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be sufRciont hero to rcniiiul the reader that in Scrihaiella the ground coloxir of the 

 anterior wings is brown, witli three slender longitudinal silvery streaks in the basal 

 portion of the wing (in that respect resembling LleniijiellaJ, and that the outer 

 margin of tlie dark yellow central fascia is ruptured a little above the middle of the 

 wing, and the orange-yellow colour protrudes through it. 



It was only on the 2nd of April this year, that I received, through IM. Kagonot, 

 a specimen of this insect for determination, which he had fouud among some incog- 

 nita captured by M. Constant, of Autun, and the sight of this led me to hope that ere 

 long the larva would be discovered, but I little expected I should record its dis- 

 covery so soon. — n. T. Staixton, Mountsfield, Lcwisham ; May Gth, 1874. 



Eudorea coarctalis hihernating. — Is it generally known that the ILudorecB 

 hibernate ? On the 20th of April I took two spccira_cns of this species on Farrington 

 moss near here ; this is an August species with us. May not the Crambus ocellea 

 that have been taken near Liverpool during the early months of the year have hiber- 

 nated, and ought to have been looked for in August or September ? I ought to add 

 that the hibernated coarctalis were females. — J. ]3. IIodg kinson, Preston : 3Iay, 1874. 



JEarly appearance of Catoptria aspidiscana, Sfc. — The very hot weather preceding 

 the 2nd of May, tempted me to pay a visit to my old hunting grounds at Grange- 

 ovcr-Sands and Withcrslack. The day, with a cold wind from the north, was not a 

 very likely one for captures ; however, in a snug sheltered corner with a fair amount 

 of sun, I made a tolerably good bag of wood whites, brimstones, speckled woods, 

 duke fritillaries, argiolus blues, and orange tips, and saw three of the common whites 

 quite busy enjoying the warmth. As I was eagerly watching for some small 

 fry to appear, up crept two moths out of the roots of the golden rod at my feet ; 

 I netted both at once — two asp)idiscana, both males. I walked up and down 

 for four hours, and took five more males and one female in beautifid condition. 

 I may here note they are not to be trusted long in a piU box without damaging 

 themselves, so I chloroformed them at once, and pinned them. There was 

 nothing else of note out. P. Letoenhoeclcella, DicrorampJia plumlana, a few Litho- 

 colleles, also Cemiostoma laliunieUa, and an Elachisla, which must be a new one : 

 it is certainly not nigrclla, the antennae are so thick, and the wings arc covered with 

 thicker scales than any of the others that I know. In the same place I got some 

 Coleophora cases which are quite new to me, not unlike or vviihcrhctviQcn i-iminetella 

 and nigricella ; much larger than the latter. I expect they will bo or&e7<?//a. They 

 are feeding on the mountain-ash. Journeying on a few miles to Withcrslack, I spent 

 two more days, and scarcely saw an insect. The weather being bitterly cold, only £. in- 

 dayala, P. variata, Incurvaria ZincJcenii, Phoxopteryx uncana, Qracilaria aurogutella, 

 and a few Kepiicttla turned out, or rather I made them do so with hard beating ; a few 

 larvsc of Plerophorttn tcphradactylus on the golden rod in shady places where their 

 presence may easily be seen ; they strip the leaves quite as much as a large Xocfua larva 

 or a snail does. Among the shoots of mountain nsh I got a good number of Aryy- 

 resthia spiniella, and a few more Coleophorct, the same as at Grange. A lot of Laverna 

 rham>nella,and some young S. siynatana larva), and some T. J'erhueUellaoS. the ferns 

 closed up my journeying. I may except Nola cristulalis, which, as usual, was sitting 

 head downwards. I never saw this earlier than 20th May. — Id. 



