24G f April, 



Phoxopteryx siculana, Hb. — Among its food-plant, JRhamnus 

 frangula, but scarce. 



Catoptria candidulana, Nolck. — Flying in plenty late on aunny 

 afternoons in July over its food-plant, Artemisia maritima, settling on 

 the shoots, and apparently on little else, but constantly buzzing, in the 

 manner of its allies, about the same spot. Excessively local. 



Orthotcenia ericetana, Westw. — Not scarce in rough fields. 



Eupoecilia dubitana, Hb. — Common in rough fields, where its usual 

 food-plants do not grow. Appeared principally to frequent Carduus 

 arvensis. 



Eupoecilia udana, Gu. — A^mowg AUsma pilantago, occasionally, and 

 at long intervals. Varying more than usual in size. 



Eupcecilia notulana, 7i. — Local, in a marsh, among Mentha hirstUa. 



Argyrolepia suhhaumanniana, Wilk. — Found, but rarely, in a chalk- 

 pit, to which I made a pilgrimage, in the faith that it would not be 

 absent from the kind of spots it most affects. Not previously found 

 in this district. 



King's Lynn, Norfolk : 



January \Qth, 1888. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LARVJE OF BUTALIS SICCELLA AND 



B. VARIELLA. 



BY E. B. BANKES, M.A., F.E.S. 

 BUTALIS SICCELLA. 



In my notice of this species in Ent. Mo. Mag., xxiii, 275—0, I 

 expressed the opinion that Thymus serpyllum might very likely prove 

 to be the food-plant of the larva, and subsequent investigation has 

 shown that surmise to have been correct, as far as it went. 



On May 5th, 1887, 1 made an expedition down to the locality near 

 Weymouth, where I had, in the previous year, captured specimens of 

 jB. siccella, with the fixed determination to discover the larva. At 

 first I could make nothing of it, owing to the dampness of the sand 

 from recent showei's, but, by dint of perseverance, my efforts were 

 finally crowned with success, for I discovered unmistakeable Butalis 

 larvae (which could, I knew, belong to no other species but siccella'), 

 living in long silken galleries attached to half-buried stems of Thymus 

 serpyllum and Lotus corniculatus, both of which plants showed evident 

 signs of having been freely eaten by the larvae. It seems that they 



