^ THE ENtOniOLOGIST's RECORbv 



scarcer than usual. Xijlina ornitluqniH and A', socia turned up during 

 the third week in October. I find that the latter rarely, if ever, comes 

 to ivy till late in October, the specimens being then perfectly fresh. — 

 W. S. EiDiNG, M.D., F.E.S., Buckerell, nr. Honiton, Devon. 



Larv^ in the New Forest. — The chief points of the New Forest 

 collecting (1896) appear to me to have been the abundance of Hijhqiliila 

 quercana, and of the larvae of Aqjhalia ridens considerably fewer 

 than usual, whilst the larvfe of Boarmia roboraria and Tephroda 

 extersaria were plentiful in the autumn, and Lithosia deplana and 

 Acentia fie.nda have been bred freely. Sugar, except for Noctua 

 rhoinhuidea and the " Crimsons," has been a consistent failure. — 

 J. C. MoBERLY, M.A., F.E.S., 9, Rockstone Place, Southampton. 



Insects AT Hampstead. — Eeferring to Mr. Newbery's note {ante, vol. 

 viii, p. 216), I may mention that I have found CaUu-ala nupta fairly com- 

 mon on Hampstead Heath. Some four or five years ago (I have not my 

 note book to refer to at the moment) I secured a fine series at sugar 

 on the West Heath, and I have also obtained them by the same means 

 in my garden at 132, Haverstock Hill. As regards Cossm litjniperda, 

 I have a specimen (unfortunately slightly crippled), bred from a larva 

 found at North End, Hampstead, in 1884, and I have heard of the 

 species being taken in the neighbourhood several times. The ravages 

 of the larva are to be seen on a great number of the willows on the 

 heath. — H. Ainslie Hill, F.E.S., 9, Addison Mansions, Kensington, 

 W. Xovemhn, 1896. 



NocTUA ditrapezium in South Yorkshire ? — In the report of the 

 meeting of the South London Entomological Society, held on Septem- 

 ber 24th, Mr. Montgomery is stated to have exhibited specimens of 

 Noctua ditrapezium from South Yorkshire. If this statement is correct, 

 it is a very interesting record, as it is not included in Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt's Lisi of Yorkshire Lepidoptera, published in 1883, nor have I 

 ever seen or heard of a Yorkshire example. I might add that I know 

 the South Yorkshire (indeed, all the Yorkshire) collectors and collections 

 well, and am constantly seeing and hearing from them, so feel sure 

 that, had such an interesting species been captured, I should have 

 been advised. As one of the honorary secretaries of the Y'orkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, I should feel extremely obliged to Mr. Mont- 

 gomery if he would inform me when, where, and by whom taken. If 

 desired, I would keep the locality secret. — W. Hewett, 12, Howard 

 Street, York. 



Food-plants of Zeuzera ;esculi. — Our garden being overrun with 

 Zeuzera aesculi, I think it may be interesting to give a list of the trees, 

 etc., attacked by the larvae. Some of them, I think, are unusual and 

 extraordinary. They are : — sycamore, pear, apple, hawthorn, ash, elm, 

 hazel, silver-birch, lilac, mountain-ash, privet, laurel, yellow jasmine 

 and honeysuckle. We have never found them attacking poplar, 

 though both Mr. Barrett and the Rev. J. Seymour St. John mention 

 it in their works. — J. F. Bird, Rosedale, 162, Balling Road, Hammer- 

 smith, W. December 2nd, 1896. 



Euvanessa antiopa in Aberdeenshire. — I have pleasure in recording 

 the capture of Kuvaneasa antiopa in Aberdeenshire, on October 4th, 

 1896, between Logierieve and Esslemont, on the G.N.S. Railway line. 

 It was caught by Mr. Youngson, a mason, who unfortunately was not 

 a collector, therefore the insect was a little damaged. There can be 



