurata larvte did not respond 

 in any way to the action of light. 



Messrs. A. Robinson and Jager have been successful in capturing 

 Callimorpha hern again this season in South Devon. 



Plusia vioneta pupae are recorded as taken by Mr. Gervase Mathew 

 in Kent {vide, Report of Ent. Soc. of London in this number). 



