NOTKS ON (:OLLK(TIN(i, ET(^ 805 



on the 14th larva^ of A. cilllcn and Tnjpliaeua jiinhria. During; May, 

 faptured Iloxnn<i <trciiann, Sij)H(icthis oxyacantheUa (fabriciana), Aclehi 

 rii-ideUa, A>ii/<'hita modestcUa and a good many common things. In June 

 I found a batch of larvaj of Cncnll/d i-crhasci on Verhnxcmn thapsus ; at 

 the l^eginning of the month one A(jrotiH cinerea, Grammemi trigrammica 

 (with two var. hilhiea), Noctim plceta, Hadcna dentina and other sjjecies 

 came to sugar, and I bred NoctiKi Ixiia, Tryphaeiui iantldnd, T.Jiiiibria 

 and Aplecta tincta. On Jul}^ ()th J bred a very iine female Odonestis 

 j)ot(tfori(t, which was as dark as the males ; on the 7th Acronycta acerin, 

 A. pal, Leiicaiu'a comma and a couple of fine Aplccta advena were taken 

 at sugar ; on the lUth I found another batch of C. verbasci larvae ; 

 Sesia ichneumoniforinis, Aciptilia haliodactyla, Xauthosetia hainana, 

 and Pancalia Jewenhoekella were out ; between the 14th and the 

 end of the month the following were taken at sugar : — TJiyatyra 

 derasa, Acronycta aceris, A. trideus, Marnestra abjecfa, M. persicariae, 

 Caradrina taraxaci, Xylophasia rnrea, Calymnia ajfiais, Hadena dis- 

 simil/s, Pyralis costaiis (fiiiibrialis), etc. ; during the same period, 

 specimens of Ebalea stachydalis, Tortrlx duinetana, T. costana and 

 Anesychia decoiKjiitteUa were caught. All the foregoing insects were 

 captured in Sussex, but I spent the first week of August in Hampshire, 

 where I obtained a long and variable series of Agroti^ tritlci and a, few 

 A. cesfiiji(dii<, together with Betia/'a fiyloestrana, Harp/pteryx xylostdla 

 {li(irpella), Lita macnlea, L. mdrmorea, Occnphnrtt hiinbdeJJd, Ocropliont 

 liinarin, Gymnancycla canella, Ncjihojitery.r <jiiiistella and Ephestid ebdelld. 

 Stray shots included Teleia fni/itircUd, llctitiid pinicoJana, Scardid 

 cloaoUd and Tinea tdpetzelhi ; Lyoiuiia clerchella have been very 

 plentiful in clierr}' and birch, and I found several larvae still feeding 

 while boxing the moths off some palings. The middle of August found 

 ane in good old Sussex once more. An odd specimen of Leucania straminea 

 was followed by the appearance of two L. albipuncta, keeping one 

 another company on adjoining posts ; other species were Hydroecia 

 nictituns, Ajximea leiicostlymd (1), Cdlyviiiia dijjiiu's, C.ajfinis (this species 

 had been about for 12 weeks), Hadeud dissimilis, Cdiocala nupta and 

 Dejjressdrid yeatieUa. A week later, tliough it was blowing half a gale, 

 I put the sugar on, but took nothing on the first round ; on commencing 

 the second round, however, I took anotlier L. albipuncta, and two minutes 

 afterwards, while looking at a crowd oi moths very much inebriated by 

 a special l)rand of sugar, another flew over mj^ shoulder. This last was 

 the l)est I had taken and was of a hue reddish-brown colour. September 

 yielded Calamla Intosa, Hydroecia micacea, Nenronia popidarin, 

 Anchocelis lunosa, Xanthia fnlrago, X. Jlarayo, X. gihago, Agrotis saucia 

 and Calocampa exoleta. During July and August I took a series of 

 Tinea uigripnncteUa, and one Oenophda r-flara in North Street, Brighton. 

 — J. Gilbert Johnson, 24, Norfolk Square, Brighton. Oct. I'ith, 

 1894. ^ 



Practical hints. 



A NEW METHOD OF KELAXiNU INSECTS. — Rectified Wood Naphtha, 

 obtainable from any chemist, containing a trace of White 

 Shellac, say 10 gi-ains to the ounce, apjjlied to the underside of the ex- 

 treme base of the wings by means of a very fine salile brush, within a few 

 seconds renders the wings quite pliable ; the insect is then placed on the 

 setting board and set to the requii'ed position, braces being used if 

 necessary. In from 12 to 24 hours the specimen is ready for the 



