NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 16'1 



throughout season. C. spaclkea, a few, April 11th to 14th, 

 Scojjelosoma satellitia, a few, April 7th to May 1st. Xijlina 

 socia, one, May 4th. X. ODiithojms, two, April 11th and 12th. 

 Compared with notes sent last year by Mr. John Lea this list con- 

 tains more species, but Xylocamixi areola was absent this season, 

 both at sallow and on trees, where it is usually common. — T. S. 

 Lea; Tedstone-Delamere, Herefordshire, May 11, 1888. 



Spring Lepidoptera in Cheshire. — On the 10th of March, 

 1888, after a warm week, accompanied by two entomological 

 friends, I went to Delamere Forest. Our captures were Hyhernia 

 leucojphearia, abundant, including many beautiful varieties ; Phi- 

 galia pedaria, common, and also varied ; Larentia multistrigaria, 

 Asphalia fiavicornis, and Nyssia hispidaria, also common and 

 varied. I have not seen H. leiicophearia on the same ground for 

 years. We had the honour of adding Cymatophora or and 

 N. liispidaria to the list of Delamere insects published by the 

 Chester Natural Science Societ3\ We only saw one female 

 N. hispidaria ; most of the males were fresh from the chrysalis. 

 All were taken at rest on the trunks of oak and birch-trees — 

 J. Arkle; 2, George Street, Chester. 



Insects caught at Sea. — The following extracts from a 

 letter written by my eldest son, whilst on a voyage to New 

 Zealand in the clipper ship ' Euterpe,' may be of interest to the 

 readers of the ' Entomologist,' as adding some further proof 

 of the wandering and erratic habits of insects : — " August 22nd, 

 1886. — Going down the English Channel under all plain sail, 

 with a gentle breeze. The air is so mild that we are all sitting 

 about the deck, and are very much interested in the erratic 

 flight of a Pieris hrassicce, which has flown out this distance, and 

 does not like to make up its mind for the long fly home again. I 

 have tried to catch it, but without success. August 23rd, 1886. — 

 I enclose two butterflies (Pieris rapce and Vanessa atalanta) I 

 caught aboard yesterday olf the Isle of Wight. These butterflies 

 were over eighteen miles out at sea. September 19th, 188G. — 

 Within the tropics, thirty-five miles S.W. by S., off St. Antonio, 

 one of the Cape de Verde islands, temperature in cabin 82° Fahr., 

 lat. 16° 52' N., long. 26° 10' W. I went up to the mizenmast- 

 head this morning in the hope of seeing land, but the sun's rays 

 were too powerful for me to see any great distance. 1 was, how- 



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