44 f''"'j'. 



L. subhistrigella. — I found this species on the trunks of some spruce firs, in the 

 beginning of September, almost before it had begun to appear in thatch. 



Elachista magnificella. — One would think some insects knew how beautiful they 

 are. I saw this species exhibiting itself after the style of Chrysoclista 

 Schra/nckella. 



E. zonaHella and gangahella. — Flying over long grass in wood paths. 



TAthocolletis rohoris. — Among oak, but I cannot yet find the mine. 



Cerniostoma spartifoliella. One afternoon in July, some old broom bushes were 

 studded with hundreds of specimens of this species. The efi"ect was very 

 pretty. 



Biicculatrix aurimaculella. — Among Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, flying in the 



afternoon. 

 B. Bemaryella. — Among birch in woods. 



Trifurcula atrifrontella. — On oak trunks in August. 



T.pulverosella. — On trunks of apple trees in May. — Charles G. Barrett, Haslemere, 

 April, 1865. 



Trochilium chrysidiforme. — On Tuesday last, the 6th of June, I captured a fine 

 specimen of T. chrysidiforme, at Folkestone, near the end of the tram- way in "the 

 Warren." When first seen, it was fiying slowly, but it soon settled on some plant, 

 which, in my anxiety to secure the insect, I regret, I failed to take note of. The 

 sun did not shine very brightly at the time, as misty clouds which were floating 

 about rather obscured it. — H. Nicholls, 2, St. Peter Street, Essex Eoad, Islington, 

 12a June, 1865. 



Xylomyges conspicillaris and Acronycta alni at sugar near Worcester. — In the 

 October number of the " Magazine," Mr. Blackburn says, " Sugaring is so poor a 

 method of collecting, that it ought soon to become unfashionable.'' As this must 

 tend to damp the ardour of young collectors, (of whom I am one), who rather 

 require to be stimulated, I should like a notice of the capture of these species to 

 appear in the pages of " our monthly." 



I have captured a specimen of X. conspicillaris and one of A. alni at sugar 

 Of the commoner things, Hadena genistm has been abundant, and I have taken 

 several specimens of H. adnata, H. thalassina, H. suasa, M. anceps, L. comma, &c. ; 

 indeed, Lepidoptera swarm at sugar this year. — George J, Hearder, Powick, near 

 Worcester, June 2nd, 1865. 



Food of the larva of Cainonympha Davus. — In the last number of the Magazine, 

 I stated (at p. 17) that I had received larvse of Ccenonympha Da/vus feeding on 

 Aira .'' I have since ascertained, by the kind assistance of my valued bo- 

 tanical friend, Mr. Inchbald, that the food of these larvse was really Rhynchospora 

 alba, and that I simply betrayed my ignorance in mistaking it for an Aira. 



Mr. Inchbald has, on two previous occasions, had the food-plant of Davus sent 

 to him for determination, and in each case it proved to be the beak-rush (Rhyn- 

 chospora nlha). — H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield, Lewisham, June lith, 1865. 



