304 THE entomologist's record. 



M. literona, M. hicolaria are all common, except ^[. literiixa, and taken 

 at sugar. I venture to say the first two are distinct species, as the 

 larva of M. striiiilis is, I think, greener and more transparent than 

 fascinnrula, which also has a darker head. M. stiinilis is, I think, the 

 first to appear. I noted them on May 20th and 27th, in 1893. M. 

 strii/ilis ab. act/iiop.s is the commonest with us. Mr. Cansdale 

 adds (.'Jiorfndes arcuosa. (iraiinnesia tri(/raiiniiica, occasional specimens 

 everywhere at sugar, but usually in bad condition ; ( 'aradrina iiKirji/icus, 



C. ta la.rar i {iud ('. quadrqmHvtata, all come freely to sugar, and Mr. 

 Cox adds ('. alsincs. I'l-ridniina Kuffusa, 1'. sauria, Af/rotis jiuta, A. 

 !n'(/i'tH»i, A. cniaiiuitionis, A. ni(/rirans : — A. puta, swarmed at sugar in 

 1893, and remained in good condition from July 21st to October IGth ; 

 it comes every year, but not so freely as in that, for us, phenomenal 

 sugar year. P.sufusa and mwia scarce, the rest swarm always; dark 

 females of si'i/i'tuni and pretty varieties of exdcDiiationis were common 

 last year ; indeed, a long, dry, warm summer, like we then had, 

 appears fertile in varieties of everything. Xoctua plecta, X. 

 c-niijnun, X. tncnKjuhun , X. rnhi, X. .rantluxirapha : — Of these .V. 

 plecta and .Y. triant/uli(iii are scarce, the others common ; X. .vantho- 

 iji-aplia swarming. I fancy I have also taken X. dafdii, but am not 

 sure. Mr. Heasler has taken X. baia, and Mr. Cox, X festira ; 

 Tri/pliaeua iuntldna, T. orbuna and T. /»yv/(»6r7 are all common, the first 

 usually flies very swiftly round and round in a small compass 

 just about dusk; all three come to my garden. Ainp/iipj/ra traijo- 

 ji()(/(i)un common at sugar, but hard to get good, as its scales seem so 

 loosely attached ; Xaenia ti/pica larvje common in the garden, feeding 

 on all sorts of plants, imago freely at sugar and on fences. It has two 

 main varieties as to colour, but otherwise seems a very stable insect. 

 Mania iiiaura, fiying at dusk and at sugar, where it usually appears 

 very late at night, often midnight. 



Taeniocampa tfatJiica, T. iiurita, T. stabilis, T. pulfendtnta : — T. 

 (/(it/iica and T. stabilis are scarce, the other two common ; they all 

 come to street lamps, oS which they drop if touched, and sham dead 

 for some minutes. All but 7'. i/otliira are garden visitors, and all 

 come to sugar, and are found on fences. I think 2\ imrrta feeds on 

 elm, because I dig the pupa under that tree. Ifi/schorista suspecta and 



D. vpsilon, both at sugar for the first time last year, the first freely, 

 the latter only one specimen. Mr. Helps adds, Orthosia lota. 

 Anrhociiis jdstavina, A. lunosa and A. lititra are all fairly common at 

 sugar. OrrJiddia vaccinii is very common at sugar, and was very 

 variable last year. Mr. Helps records (K liiinla, which I have 

 specially looked for without success. The Rev. Theodore Wood recorded 

 Oporina rroceaifn in 1881 ; I took one specimen of Xantfiia citra<j<) 

 at sugar in my garden in 1893, and occasional specimens of Mdlinia 

 cincllaris. As I bred a large number of this, as well as A', fidcaijo 

 and A'. Jiava<i(> last year, and scores escaped, they may all turn up 

 this year in the neighbourhood. I had no ditiiculty in isolating 

 M. cinrllaris larvse from the other two, between which I missed the 

 distinction, ('alipnnia trapczina, ('. dijfinis, ('. ajfinis: — The first 

 common and in infinite variety ; I fancy the 1895 specimens were 

 generally lighter than usual, and suggest the long, dry summer as being 

 the cause. ( '. dijfittis and ( '. ajfinis scarce, although elms are common. 

 TJianthoecia cucubali, two at sugar ; but have failed to find any 



