1895.) 195 



Pho.ip?icBnus hemipterus near Southampton. — In the " Entomologist " for Sep- 

 tember, 1894, I recorded the occurrence of a single specimen of this singular 

 glow-worm about four miles from here. On the 2l8t June last past I observed a 

 specimen running on the earth in my garden, and on the following days till the 25th 

 further search resulted in the capture of about seventy specimens of this insect, 

 which has hitherto (with the exception of the one mentioned) not been recorded in 

 this country, except at Lewes in Sussex, The specimens were all taken within a 

 few yards of the spot where the first one was found, none more than say forty yards 

 off, and on the earth and gravel walk near a thick box edging, which, by the way, 

 contains many snails. They all appear to be males, but the female is unknown to 

 me. The light, which is greenish, is shown on two points only on the apical ventral 

 segment, and is of course not visible by daylight, when it is the habit of the insect 

 to move about actively, crawling and " twiddling " its antennae incessantly. It was 

 fine hot weather, and a shower which fell on the evening of the 21st seemed favoura- 

 ble to their development. Mulsant has described both the female and the larva of 

 this species at some length (Col. Fr., Mollipennes, pp. 119, et seq.) ; of the latter he 

 says — " On la trouve au pied des plantes, et pour ainsi dire en famille." But it is 

 not, it would seem, known whether they feed on snails, as I surmise. The insect is 

 very generally distributed in middle and Southern Europe ; but, as I have been told 

 in France, is uncertain in appearance, occurring as it has done now in this country 

 in quantities when it is found. — H. S. GoRilAM, Shirley Warren, Soutliampton : 

 Jult/, 1895. 



Plusia moneta at Norwich.-I think you may be interested to know that I took 

 another beautiful specimen of Plusia moneta on the wing last evening, about 9.45, 

 when going the rounds of the sugared trees where we took the one last year. — 

 B. C. TiLLETT, St. Andrew's Street, Norwich : June 27th, 1895. 



Micro-Lepidoptera at Beading and neighbourhood. — Having given some atten- 

 tion to the Micro-Lepidoptera (especially the Tortrices and Tineina) in this district 

 and that of Basingstoke adjoining, during the last two years, I think a list of the 

 more rare and interesting species taken may be of interest to other Lepidopterists. 



Chilo phragmitellus, at light, Beading. Scoparia pallida, in boggy situations, 

 Reading. Tortrix piceana, among Scotch pine, Reading. Dichelia Grotiana, 

 Basingstoke. Mixodia Ratzburghiana, in a mixed wood of spruce, larch, pine, and 

 various other trees, Basingstoke. Eupaecilia flaviciliana, taken by brushing the 

 herbage on chalky hill sides near Reading, and on a clay soil near Basingstoke, but 

 in both cases among plenty of Scabious. Penthina fuligana, beaten out of underwood, 

 Reading. Sciaphila conspersana, Reading. Padisca profundana, a very fine and 

 handsome variety, orange-red irrorated with silvery, Basingstoke ; P. occultana, at 

 light, Reading. Semasia Ochsenheimeriana, taken in a young spruce plantation ; S. 

 scopariana, in an oak wood in which the underwood and herbage is very varied, 

 Basingstoke. Xanthosetia inopiana, among fleabane, Reading. Argyrolepia Bau- 

 manniana, among Scabiosa succisa, Basingstoke; A. subbaumanniaaa, on chalky 

 hill sides, Reading. 



Xysmatodoma melanella, on tree trunks, Reading. Scardia ruricolella, Reading ; 

 S. carpinetella, Reading. Tinea ferruginella, Reading ; T. nign'punctella, from 



