138 [November, 
With refei'cnoe to thia subject, I find a notice in the Stettin Ent. Zeitung for 
1865, p. Ill, by Herr Gustav Weymer, in Elberfeld, in which he says : " One would 
imagine the natural history of this moth so fully investigated, that nothing new 
remained to be discovered. Yet this is not so, inasmuch as the larva sometimes 
lives on holly (Ilex aquifolium), which otherwise furnishes food for no other Lepi- 
dopteron (a species of Lithocolletis excepted) ; a fact which appears to have been 
noticed by no one else in Germany. This evergreen shrub, which is not mentioned 
by Wilde in his work on German plants, but which Esper says occurs in the southern 
parts of Germany, grows not rarely in all woods in this neighbourhood, and, indeed, 
is abundant as an undergrowth on isolated mountain ridges, where yet higher trees 
are also found. In places in this region formerly felled, but again reverted to wild- 
ness, S. ligustri is often found on the above-named plant." Taken in connection 
with Mr. Barrett's larva, thia notice is interesting ; but Herr Weymer has surely 
overlooked Lyccena Argiolus and GrapJiolita noevana, which occur abundantly on 
holly. An error has also occurred about the Lithocolletis on this plant : possibly 
some confusion with L. messaniella on Quercus ilex has arisen ; or perhaps ho has 
mistaken the abundant mines of the dipterous Phytomysa aquifolice for those of a 
Litliocolletis. — E. McLachlan, Forest Hill, 3rd October, 1866. 
Captures near Rugby. — The immediate neighbourhood of Eugby seems to be 
very poor in Bhopalocera and Geometrw, and I had no opportunity of getting Noctucv. 
Most of the undermentioned captures were taken either at Franktou Wood, or in 
the woods adjoining Coombe Abbey, near Brandon ; each of these locaUtiea being 
about six miles from Eugby. 
Argynnis Papliia, Adippe, Euphrosyne, and Selene, at Coombe in June and July. 
Thecla quercus, Thanaos Tages, and Pampliila Sylvaniis, also common at Coombe. 
Sesia fuciformis, common at Coombe, hovering over the flowers of " Ragged Robin," 
(Lychnis flos-cuculi), and "Bugle," (Ajuja reptans) June 9th to 14th. 
Trochilium tipuliforme and Ino Statices, Coombe, June. 
Metrocavipa margaritata, Boarmia abietaria, and Macaria liturata, by beating at 
Prankton, June 30th. 
Ephyra punctaria and Asthena sylvata, by beating at Coombe, June 14th, 
Strenia clathrata, common on some of the railway banks. May 22nd to 28th. 
Fidonia piniaria, one at Frankton, June 7th. 
Emmelesia albulata, very common in meadows among Rhinanthus crista-galli. 
Eupithecia lariciata, Frankton Wood and Causton Spiring : plenty by beating larch 
trunks, June 4th to 30th. 
Brepana falcula, by beating at Frankton, June 4th. 
Heliodes arbuti, common in a meadow, June 2nd to 7th. 
Euclidia glyphica, on railway and canal banks. May 28th to June 22nd. 
Pyralis pv/tyuralis, common on railway banks at Coombe, May 26th to Juue 14tli. 
G. B. LoNGSTAFF, Southficlds, Wandsworth, August Sth, 1866. 
Deilcphila celerio in Westmoreland. — A specimen of D. celerio has been sent to 
me from Kendal ; it was taken in a tan yard last autum. This is the third speci- 
men that has come into my possession this season. — J. B. Hodgkinson, Preston, 
October 8th. 
