184 [January, 
March 6th. — A. cesoularia, brod ; 1 ? , numbers of ^ . 12th to 18th. T. gothica, 
instabilis, stahilis, and cruda ; all very abundant at sallow blossoms later on. 18th. 
T. munda. 29th. X. Uthorhisa, bred ; an abundant insect : T. ruhricosa, two at 
sallow. About this time bred a fine specimen of X. conspicillaris : the pupa was 
probably dug from an oak in the meadows between Worcester and Stourport. 
April 3rd. — A. hadiata, very common after dusk. 
May 8th. — P. palpina, bred ; the pupae dug in abundance at roots of willow. 
9th. D. mendica, commonly. 10th. N. ccmielina; the pupa dug. 11th. N. ziczac, 
bred and dug. 16th. D. pudibunda, bred ; scarcely found here. R. cratcegata ; the 
larva hybernated and spun up in the early spring. I7th. F. atomaria and S. 
clathrata, common in every field. 22nd. A. betularia, very common ; the larvffi on 
currant leaves. 24th. S. cuUciformis ; bred nine from pupse sent. A. Euphrosyne, 
L. sinapis, S. alveolus, R. Tages, T. rubi, P. oenea, P. Oeryon, E. omicronaria, M. 
euphorbiata, &o., at Malvern ; on the same day, Dr. Hearder took M. hastata and 
P. hoAnula. 26th. S. tiUce and popuU ; the pupa dug at elm, sallow, and poplar. 
29th. C. vinula and H. prasinana ; the former from the larva, the latter dug. 
30th. A. putris, in abundance at roots of elm. 
June 3rd. — A. v/rticce and A. ru,micis. 5th. A. megacephala, from pupae under 
the bark of poplars. 6th. E. subfulvata. 7th. 8. Ugustri ; the larva has been 
unusually common this year. C. fii/rcula. 8th. N. plantaginis and C. bifida, both 
bred. 9th. E. mi and gVyphica, both very common. P. bucephala, bred in 
abundance. A. Ugustri, quite common on ash trees ; the larva' spins up under the 
top stones of the walls against the trees, 11th. H. oleracea, N. plecta, and O. trilinea, 
at sugar. C spmwla, bred. 12th. D. JEJyenor, hovering over flowers. P. gramma and 4. 
segetum; these have been quite scarce this year. 16th. C. porcellus, hovering over 
flowers. A, hcctuosa, hovering over wild thyme in the sunshine. 19th. M. typica, 
only two ; the insect is usually abundant. 22nd. H. dipsacea, hovering over flowers 
in the sunshine. 26th. T. orbona, M. furuncula, and P. chrysitis, all common at 
sugar. 28th. B. querc&s ; the larva hatched in August 18th, 1864, went into pupa 
in August, 1865. 29th. Z. lonicerce, in the utmost profusion ; two or three cocoons 
on one flower stem. 30th. P. chrysorrhcea, bred in numbers from larvae sent me, 
Mem. — Never to breed any more till they give up irritating my skin. — B. Hallett 
Todd, Northleach, Gloucestershire, 
{To be concluded in our next.) 
Worcestershire captures {Lepidoptera), a/)id species bred in 1866. — The season of 
1866 has been, according to my experience, very unfavourable for Lcpidoptera, so 
I have but few captm-es to record. The spring was so unusually cold and windy, 
that the appearance of many species was much retarded. Thus I met with 
A. oBsculwria and A. prodromaria only just emerged on the 9th of April, and 
Argynnis Euphrosyne did not appear until the end of May, fully a month later than 
last season ; of this I captured one example nearly as large as Adippe. 0. vinula 
withstood the cold of April ; I saw one at rest, already rather worn, on the 22nd 
April. 
January 3rd. E. gelatella was captured in my house. 
April. P. lacertula and N. clictma bred. 
