44 ;J<iiy. 



Lepicloptera at Wicken Fen. — From May 27th to 3l8t I spent at Wickeii, 

 collecting chiefly on the Fen. Meliana flammea was common, but most of the 

 specimens I took were much ■worn ; it had evidently been out some time, indeed, a 

 local collector told me he had taken a wasted example so early as May 13th. Papilio 

 Machaon was also plentiful, and certainly showed no sign of dying out as yet at 

 Wicken. On Whit-Monday, the 29th, it was flying freely even in a little wood 

 about half-a-mile from the nearest point of the Fen. I found the eggs easily by 

 searching the Peucedanum pahistre on the Fen. Arclia urticce was just getting out ; 

 and Simyra venosa was not uncommon, but not easy to catch. Other species in- 

 cluded Strenia clathrata ; Coremia tinidentaria, abundant (ferrugata was not 

 observed) ; Phihalopteryx lignata, common and fine ; Tceniocampa gracilis, this is 

 the common Taniocampa of the Fen, its young larvae were feeding in the top shoots 

 of the Spircea ; Chilo phragmiieUus, just appearing, I also took full-grown larva? in 

 the old reed-stems ; Melia sociella , on ^taXings nt ^ohnxa ; Halias chlorana, on the 

 Fen, &c., &c.— Geo. T. Porritt, nuddersfield ; June Qth, 1882. 



Argyrolepia Sclireihersiana re-discovered. — On a warm still day, in tlie middle 

 of May, I happened to be searching poplar trunks for images of Cernra lijida when 

 I came across a handsome orange Tortrix, quite unknown to me. Continuing my 

 search I found tliat the species was quite abundant, more especially on trunks of 

 elm (Ulmus suherosaj, in fact, I took some four dozen in much less than an 

 hour. I sent a couple of specimens to Mr. Warren, of Cambridge, who took them 

 to be Eupoecilia gilvicomana, a mistake that Mr. Standisli committed vice versa 

 when he took gilvicomana. I nest sent some specimens to Mr. Harwood, of Col- 

 chester, who immediately wrote to rae svLggesiingihatiYieyvferQ Argyrolepia Sclirei- 

 hersiana, an opin^n in which Mr. Barrett, of Pembroke, concurred. Mr. Barrett 

 writes, " Schreibersiana feeds on elm — so Eagonot tells me, and I think Zeller also. 

 Herrich-Schaffer says on Prunus padus, first in leaves and then in twigs ; Heine- 

 mann that it pupates under bark of trees." I can fully confirm llie observations of 

 Heinemann, as the empty pupa cases stick out of the elm bark in considerable 

 numbers. With regard to the locality I will only say that it is very limited in 

 extent, and to disclose it would be to ensure the speedy extermination of the species. 

 I will, thei'cfore, go no further than to state that it is situate in " The Cambridgeshire 

 Fens," that deliglitfully vague locality so frequently quoted in Mr. Stainton's 

 Manual. I have visited the habitat of this species several times since I discovered 

 it, but have purposely refrained from taking very many specimens. IMr. Stainton 

 gives Yaxley and Cambridgeshire as localities, and I am not aware that it has been 

 taken elsewhere, with the exception of a single specimen captured by the Rev. A. 

 Wratislaw, near Bury St. Edmunds. I hope to work out the economy of this 

 species during the season. — Gilbert He>'ry Raynoe, Ilereward Hall, Ely : June 

 imh, 1882. 



Ceropacha ridens and Taniocampa miniosa in Pemhrolceshire. — Larva-beating 

 on occasions of excursions of our local Field Club to woods in distant parts of the 

 county last year resulted in the additioii of two rather unexpected and interesting 

 species to the local fauna, to wit, Ceropacha ridens and Taniocampa miniosa, speci- 

 mens of both of which have emerged this spring. Consequently, these woods have 

 received some little attention during the past and present months, and larvae of both 



