240 THE entomologist's record. 



data, Acidalia hisetata, Chortodes arcuosa, N. mundana, Cidarta fidvata, 

 Noctna /estiva, Euplthecia minutata, CucuUia umhratica, E. recfamjulata, E. 

 sohriuata, Triphaena orbona, P. sinu'Jis, Bomhyx neustria, Acidalia aversata, 

 A. dimidiata, A. virgularia, Cleora lichenaria, Cidaria pyraliata, Leucania 

 impura, Larentia viridaria, C. pusaria, Agrotis corticea, Caradrina alsines, 

 Uropteryx samhucata, E. isoyrammata, Bryophila perla, L. margiuata, 

 Abraxas grossidariata, Hepiahis sylvinus, Boarmia genimaria, Eubolia 

 limitata, Nola cucuUatella, Xylophasia lithoxylea, Crocallis elinguaria, 

 S. biliinaria, Geometra vernaria and Spilosoma menthastri. On Aug. 1st, 

 I went down to Tenby for four weeks, returning on 29th ; I set my 

 moth-trap on the next night, when I took Xenronia popularis and 

 Lnperina testacea commonly, also a few each of i. cespitis, Pliisia gamma, 

 C. ferrugata, C. designata and M. fluduata ; on the same day I found at 

 rest at tlie foot of an ash tree a very fine $ Cirrhoedia xerampelina, but 

 although I hunted dozens of trees every evening afterwards for a week 

 or more I failed to find another. SejDtember j^roduced Noctna umbrosa, 

 L. cespitis, L. testacea, Folia clii, N. popmlaris, C. truncata, A. pyramidea, 

 P. Jiavicincta, Riimia hiteolata and A. tragopogonis at light, Chrysophanns 

 phloeas, Lycaena agestis, L. icarus, L. bellargns, G. c-album and P. 

 aialanta during the day, and OrtJiosia lota, Orrliodia vaccinii, 0. lignla 

 and Hadena pjrotea bred from eggs and pupte. During October, I took 

 Oporabia dihdata, Himera pennaria and Anchocelis litura at light, 0. 

 vaccinii, 0. ligtda, Mellinia circellaris and ^4. pistacina at ivy, and X. 

 ornithopus at rest. On Xov. 1st, I took a fine J A. sphinx at rest on an 

 apple tree in my garden, from which I obtained about a dozen eggs, and 

 hope to rear some imagines in Nov. next, but the larv^ being cannibals 

 I am not looking forward with pleasure to the difficult}^ of keeping them 

 in separate sleeves, which I suppose I shall have to do, unless someone 

 will kindly give me a hint as how else to prevent their eating each 

 other. On the 7th, I found Hybernia aurantiaria at rest, and on the 

 18th, I took a beautiful specimen of Xylina semibrimnea at ivy, which 

 is a good deal darker than those I took in Hampshire a few j^ears ago, 

 the other moths taken in November were, Clieimatobia brumata, B. meti- 

 culosa, Caradrina quadnpimctata and Orthosia macilenta. The only insect 

 which turned up during December was a solitary specimen of Poecilo- 

 campa popnli, which came to my moth-trap. — R. B. Robertsox. March, 

 1895. 



Erkata. — Page 157, 14 lines from bottom for " growth " read 

 "transition towards pupse " ; in the next line for " accom2)lish " read 

 " complete." 



Societies. 



At the meeting of the Entomological Society of London on April 

 3rd, 1895, Mr. C. J. Gahan exhibited two examples ( <? and $ ) of a rare 

 beetle, Chariea cyanea, Serville, wliich had been kindly sent to him for 

 examination by Mons. Rene Oberthiir ; he stated that Lacordaire was 

 mistaken with regard to the sex of the specimen which he described in 

 the Genera des Coleopteres. He pointed out that the elytra of the ^ 

 were relatively much shorter than those of the J , and that the joints of 

 the antennas from the third to the tenth were bi-ramose. Mr. Gahan 

 also exhibited two species of the genus Decarthria, Ho^De, and said he 

 believed these were the two smallest specimens of Longicorns known. 



