98 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Letjcania Putrescens; of this insect, which was added 

 to our lists last year, Mr. Stewart has recorded the capture 

 of three specimens near Torquay at the end of August (Int. 

 viii. p. 178) ; other specimens have occurred in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Teignmouth. 



Leucania ViTELLiNA ; a Specimen taken in the Isle of 

 Wight was exhibited by Mr. Bond at the October Meeting 

 of the Entomological Society of London (Zoologist, p. 7269). 



Xylophasia Scolopacina; we had formerly expressed 

 surprise at the occurrence of this insect in NortJi Devon ; 

 one has now been captured at Lewisham by Messrs. C. and 

 J. Fenn (Int. ix. p. 60). 



AcosMETRA CALiGiNOSA ; at the March Meeting of the 

 Entomological Society of London, " Dr. Wallace exhibited 

 two specimens of A. caliginoi<a taken by Mr. Grimstead in a 

 w^ood near Ryde, Isle of Wight ; he observed that the species 

 had hitherto only been captured in this country in the Xew 

 Forest" (Zoologist, 6940). 



CiRR^DiA Xerampeltna ; several specimens of this in- 

 sect have been taken at light near York (Int. ix. p. 20), and 

 Mr. Jeffrey has bred the insect fi'om a larva he found on the 

 3rd of June concealed in the crevices on the trunk of an ash 

 tree (Int. viii. p. 187). 



Heliothis armigera; the capture of two specimens at 

 Heme Bay is recorded in the Intelligencer (vol. viii. p. 172). 



Agrophila Sulphuralis; this insect has again turned 

 up in Norfolk, where ten specimens were captured " in the 

 last week of July and the first week of August, in very good 

 condition, flying over a hedge of Scotch fir" (Int. ix. p. 35). 



Ehastria Ven ustula ; the following notices of the cap- 

 ture of this insect have appeared. *' Though professedly a 

 Micro-Lepidopterist, I do not hesitate to take any rai'ity that 

 falls in my way ; therefore, being at Loughton on the 16th 



