62 THE entomologist's recokd. 



lata, fairly common, mostly melanic or pseudomelanic specimens; 

 Tlicra jttniperata, not uncommon, fairly dark; T. variata, one June 3rd, 

 1906 ; Ypsi'iu'tes elutata, worn specimens turn up occasionally ; 

 Metantliia ruhuiinata, plentiful at dusk in July 1904, since which time 

 it has been much scarcer ; M. ocellata, fairly common ; Melanippe 

 rimta, not uncommon; J/, vmntanata, occasionally; M, Huctuata, 

 common and variable. The specimens taken seem to include type 

 forms ab. fibidata, ab. incanata, ab. neapolisata, and ab. costovata : 

 Coreniia propuf/nata turns up occasionally ; C. ferrugata and C. 

 tinidentaria not uncommon; ( 'atnpto'iraiiiiiia hilineata, very common, 

 in some of the specimens there is a dark clouding of the central band ; 

 Scotosia (hibitata, one at light, August 31st, 1906; Cidaria tcstata, 

 fairly common ; (\ dotata, one at light August 5th, 1901, and another 

 August 27th, 1907 ; C. cmmtata, one at light August 13th, 1904 ; 

 EnhoUa paltoiibaria, one at light, July 3rd, 1904. 



The above list, which contains 60 species, could probably be much 

 extended by anyone working the district in a systematic way at all 

 seasons. 



OLEOPTERA. 



Brantes phanatus, L., etc., in Cumberland. — From time to time I 

 come across beetles and other insects, in a timber-yard in Carlisle, 

 which have been imported in the timber from various parts of the world. 

 Ceraiii/iy.r lierofi, Callidiinn diuridiattDii, Ar/iopalns fidiii iitantt, die, have 

 occurred in this way, while among the Hymenoptera, the sawtiy >Sirex 

 piifas is of frequent occurrence, apparently coming from spruce deals 

 from New Brunswick, and deals from the Baltic seaboard. In March, 

 1906, I met with a very depressed, dark brown beetle, with long 

 antennae, under bark on a billet of wainscot oak from Austria. The 

 insect was quite strange to me, and, being obviously a foreigner, I 

 attached little importance to it, contenting myself with taking seven 

 specimens, though many might have been obtained from similar billets 

 in the same parcel. Lately I sent specimens to Mr. Newbery, with 

 other imported insects, and he at once pronounced them Brantes 

 phanatHfi, L. a species recorded in Britain from Putney (Rye), and 

 Blackheath (Douglas), (Fowler, LUd. Brit. Isles, vol. iii., p. 301). The 

 origin of these specimens, I suppose, would be difficult to ascertain 

 now, but there is a belief among coleopterists that they were foreign. 

 At any rate the species has not apparently occurred in either locality 

 since, nor elsewhere, a circumstance suggestive of its not breeding in 

 Britain. I have seen nothing more of it here since 1906, so it has 

 not established itself. Whether casual immigrants of this kind should 

 be considered as British insects is doubtful, unless they breed and 

 •establish themselves, when there can be little reason for not admitting 

 them to our list. It may be of interest to add that, Brantes phanatus 

 is a very sluggish insect, in fact so sluggish that I thought all the 

 specimens dead for some time after taking them, when they made a 

 few lethargic movements. — F. H. Day, F.E.S., 151, Goodwin Terrace, 

 Carlisle. January 1st, 1908. 



:i^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Unusual position for pupa of Amorpha populi. — As it appears to 

 be very unusual for the pupa of Amurpha populi to be found anywhere 



