44 THE entomologist's record. 



conspersana, Tortrix ribeana, Penthina picana (corticana), Bactra lanceo- 

 lana, Tortrix viburniana, Paedisca ophthahmcana (a dozen, bred from 

 aspen), P. semifnscana (a few, bred from Myrica gale); several afternoons' 

 beating hawthorn hedges in September, produced a number of Peroneas 

 — variecjana (very plentiful), schalleriana and comparana, about a dozen 

 of each, and a few hastiana. I bad only two days collecting away from 

 here, and netted about forty Emmelesia taeniata in two days, out of 

 which only one is in good condition, the majority being so much worn, 

 as to have been released at once. 1 was evidently too late for them. — 

 (Capt.) E. W. Brown, Enniskillen. Oct. ijth, 1894. 



Short Notes from the Exchange Baskets. — The Rev. R. McClean 

 (Sligo) writes on Oct. 31st : — " This year has been very bad for collect- 

 ing, and no larvae were to be got. The best thing that 1 turned up 

 was a very nice variety of Taeniocampa munda, with a black band across 

 the wings. I hope next year to take a good series of them. Last 

 June, in Co. Kerry, I took a fine series of Lencania llttoralis, but I am 

 not certain whether they differ from the English type. Stilbia anomala 



and Epnnda hdidenta were very scarce this year." Mr. F. G. 



Whittle (Southend) writes on Nov. 10th : — " The following insects 

 visited my sugar. — Sept. 10th : Cirrhoedia xerampelina (one onl}'), Cato- 

 cala mipta, Plusia gamma, Agrotis ypsilon, Mellinia circeUaris, Noctua 

 c.-nigruia, Pterophorus monodactyliis, Depressaria arenella, and Teras 

 contaminana ; Sept. 13th: Amphipyra tragopwgonis ; Sept. 18th : Ancho- 

 celis pistacma, Xanthia fulvago, X. Jiavago, Calymnia dijfinis, and Depres- 

 saria subpropinquella ; Sept. 20th : Xanthia gilvago war.palleago, Agrotis 

 saucia, Anchocelis litura, A. lunosa, and Cerostoma radiateUa ; Sept. 23: 

 Hadena protea ; Sept. 26th: Agrotis segetum, Orthosia lota, 0. rufina ; 

 Oct. 6th : Scopelosoma satellitia, Orrhodia ligula, Endrosis fenestrella ; 

 Oct. 8th : 0. vaccina, Miselia oxyacanthae. At light, the following 

 have occurred, viz, : Enbolia cercinata, Cidaria iiiiata, Orgyia antiqua, 

 A.pistacina. Until this year, I had never taken more than one or two 

 A. litura in any one season. Visiting my sugar rather earlier than 

 usual on Sept. 23rd, I saw many specimens flying round and settling 

 near the patches, and was able to box 18 in a very few minutes. I 

 suppose the species flies very early, for on my second round not a 



single specimen was to be seen." Mr. E. A. Atmore (King's 



Lynn) writes on Nov. 14th : — " I have recently been into some Scotch- 

 fir woods here to look for pupa3 of Bupalus piniaria and Panolis 

 piniperda. I found both very abundant — far more so than I have found 

 them for years, but a large number of the former species have 



not yet assumed the pupal state ! " Dr. H. H. Corbett (Doncaster) 



writes on Dec. 5th: — "At the end of September, and throughout 

 October, sugaring was, if possible, more unprofitable than ever, but, at 

 the end of October and during the greater part of November, things 

 were much better ; moths swarmed at the treacle. They were, for 

 the most part, common, but some nice forms turned up, perhaps the 

 best being Orrhodia ligula wsn'.j^olita, Scopelosoma satellitia (dark forms), 

 and vars. of 0. vaccinii, Phlogophora meticulosa, and Calocampa exoleta 

 were abundant, but of the genus Anchocelis I only saw three or four 

 individuals. Mr. Home's Seoparia ambigualis (?), in tlie exhibition box, 

 is a very curious form. Where I have seen any iiielanic tendency in 

 this species, it has been towards a darkening of the central shade, and 

 not of the basal and hind marginal areas. If 1 had to name this specimen 



