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surprised to see (antf, p. 156) that A. opriUna is usually so scarce in 

 Montrose, as it is taken here most freely. K. jacobacac has been taken 

 here this year for the first time (I believe), two being captured at 

 Almond Bank, Perth. — E. R. Bush, 71, Strathmore Street, Bridgend, 

 Perth, N.B. 



Lepidoptera at Bath. — The season 1895 opened well. In March, 

 Hyhcniia manjinaria and H. rupicaprarlavfere taken in large numbers, 

 whilst a little later Aniaoptenj.c aetieularia put in an appearance, shortly 

 followed by Phiyalia pedaria. I paid two or three visits to the sallows 

 in April, but only saw a few Taeniocampa criuia and T. tfuthica. 

 Towards the end of April, a large number of Selenia bilunaria were 

 taken, amongst which were some unusual forms. Early in May Etichloe 

 ca rdami lies iind Pieris napiweve taken, as well as Antidea derivata, and 

 later, Scotusia certata (? in May. — lid.), Emmelcsia dicolorata, the latter 

 being very abundant among campions in this district. Towards the 

 end of May I took Odontopera bldcntata, Notudunta dictaea and 

 Xoctua c-nii/ruiii. In June, the following, amongst other species, 

 were captured : — Tlwra cariata, Nemuria viridata, Antidea rubidata, 

 Gramrnesia trii/rammica, Aplecta advena, Cucullia umbratica, Hecatera 

 Serena, Xylophasia sublustris, X. lithoxylea, Dianthoecia cund)ali, 

 D. carpophaya, Axylia putris, Plima iota, P. bractea and P. chry.sitis. 

 In the beginning of July the following were taken at sugar : Yiminia 

 nimieis, Gonophura derasa, Xylophaaia acoluparina, X. hepatira ; whilst 

 the following Geometers : Pericallia syrinyaria, Metrucampamargaritaria, 

 Crocallis elinyuaria, PJubolia palumbaria and Anaitis playiata were 

 also captured. In September, at ivy, the following insects occurred : 

 — Xanthia eitrayu, X. fulrayu, X. Jiavayu, Hydroecia wicacea, Andiocelia 

 lunosa, A. pistacina, A. litura, Mellinia cireellaris and one X. axirayo. 

 At light, IHloha eaendeocephala, Euyunia anyularia, Kpione vespertaria 

 (? Ed.) and Polia flaricincta were taken, whilst the October captures 

 included Ayrotis ypsilon, Peridroma satwia, (Jrthosia lota and 

 (). inacilcnta. — T. Greer, Bath. 



ElOTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARY^, &c. 



Food-plants of Hypenodes albistrigalis. — In reply to Dr. Eiding 

 [Ent. Rec, vii., p. 113) I may say that the life history of this species 

 was made known by Heer P. C. T. Snellen in 1890, in Vol. xxxiii. of 

 the Tijdschrift mor Entuiiudoyie, pp. 174-176, under the name of 

 H. taenialia, Hb. ; Prof, van Leeuwen reared it from its egg in 1887, 

 and found that the larva would feed on the flowers of Thymus .serpyllion 

 and Calluna ndyaris. The former was probably offered them on 

 account of Hellins' treatment of the allied costar.striyalis, recorded in 

 E. M. M., vi., p. 216 ; and Snellen mentions the occurrence of 

 albistriyalis in pine woods where heath and fern covered the ground; 

 so it is not unlikely that Calluna flowers may be its food plant in a 

 state of nature. — -Louis B. Prout, F.E.S., 12, Greenwood Road, N.E. 

 December, 1895. 



Notes on rearing Folia xanthomista (nigrocincta). — I have had 

 considerable experience in breeding this species for many years, and a 

 few notes on the subject may be of interest to the readers of this 

 magazine, especially to such as have received eggs from me this 

 season. It is not very easy to rear from larvae collected in the wild 



