THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A few at rest on aspen trunks. Not met with before in this neighbourhood. 

 — P. mitterh acker iana. Bred rather freely. The larva was particularly 

 common this autumn. 



GraphoUtha nisana. Fairly common and variable as usual ; at rest on 

 aspens. — G. minutana. One female, also at rest on aspen, July 10th ; the 

 first I have taken. 



Phhrodes immundata. Veiy uncommon this season. 



Pcedlsca oppressana. Very common, but local, resting on poplar 

 trunks, July 9nd. — P. occuUana. Rare. Beaten from larch when col- 

 lecting lariciana, July 3rd. 



Ephippiphora nigricostana. Larvae very common in roots of Stachys. — 

 E. gallicolana. Bred freely from galls collected in the winter. 



Seinasia janthinana. Eleven bred from larvae found feeding in the 

 fruit of the hawthorn in October, 1886. They prefer hark to pass the 

 winter in. 



Coccyx nigricana. Beaten freely from a single tree, Pinus j}icea, on 

 which the larva feeds. I have not heard of its capture in Essex before. 

 Although in all our lists this species is put in the genus GraphoUtha (Tr.), 

 it is really quite out of place, coming very close to Coccyx hyrciniana and 

 G. dlstinctana. 



Retinia piiiicolana. One only beaten from Scotch fir. R. huoliana was 

 common. 



Opadia fimehrana. From something like eighty larvfe now all safely 

 hidden away in some rough bark, I hope to breed at least a series. 



Stigmonota internana. The male swarming over the furze bushes ; the 

 female was much more sluggish. — S. weiraiia. A fine series bred ; but the 

 larva was not so common this autumn as it was in 1886. — S. germerana 

 (Hb.). Not rare amongst some scrubby oaks. The larval habits are as 

 mysterious as ever. I have looked in vain for it this autumn in a locality 

 where the imago is common. — S. roseticolana. Bred freely from larvae 

 feeding in rose " hips." They prefer pieces of bark or dead bramble 

 twigs to hybernate in. 



Dicrorampha consortana. Bred sparingly from ox-eye daisy. 



Catoptria alhersana. Bred June 3rd from one of several larvae found 

 feeding in folded leaves of honeysuckle, September 23rd, 1886. The 

 larvae passes the winter in its " vaulted chamber," and pupates a short time 

 before emerging. — C. candididana. In its usual abundance amongst its 

 food-plant, Arteniesia maritima. 



EupaiciUa macnlosana. Larvae common in unripe seed-heads of the 

 wild hyacinth. — E. amblguana. Bred from New Forest larvae. — E. vecti- 

 saiia. Swarming in the " Salterns," and a few affinitana. — E. impUcitana. 

 Not uncommon amongst Anthemis cotula, in the immediate neighbourhood. 



Argyrolepia zepliyrana (^Tr.) Taken on the wing, and bred from roots 



