106 THK KNTUAXOLOCjlSTls RECOHU. 



with snow lying thick all around, a very wintry scene. (3n the whole 

 the trip was, entomoiogically, a little disappointing. Altogether we 

 caught 65 species, 24 of which we had not taken in August, 1901. 

 One of the advantages of going early in the season was that, with few 

 exceptions, our captures were beautifully fresh specimens. — -J. N. 

 Keynes, M.A., D.Sc, Cambridge. Jantiar;/ 'did, 1904. 



Lepidoptera of Southend in 1903. — My first note during the 

 past wretched season refers to the emergence of a series of tiijbeniia 

 iiianiiuaria (quite an ordinary lot from a black $ ), which appeared 

 between February 21st and March 24th. My next note refers to Dasi/- 

 xonia salicdla, an example of which I found on my coat when crossing 

 Thundersley common on March loth. Troc/nlii(iit crabronituvmis 

 (larva) and Dipludoma /wniiinata (larva) occurred, the former in, the 

 latter on, a willow-trunk at Prittlewell, on April loth. The J), 

 lu'ruiinata larva did very well for a time on a larva of T. crahnutijunins 

 which I had unfortunately crushed when attempting its removal from 

 a stump, but was later on devoured by Luffiid larva? which I had 

 Introduced as food. Larvae of Enbulia ceninata were seen on the 

 mallows at Fobbing, on May 10th ; Kuwielesia decolorata commenced 

 to emerge on the 16th ; LithnroUetia mluifolella on the 19th ; Stitiuionota 

 inter nana and Fidnnia at<nnaria were flying at Thundersley on the 

 24th; Zaitiiotpiatha i/ri-'^i-alis emerged on the 80th, and a large number 

 of larva; of Sarrothripa crataciiella were found in a web on hawthorn at 

 Thundersley on the 31st (the moths resulting from these commenced to 

 emerge on .Tuly 9th). .June was a dreadful month, but yielded some 

 interesting additions to my list. Lithncolli'tis schtrberdla and liavtra 

 tetraqi(etmna emerged on the oth ; larvfe of Leioptilas lieniiiianuK. were 

 common on mugwort ac Shoeburyness on the 6th (moths commenced 

 to emerge on July 4th) ; Briiotntjdia di'aerUila and tTclecliia difpjiis were 

 flying over the sandy edge of Shoebury common on the 7th, and the 

 first example of a series of 67 Fi(cusiiiia undnlata emerged on the 8th ; 

 FJncnaeiiiiduidionis ihododactijlm larvae were found near Thorndon park 

 on the 16th; Macaria nntata and I'ho.vofttenjx unccuia in the same 

 locality on the 17th ; Kupistcria hcparata emerged from a Thun- 

 dersley larva on the 19th, and lUabajdiaius teriH<ii)uiLa on the 22nd. 

 On this date near Thorndon park, empty pupa-cases of .Kiicria sfihef/i- 

 fonnis were found m stumps of alder, and an empty case of Uiplodoina 

 brniiiiKita was found on an oak-trunk ; Hkic/iixta albifmntella was 

 boxed, and ova of I'l/i/acra bnrcfihala found on an alder leaf on 

 the 24th ; I lade no nintifiiai emerged on the 25th ; several larvae were 

 found in September on Thundersley Common ; nepreasaria umbdlana 

 tumbled out of furze at Thundersley on the 2Hth, and (abera pusario 

 form rntnudaria emerged on the 29th. The month of -July was not a 

 bit better than the month of .lune. IHpludoina henninata (one only) 

 was netted flying along an elm hedge, and a handsome larva of 

 Pharetra niiiiids was found on Trifolitim pratense at North Shoebury 

 on the 5th ; Tdda ruhjdla emerged from hawthorn on the 9th ; 

 Parasin lappdla was netted at North Shoebury on the 13th; Tinea 

 trapt'zdla occurred on the 16th ; T. curticdla in Thorndon Park, and 

 (Telechiu coxteUa bred from SoIohhiii didcaiiiura, on the 19th; Kndotridia 

 flaminecdis and Apanit'u (//>////;*« emerged on the 20th ; t'ldcop/iora i/n/pki- 

 pfnnclla, on the 22nd; nri/otrop/ia (/(Hiirstico and Halia 'r«/'or/o occurred 

 on the 2Uth close to North Shoebury chuichyard, where lies Christopher 



