46 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Gastropacha ilicifolia; has again been taken on 

 Cannock Chase, near Rugeley, April 27th; see Zoologist, 

 4740. 



Acronycta auricoma ; many specimens of this were 

 taken at sugar, near Canterbury, in Kent, and also in 

 Sussex, in July last. 



Synia musculosa {Frontispiece, Fig. 3) ; a specimen of 

 this pretty rarity was taken by Mr. Winter, on a gas-light 

 at Brighton, August 17th. 



Miana expolita (Ent. Annual, 1855, 1st Edit. p. 41 ; 

 2nd Edit. p. 63) ; has again been met with at Darlington, 

 by Mr. Law and Mr. Sang. 



Crymodes templi ; has been found both in the spring bj\& 

 autumn, by the Rev. J. Johnson, near Huddersfield, among 

 loose stones ; one female laid eggs which produced larvae, 

 but their food could not be ascertained and they all died ; see 

 Zoologist, 4741. 



Sp^lotis ravida; occurred in considerable plenty at 

 sugar, in July, at Epping, Darlington, and in Yorkshire, &c. 



Luperina cespitis; many were taken by Mr. Turner, 

 in the autumn, in the Isle of Wight. 



Agrotis Ashworthii (Vallesiaca, Ent. Annual, 1855, 

 1st Edit. p. 41 ; 2nd Edit. p. 63) ; has again been met with 

 in North Wales; see Zoologist, 4814. 



Agrotis lunigera; has again occurred at the Isle of 

 Wight; specimens were exhibited at the August Meeting of 

 the Entomological Society of London, by Mr. Dutton. 



Heliophobus hispidus; one bred by Mr. Reading, of 

 Plymouth. Specimens have been taken in the Isle of 

 Portland, by Mr. Bond. 



Pachetra leucoph^a ; a few taken by Mr. Stevens, at 

 Mickleham, by sugar, in June. 



Aplecta herbida ; the extreme abundance of this insect 

 last summer, in many places where it is not generally com- 

 mon, is a fact worth noticing. 



