Peroiiea Lipsiana, ifc, at iril/iei'slack.—Ou tlif 19th April, the wcatUfi- lu'lii^ 

 hot and fine, I paid a visit for a couple of days to my favourite huutiug-grounds, in 

 company with luy friend ^Ir. Thrclfall. Polyommattis Argioltis was plentiful on the 

 lioUies, and many Gonepteryx rhanuii, botli niak's and females, were (lying about on 

 the moss side ; during the hot sunshine Dasy.stoma salicella flew briskly about, 

 whilst Jlicropieryx pitrpurella and unimaculella were in fine condition amongst the 

 birches. BiUalis incongrueUa was started several times, but it seemed scarcer than 

 usual ; of Feronea Lipsiana we found two well-marked specimens, also two Depress- 

 or ia capreolella, four Gracilaria phasianipennella ; a few Amphisa prodromana, 

 Teronea mixlana, Cnephasia lepidana, Semioscopis avellanella and Sleinkellneriaiia, 

 all had a fly in the hot morning sun. Lobophora lobulata was sticking on the trunks 

 of the trees ; Eupithecia pumilata was quite common and very fine. The rare 

 Dipteron, JSmpis borealis, was hawking about after flies and moths, occasionally 

 worrying one another ; the local and rare yj/jw/a fl//jj»a was in its favourite haunt 

 on the rocks, and I pointed out the place to my young friend Mr. Threlfall, lest its 

 habitat might be lost when I leave these hunting-grounds for the unknown ones. — 

 J. I'j. IIoDGKiXc-ox, 15, Spring Bank, Preston, Lancasliire : April 'loth, 1875. 



Capture of Jlicropteryx salopiella, <^'c., at Wilherslaclc. — I revisited Wither- 

 elack on the 2ud May ; it was a bitterly cold day, and all I coiJd obtain was a 

 solitary Micropteryx salopiella. The next day there was a little sun, and I captured 

 nine more : when fine it is a charming species. I did not meet with a single speci- 

 men of M. SparmanneUa ; I saw single specimens of several Tortrices, such as 

 Clepsis rusticana, Anchylopera ungiiicella ; and Glyphipteryx Maworlhana was 

 common amongst the cotton-grass, and I met with one fine Gracilaria phasiani- 

 pennella (hibernated, I suppose). Several species of Ornix, Nepticula, and Litho- 

 colletis were out, and I noticed some very young larvae of P^eroj^AorH* tephradactylus 

 on the golden-rod ; I am told that the larva of this species feeds up in the autumn 

 in the south of England. — Id. : May \Oth, 1875. 



The first white butterfly ^which is it 1 — Many may be disposed to stare at such 

 a simple question, but my reason for putting it is this : — Writing to Professor Zeller 

 on the 23rd April, I happened to mention that I had seen Pieris rapce on the wing 

 in Scotland on the 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of April. In his reply came the 

 observation, "I am struck with your remark that you have seen Pieris rapce on the 

 wing — with us the first butterfly which emerges from the pupa is P. napi, and it is 

 not for two or tlirce weeks later that P. rapa makes its appearance. Perhaps you 

 have written the wrong name, or is the matter reversed in Scotland ? I begin, however, 

 no longer to be surprised wlu-n I find that one's experience gained in one locality 

 would prove false if applied to other situations." 



My English readers will not be surprised to hear that I assui'cd Professor Zeller 

 " that, in England as well as in Scotland, rapes always precedes napi — I should 

 say, on an average, by ten or fourteen days." I confess I have not yet seen napi 

 this year. — H. T. Stainton, Mountsfield, Lcwisham, S.E. : May Wth, 1875. 



Description of the larva, Si'c, of Khodophcea snavella. — On Maj- 27lh, 1871,1 



