1806. i 113 
Notes on Cidaria imrnanata. — In the beginning of September last year, Mr. 
Birchall kindly sent me a batch of eggs of this species. Having cut out the part 
of the pill-box on which the eggs wei'e deposited, I pinned it to a bit of wood, which 
I stuck in a flower-pot with a plant of Fragaria vesca. During the winter I noticed 
that the eggs were washed off the card, and fell upon the earth in the pot below ; 
however, they were not injured by this change of position, and on the 20th March, 
1866, I noticed one larva had been hatched. At this time the flower-pot was un- 
luckily upset by the gardener, who did his best to replace the earth, &c., without 
saying anything to me, consequently, out of the whole batch I obtained but four 
larvaa in all. This small brood has, however, given mo great satisfaction, for they 
fed up well, and have produced four good specimens of the moth ; three of them 
being the type imrnanata, and the fourth being the variety mannorata of Haworth. 
—Id. 
Note respecting a species of Apatania. — In my " Trichoptera Britannica" pp. 
74, 75, I mention a species of Apata7iia taken at the little lake in Arundel Park, 
which I considered to be probably distinct from A. vestita, but of which I had only 
seen females. I have now visited the locahty four times — thrice in August, once in 
June — and have taken probably near one hundred specimens ; still all a/re females, 
most of them full of ova, which they deposit freely. The occurrence of this sex 
only is to me inexplicable ; and one is almost led to suspect that this species may 
be able to dispense, partially or entirely, with the companionship of males, — as is 
known to be the case in some few species of other Orders, and, as there is strong 
reason to believe, prevails also in many more {e.g., several species of Tenthredinidai). 
I still adhere to the opinion that it is distinct from A. vestita, and name it pro- 
visionally A. mulieiris. 
The occurrence of an Apatania at Arundel is additionally interesting, because 
that genus is alpine or sub-alpine in its habits ; it may be remarked, howevei", that 
the little lake springs out of the chalk, and the water of it is very cold. 
A shght correction is necessary with respect to A. vestita. Kolenati takes the 
name from Zetterstedt, whose species, though probably of this genus, is yet unsatis- 
factorily determined. That my vestita ii the same as Kolenati's I have no doubt ; 
for, contrary to his usual custom, in his generic description he describes the 
appendices of A. vestita, and these agree precisely with the British species. — 
B,. McLachlan, Forest Hill. 
Note on Lepidoptera attracted by blackberries. — As I found sugar comparatively 
unproductive last autumn, while Noctuce were flying at the same time in plenty 
about the blackberries on the hedges, I turned my attention to them, and with 
results that I think deserve a passing notice. 
In consequence of the long continued hot weather, the blackberries were 
remarkably abundant and sweet, and therefore, I suppose, more attractive to insects 
than usual, for the abundance of moths upon them was surprising. Xanthia cerago, 
silago, a,nA ferruginea, Anthocelis rufina, Orthosialota and macilenta, Glwa vacciyiii, 
Miselia oxyacanthce and Phlogophora meticulosa were in great abundance ; Anthocelis 
litura and pistacina, Scopelosoma satellitia, Agrotis suff^isa and segeticm, Hadena 
