242 THE entomologist's record. 



MxcKA osTRiNA IN NoRTH CoRNWALL. — It iiiaj interest the readers of 

 the Entomoloninfs Record to know that I took, on June 23rcl, in North 

 Cornwall, a single female specimen of Micra ostrina. The last record, I 

 believe, according to Barrett, is 1880, but I have not searched the Knt. 

 Record for anything later. I may add that, to substantiate the identity 

 of the moth, it has been seen by Mr. Charles Rothschild, who has con- 

 firmed my idea as to what the species is. — L. fS. Brady, 287, Glossop 

 Road, ShefQeld. Jid;/ im/i, 1904. 



Lepidoptera at Middlesborough. — On the few occasions on which 

 I have been after insects, up to the day of writing, I have found them 

 exceedingly scarce. Two or three visits paid to the Tephrosia blatnrtata 

 locality, at Kildale, only resulted in eight or nine specimens being 

 captured, the earliest on April 80th, when four perfect specimens were 

 taken and two cripples noticed, others were captured on May 19th at 

 Eston, when the four specimens taken Avere females. All the specimens 

 taken were dark, and they all occurred among larch and fir. On June 

 4th I took a few IStigmonota dorsana flying, between 2.45 p.m. and 

 4 p.m., in the the sun, at Great Aytonwith Heliaca tcnebrata, the only 

 sunny afternoon's collecting I have had up to the present. I have been 

 trying to get a few Melanijipe tristata for the last three or four weeks, a 

 friend wanting ova, and have found the species most difficult to obtain, 

 and, although it should have been well out a fortnight ago, it only 

 seems to be now appearing. I took one specimen on May 23rd, 

 another single one on June 4th (a ? which laid ova same day and 

 these hatched on June 19th), another single specimen on June 12th, 

 whilst on June 19th I captured three or four. I have found a similar 

 difficulty in hitting oft" the time for other insects this season. — T. A. 

 LoFTHOusE, The Croft, Linthorpe, IMiddlesborough. Jidi/ 4th, 1904. 



Lepidoptera at Castle Moreton. — The earlier part of the season 

 was not at all productive here. Sugar has been, and still is, a total 

 failure, and, during June, light attracted few things. Last Thursday, 

 however, a change took place, and insects came freely to light in the 

 house, and have continued to do so to the present time. The list of 

 captures include — (Jidan'a dotata, ('. jn/raliata, Hemitlica .stri;/ata 

 (thymiaria) , Geuiuetra vernaria, Tiiiiandra aiiiataria, Acidalia iviitaria, 

 Anticlea riibidata, FAipitliecia rectani/ulata, Malacosonia neiistrm, Por- 

 theda siinilis [aitrijiiia), Xylina litlioxylea, Hadeiia oleracea, Leiicania 

 rufina, Caradriiia morp/ietis, Noctiia plecta, N. aiipiir, and two Hyhoma 

 (Acroni/cta) atriyofia. Many years ago I captured three or four examples 

 of the latter species here, but had never seen it since until last Thurs- 

 day, when I noticed one sitting on the wall of my hall, and my daughter 

 took a second in the same place the following night. It appears 

 strange that an insect should occur again after so long an interval. 

 Yesterday a specimen of KHjnthccia sticccnturiata was taken on the 

 wall of my house, a species that I had never taken before. — (Rev.) E. 

 C. DoBREE Fox, M.A., Castle Moreton Vicarage, Tewkesbury. Jidy 

 lith, 1904. 



Abundance of insects at light. — The night of July 8th was an 

 extraordinary one for light in this part. On this occasion the electric 

 lights between Stratford and Forest Gate were simply swarming with 

 moths, mostly of common species, although I picked up with them 

 four Xeiccra jti/riiia, Apatda aceris, and Aiiiidiidamjs hctiilaria var. 

 dunbledai/aria. I was out again on the 9th, but the wind had changed, 



