1S4 THE entomologist's RECORD 



the warm clay. Many flew off the trees as soon as approached, whilst 

 several Avere on the wing. I took the banded form, and also the 

 ochreous form. The species seemed getting thin and worn by the 3rd 

 of March, but I then found on the oaks, imagines of AsphaUa flavicornis, 

 evidently just emerged. I consider this a very early date, my previous 

 captures having been the last week in March and early in April. — 

 S. Walker, York. March llth, 1893. 



Durham. — On the 17th inst. I took a very light specimen of 

 Asphalia Jiadcornis on Seamer Moor, and on the 2Utli, a very dark 

 specimen, with black band, thorax and body at the same place, thus 

 affording an example of dark and light variations in the same locality, 

 and under apparently the same conditions ; the ordinary form occurred, 

 of course, also, but the insects were by no means plentiful this season. 

 T. Maddison, South Bailey, Durham. March 24-th, 1893. 



Theydon Bois. — Brephos parthenias was just out on llth March at 

 Theydon, and last Saturday (2oth) it swarmed, but wanted picking over, 

 as some were worn. We worked the sallows on the same evening, all the 

 common species turned up plentifully, including 45 Tmiiocampa munda, 

 usually rather a scarce species in our forest, and a $ Calocainpa exoleta. 

 I am trying to get ova from the latter, but fear it is not fertile. — A. U. 

 Battley, 28, Amlmrst Park, N. March 30th, 1893. 



Sicansea. — The sallows are nearly over here now, and the few that 

 are left are hardly worth working, as the bright moonlight nights seem 

 to keep the moths off. So far I have turned up 5 new sjiecies in this 

 district since I sent a list of insects taken here last year, and which 

 appeared in the Becord of February. On March 12th I took 3 Phy- 

 aaiia pilosaria, one being a very nice black variety. Larentia midtistri- 

 qaria came to the moth trap at the beginning of March. On the night 

 of the 6th March I found a specimen of Tieniocampa piopideti at rest on 

 some wire netting, apparently just emerged, and have taken two or 

 three at sallow since, and on the 28th I took 1 Br(p)hos parthenias and 

 1 Asphalia flavicornis in the same birch wood. My first Tephrosia 

 crejmscularia was taken on March 8th, up to the present date, about 30 

 beino- secured, some beautiful black varieties being among them, out of 

 which I have been fortunate enough to get a couple of batches of ova. 

 On March 25th I got two T. himdularia (?), one typical, and one quite 

 black, with white line on margin. This year I have ji laced a label 

 with date under each insect, to see how the crepiiscularia and hiimdularia 

 run into each other. About a dozen Dasychira pudihmida have emerged, 

 all bein"" typical. I was in hopes of getting some dark ones, as the 

 larvae were nearly black, but have been so far disappointed. — R. B. 

 Eobertson, Sketty Park, Swansea. April 1st, 1893. 



Aberdeen. — The season is remarkably early here. Cidaria suffumaia 

 was out on the 12th April, and I got a fair sprinkling of the var. 

 piceata, but they are difficult to get really perfect. I took Euchloe 

 cardamines, which is a rare butterfly in this district, on May 1st. 

 Macroglossa hombyliformis was flying wildly at the same place, and it was 

 no easy matter to net them. Viminia menyanthidis and V. myricce 

 turned up at sugar on April 29th, about a month earlier than usual. 

 The nights are rather frosty, and consequently moths are not moving 

 freely ; night-feeding larvae are apparently scarce here as yet, and not 

 so far forward as the perfect insects. — A. Hokne. May 5th, 1893. 



Wye Valley. — On the 18th of April, Argynnis euphrosyne was out 



