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liberally in one's face and neck. I must confess, however, that taking insects oat 

 of the net in windy weather is no easy task when the bottom is full of rubbish. In 

 cold weather, however, with north or east wind, hardly a moth can be obtained, 

 either they creep further in, or hide in more protected places ; while, on the other 

 hand, a very hot sun makes the thatch too hot to hold them. Cloudy, moderately 

 warm, and even stormy weather is favourable. 



Several species of Depressaria, which are plentiful in thatch in the autumn' 

 appear to desert it in the early spring. Such is the case with apjplana, AlstrcBmeriana, 

 and nervosa, all of which are common before hybernation, but hardly occur after- 

 wards. Applana, we know, hides among its food-plant. I have only found carduella 

 and suhjpropinquella in autumn; but, as they were scarce then, it may not be the rule. 

 On the other hand arenella and propinquelld, which were scarce before the winter 

 have been very common since, and the two species of Coriscium, Qracilaria stig- 

 matella, and Laverna decorella, are decidedly commoner in the spring. The same 

 appears to be the case with Dep. heracUana, but singularly enough it is very scarce 

 here. D. ciliella, clicerophylli, and alhipunctella are equally common in autumn 

 and spring, and so is purpurea, but it has a habit of flying briskly along hedges and 

 the sides of woods all day long in sunny weather in April, and consequently is not 

 always to be found at home. 



I have never obtained either D. ocellana or umbellana from thatch, though the 

 former hides among the herbage and grass roots overhanging rivulets, and the 

 latter may be disturbed from among ivy and dead leaves on hedge banks as well as 

 from furze. 



The number of si^ecies of other families to be obtained from thatch appears very 

 inconsiderable, but I captured last spring, in that way, several specimens of 

 Anticlea hadiata, as well as A. derivata, Cidaria miata, and psittacata, Xylina 

 petrificata, and Xylocampa lithoriza, with plenty of Alucita polydactyla. 



Whether beating thatch during the summer months is profitable or not I have 

 yet to learn, as I have never tried it ; but I think something might be done in that 

 way. — Charles G. Barrett, Haslemere. 



Eupithecia lariciata, Preyer. — As Mr. Hopley has made some remarks on this 

 species in the Entomologists Monthly Magazine for the present month (July), I send 

 a short notice of its discovery in this country. 



In the autumn of 1862, Mr. Thomas Eedle, of Hackney, brought me a number 

 of Eupithecice which he had taken in the course of the summer, and I detected 

 among them five or six specimens of this species. I had very httle doubt about its 

 being the true lariciata of Freyer, but I was desirous of seeing the larva beforo I 

 published any account of it. I requested Mr. Eedle to obtain eggs for me last year, 

 but he was unable to do so. Mr. Hopley discovered the insect in another locaUty, 

 and kindly sent me some eggs a few weeks since, from which I have reared larvae 

 corresponding exactly with Mr. Freyer's figures ; doubt on the subject is therefore 

 removed, and Eupithecia lariciata must be added to the British lists. I will just 

 add that I have received from Dr. Staudinger another pine-feeding species, under 

 the manuscript name of pseudo-lariciata, which is very likely to occur in this 

 country ; it is closely alhed to pusillata. — Henry Doubleday, Epping. 



