164 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



One, Delamere Forest, July 8th. — Eupithecia trisignaria, H.-S. I had 

 the good fortune to net one (Delamere Forest) on the night of July 

 1st. The previous occurrence in the district rests on a doubtful 

 record. — -Mimceseoptilus bipunctidactyla, Haw. Common on the Leet 

 carboniferous limestone, Denbighshire, August 12th. — Aciptilia tetra- 

 dactyla, L. A small whitish plume not previously recorded. Common 

 on the Leet, Denbighshire, July. — Pterophorus monodactylus, L. One 

 beaten out of Scotch fir in Delamere Forest, October 1st. — M. ptero- 

 dactylus, L. Common in Delamere Forest, July 8th, but rather worn. 



The following Micros were taken, or bred from larvae, in or near 

 Chester : — Orthotelia sparganella, Thnb. ; common on marshy places 

 in August. Depressaria liturella, Schiff., and Aphelia osseana, Sc.= 

 pratana, Hb. ; both on the Lache Eye in August. Epiblema similana, 

 Hub. ; Acalla hastiana, modification of var. autumnana, Steph. ; A. 

 hastiana, L., var. radiana, Hub. ; Endrosis lacteella, Schiff. =fenestrella, 

 Stt. ; Ancylis biarcuana, Steph. ; E. subocellana, Don. 



From Delamere Forest : — Depressaria ap plana, Fabr. ; Pandemia 

 corylana, Fabr. ; Cerostoma radiatella, Don., a very variable species ; 

 Pandemia heparana, Schiff. ; Pleurota bicostella, CI. ; Scoparia ambigu- 

 alis, Tr. ; Ulethreutes corticana, Hub. ; Caccecia lecheana, L. ; Acompsia 

 pseudospretella, Stt., almost black (also Chester examples). 



From tbe Leet, Denbighshire: — A. osseana, Sc. = pratana, Hb. ; 

 C. radiatella, Don. ; Acalla variegana, Schiff. 



Hybrids between Smerinthus ocellatus (female) and S. populi (male) : 

 From the eight pupae referred to (Entom. xxxvii. 25) six fine moths 

 emerged in June — three on the 4th, one on the 5th, one on the 6th, 

 and the sixth on the 17th — -all apparently males. As the sexes of the 

 parent moths were the same as those referred to by Mr. P. Kirk, of 

 Dundee (Entom. Record, i. 95), I was curious to see how my hybrids 

 would compare with those reared by Mr. Kirk. Mr. Tutt's description 

 of five of the latter (Entom. Record, i. 203) fits so accurately with my 

 hybrids that I give his description verbatim : — " They are perfectly 

 intermediate between the two species. The fore wings have all the 

 characters of both species, the basal line as in populi, but with distinct 

 traces of a shade showing the angulation of the basal line in ocellatus, 

 the hind wings have the fulvous basal patch of populi (no red colour), 

 and indistinct eye-spots characteristic of ocellatus." 



S. til'm. — From the fifteen pupae referred to (Entom. xxxvii. 25), I 

 got ten moths in May — two females on the 18th, a male and female on 

 the 20th, a male on the 21st, a male and female on the 22nd, a 

 crippled female on the 23rd, and a male and female on the 24th ; four 

 males and six females in all. This moth might more accurately be 

 named the " elm moth," as I found, in agreement with the experience 

 of others, that the larvae prefer elm to lime. 



Arctia caia. — A third brood of imagines (forced) began to appear 

 November 18th, and continue now (February). As in the second 

 brood, which began to emerge on September 4th, the perfect insects 

 were in company with caterpillars of the same brood in every stage of 

 growth. With the exception of a fine female, in which the cream- 

 coloured area of the upper wings is increased, all the moths so far have 

 been typical. The insect does not seem to vary perceptibly in this 

 district, even with forced successive broods. The eggs laid by moths 



