190 THE kntomologist's recokd. 



own captures are : I'anolis pinipfida (larvne), PJdbalapttrij.r Ihjnata 

 (imagines), ('iirhoedia xcraiiipdina (larvffi), Tri/p/taena ianthina (pupfe 

 and imagines), T. inter jecta (larvae, pupse and imagines), Pluda bractca 

 (imagines), P./V.stucaclpupse and imagines), Foeciloranipa pujiuli (larvfp), 

 Xuilaria unindana (larvfe), Cmpidia DU'i/accjthala (imagines), Ampld- 

 ildsi/s strataria (larvfB), Ccrura rimda, Xutodonta drumcdarius 

 (larva}), Ziiiiacna filipcndulae (very abundant), Pi/ranwis cardui (hn&go). 

 A cocoon of Arctia caia was found spun up between needles of Scotch 

 fir, at the end of a branch 6ft. from the ground. The imago has 

 since emerged. Has the larva of this species been known to feed on fir 

 needles? The specimen of M. boinhylifonnh (the narrow-bordered 

 Bee Hawk) was taken at rest on a gravel path, apparently just 

 emerged, being a perfect specimen. — C. Bingham Newland, Kelletra, 

 Mallow, CO. Cork. [An-tia caia always wanders from its food-plant 

 before pupating. — Ed.] 



Mi5iA<:sE0PTiLus (Pterophorus) hodgkinsoni, etc., at Witherslack. 

 — The fine weather tempted me to go again to Witherslack, specially 

 to try for Lita ( (Jdcchia) jumtcUa. Some years ago I could generally 

 take this species towards the middle of August, and odd ones hyber- 

 natod until April. I could, however, not find any specimens on this 

 journey, although I made a fair " bag " of other species —notably 

 among which was AiiipJtisa (jcnnmiana, of which, on a rough rocky 

 slope, I captured about a hundred specimens, including only one 

 female. The males are large, superbly fine, and rich in appearance, 

 some half-dozen examples being brilliant varieties. In a rough field 

 I took nice series of KupDecilia duhitana, K. atricapitana, and the 

 second brood of E. cilidla, one fine Bcjircssaria pallordla, three 

 Gdechia siiaildla, one (rdcrhia (? sp.), not unlike kna(i(/sidla, plenty of 

 Dicrorhampfia aciuninatana (second brood), and about a dozen of the 

 long-lost " plume," M. hodi/kinsoni. When I captured the latter, I 

 was reminded of the remark of the late H. Doubleday, who wrote to 

 me in 186B, " You have sent me a new TortiLv (Eiuhroiiua rufana), 

 and also a new 'plume.' " So Henry Doubleday wrote to me, after 

 seeing several specimens. I can, in all, see a light streak (very pale) 

 on the lower side of the upper wing, and the heads of all are of a very 

 pale ash colour, as also are the legs. When pinned and set, the 

 differences between a series of this species and M. hipunctidavtijlus and 

 M. jda(/i(>darti/lm are more readily seen. I took some of the latter 

 species with the tips more hooked. In the grounds of Mrs. Cross, 

 I took An/ijirstlna anderc(i(jidlu, whilst (Tdcrhia rlioinhdla and Cocci/x 

 ratzcbuiyiana from spruce fir, (Jelcchia nvjritdla and G. cinerdla helped 

 to swell the bag. Crainbm tristiilus, large and variable (some brick- 

 red in colour), a black Plutdla radiatdla, together with the pale 

 form with the black streak along the fore-wing, were also taken. I 

 bred a number of specimens of the latter species some years ago from 

 larvfB found feeding on oak growing on the limestone. All were of 

 one colour, pale brick-red, without any markings on the wing. Erdda 

 act/n'ops was out in profusion. I'aranii' uieijaera were fine and brilliant 

 in coloiir. Goneptcri/.r rluo/nii were also fine. My captures took me 

 two days to set. I never set anything when from home ; insects 

 relax easily, and to keep the damp sand from injuring the cilia, I push 

 the heads of the pins in the sand. — J. B. Hodgkinson, F.E.S., 

 Rosebery House, Powis Road, Asbton-on-Ribble. Awjtist lith, 1896. 



