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Rare Tortricina. — Since my return from Scotland, I find among my Tortrices 

 the following scarce species : Penthina prcBlongana and Staintoniana, Mixodia ruhi- 

 ginosana (Bouchardana) , Asthenia cosmophorana and cognatana, also Dicrorampha 

 herhosana. For the identification of some of these and several others I am indebted 

 to Messrs. C. S. Gregson and C. Q-. Barrett. — John T. Caebingxon, Egremont : 

 November, 1874. 



Notes of Lepidopterafrom South Wales. — In the May number of the Magazine 

 I had the pleasure of noticing the capture of Xylina conformis here. I have now 

 to note the capture of Sterrha sacraria — a female who had deposited her ova, having 

 come to light on the 12th inst. 



Among the more interesting species of Lepidoptera which have shown up this 

 year are Agrotis saucia (a fine variety) ; Hoporina croceago ; Epunda nigra, a fine 

 series in the second week of September ; Plusia orichalcea, two ; P.festuccs, several ; 

 Macaria alternaria, two. 



I have scarcely seen one Sphinx the whole summer through. — John T. D. 

 Llewelyn, Ynisygerwn, Neath : October 17th, 187-4. 



Notes on larva-collecting, ^'c, in the New Forest. — As there appears to be some 

 doubt as to the natural food-plants of the lai-va of Acronycta alni, perhaps the 

 following may be of interest. 



During the last week in July, while on a collecting excursion in the New Forest, 

 my friend, Mr. Eoss of Eathampton, beat a larva of this insect either off oak or 

 beech — I think the former. Seeing in Mr. Newman's " British Moths " that the 

 natural food-plant was doubtful, he offered it several different plants to choose from. 

 It attached itself to the beech and sallow, on both of which I myself saw it feeding. 

 He afterwards found another and smaller larva hanging by a thread to a birch leaf — 

 but this was injiu'ed and did not live long. 



On the 1st of August I joined Mr. Eoss at Lyndlmrst, and on the 2nd, whilst 

 beating for larvoe in a wood known as " Park Hill," chiefly consisting of beech trees, 

 I beat a half-fed larva of this species off the bough of a beech-tree. It had not then 

 changed its last skin, and was very peculiar in appearance, being mottled with dirty 

 white and grey. It possessed clubbed hairs Uke those of the adult larva on the 

 second and twefth segments only — they being replaced on the other segments by 

 shorter pointed and somewhat spine-hke hairs. My friend, Mr. Bartlett, having kindly 

 undertaken to take charge of my larvro, this was despatched to him along with the 

 others, and beech not being obtainable in his neighbourhood, he supplied it with 

 sallow, on wliich it fed up well, and eventually spun its cocoon in a piece of cork. 



On the 16th of August, the last day of my stay at Lyndhurst, I beat a larva of 

 Stauropus fagi. Mr. Eoss also took a larva of this species. 



We foimd larvse of Acronycta leporina not uncommon on the smaller birches 

 growing in heathy places. In one day I succeeded in beating eight (Mr. Eoss found 

 them more common at the beginning of September) . It is, I think, somewhat re- 

 markable that it was of no use to beat the fine old birch-trees which abound in many 

 parts of the forest. I do not think I obtained a single larva, either rare or common, 

 off them, although on the birch-bushes and shoots larvte were common. Besides 

 the above, we took the following lai*vfe : — Lithosia aureola, rather common on oak 

 and beech ; Liparis tnonacha, one, taken the second week in August (surely very 



