264 [April, 



colour, the sides and belly being more of a whitish-green ; the bright red dorsal 

 spots of the type were replaced by a very indistinct, interrupted, reddish-brown 

 line, and on either side of this there was, on each segment, a pale whitish dot, while 

 the usual red spots on each side of the head were absent. Fortunately, 

 Mr. Buckler, after having taken a figure and description of the larva, bred the 

 moth during the next summer, and thus settled the question of its species beyond 

 doubt. — Id. 



Occasional visitors at sugar. — The number of species belonging to families not 

 generally considered " sugar insects " has been rather remarkable during the past 

 season. 



In June, I took Litliosia aureola feeding on the sugar with apparently great 

 enjoyment, and frequently Crambus ]yascuellus and 'pratellus, and Eudorea 

 amiigualis. 



In July, I found a lovely specimen oi Nola strigula similarly engaged, and also, 

 Lithosia miniata, Hypenodes albistrigalis and cost(Pstrigalis, Cramhus inquinatelhis, 

 Rhodophaia consociella, Halias quercana, Tortrix corylana, and several lovely 

 specimens of Psoricoptera gibhosella. One evening, as it was getting dark, I 

 watched a fine Cossus Ugniperdoj flying about a baited tree, and hovering 

 in front of the sugar until it settled upon it. In attempting to secure the speci- 

 men, I frightened it away, so do not know its sex, but feel quite satisfied that its 

 settling on the sugar was no accidental coincidence ; it certainly was attracted, — 

 though why, I cannot say. 



In August, H. albistrigalis, R. consociella, H. quercana, and P. gibbosella again 

 occurred, and T. corylana was very common on windy nights, as also were 

 Penthina betula^tana, Ephippiphora bimaculana and Cerostoma costella. Besides 

 these, I met with Eudorea truncicolalis, Pcedisca solandriana, Depressaria arenella, 

 atomella, carduella, oceUana, albipiinctella, and nervosa, Gelechia populella, maculea, 

 gemmella, and Chelaria conscriptella. 



It is also worthy of remark, that on one or two nights, when hardly a Noctua was 

 to be seen, Tortrices and Tinece were in greatest force. — C. G. Baruett, Haslemere. 



Food of Tinea parasitella. — While searching the trunks in a wood near here, one 

 day last May, I came to a fir tree, of which the top had been broken off some 

 twentj' feet from the ground, and which was, in consequence, dead and decayed. 

 Some small pupa skins were protruding from the bark, and a little closer observa- 

 tion revealed Tinea parasitella hiding in the crevices. It was not very common, 

 but, for weeks after, I never visited the tree without meeting with one or more 

 specimens. T. cloacella was also there sometimes, but not so commonly as might 

 have been expected, probably because there was very little lichen on the tree. — 

 Id. 



Notes on the occurrence of certain va/rieties. — Hepialus velleda. — The only 

 specimen I ever took of this insect was the variety camus ; this was in 1863 ; and 

 it is curious that, though I searched the same spot both then and last year, I failed 

 to take the typical form. 



Gi'amwesia trilincv. — It was, I think, in the .summer of 1859 that, for some 

 unaccountable reason, this usually abundant species did not appear in its accus- 



