14 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Chelonia plantaginis double brooded. — On the lOtli of November 

 the pupa of C. plantaginis, of which I spoke in the November issue of the 

 Record, yielded its imago, a 3 , which is quite typical. The ova hatched 

 on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of June ; the larvae were kept throughout in 

 a very damp room, near a window facing east which got but a very 

 small modicum of sun. — F. B. Newniiam. December Qth, 1893. 



Larv^ of Macroglossa stellatarum. — The larva3 of M. stellatarmn 

 were rather common here in August, and kept feeding on Galium verum. 

 We all know the full-fed larva ; when young it is dark olive green, 

 the head and horn of a still darker shade, while the sub-dorsal and 

 spiracular lines are faintly indicated by a shade lighter than that of the 

 body. It feeds in the same localities as C. porcellus, of which, strange 

 to say, I have not seen a single specimen in the larval state this season, 

 though it is usually common here on the same food-plant. — F. B. 

 Newnham. December 6th, 1893. 



Time of Flight of Luperina cespitis. — During September I twice 

 noticed L. cespitis on the wing between 4 and 5 p.m. I have seldom 

 taken it at light before 11 p.m., so that it seems probable that there are 

 two distinct times of flight. — J. H. D. Beales, West Woodhay Eectory, 

 Newbury. 



Macroglossa stellatarum near Manchester. — On June 20th I 

 took a specimen of Macroglossa stellatarum in one of our greenhouses, 

 and heard that others had been seen in the neighbourhood. — Wilfrid 

 Stones, Northwood, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester. 

 November 25th, 1893. 



Second brood op Nemeophila plantaginis. — In looking over the 

 " Notes on Collecting " in this month's Record, I notice that the Rev. 

 F. B. Newnham mentions an instance of a larva of N. plantaginis spinning 

 up in September. That does not appear very strange to me, as I have 

 found no difficulty in rearing a second brood of N. plantaginis ; in fact, 

 I have reared a second brood every year for several years, and last year 

 tried to get a third but was unsuccessful. I obtained larvae at Scotstown 

 Moor in the beginning of May. The first imago emerged on June 18th. 

 On June 21st I got eggs from a female which hatched on June 28th, 

 and the larvae began to spin up on August 14th. The first imago of the 

 second brood emerged on August 27th. I had then some difficulty in 

 getting a pairing, and it was September 4th before I got eggs from the 

 second brood. These hatched on September 11th and fed up with 

 little trouble until the middle of October, when, unfortunately, 1 could 

 not attend to them as they required, so they hybernated. A friend of 

 mine, Mr. J. Duncan, successfully reared a number of a third brood, 

 but he had to put them on their food every day to keep them from 

 hybernating. He fed the larvfe on cabbage. — Wm. Cowie, 5, Canal 

 Street, Aberdeen. November 26th, 1893. 



Blight. — We have in this part of the country a very extraordinary 

 superstition with regard to what goes by the name of " blight." 

 Frequently during the summer, after a spell of hot weather, there 

 follow two or three close and " thundery " days when the sky is com- 

 pletely overcast, though without any sign of immediate rain, the effect 

 being to make everything dark and dismal. If at such a time a 



