150 LEPIDOPTERA. 



(Zoologist, 7971); one at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Sept. 12 

 (Zoologist, 8204); one near Weymouth, hovering over a 

 bed of petunias at dusk, Sept. 24, taken by Mr. Fretor 

 (Weekly Entomologist, p. 70); one near York, Sept. 28 

 (Weekly Entomologist, p. 99); one at Brighton, October 29tli 

 (Zoologist, 8295). 



Trochilium ScoLiiEFORME. — The locality for this spe- 

 cies is thus indicated by Mr. Gregson in the Weekly Ento- 

 mologist, p. 13: '' Go up the Yale of Crus(^s to the Abbey — 

 then turn to the right, through the fields, into the wood." 

 iMr. N. Cooke exhibited seven specimens at the July meeting 

 of the Northern Entomological Society, four bred and three 

 captured by himself and sons at Llangollen (Yv^eekly Ento- 

 mologist, p. 71). 



LiTHOSTA Caniola. — Mr. Bircball records the capture 

 of" a fine series of this insect in August on the Irish Coast 

 (Weekly Entomologist, p. 42) : *^ It flies at dusk and again 

 at dawn, and also comes to sugar — but not freely." Mr. Bir- 

 cball remarks : " The larva does not appear to be exclusively 

 a lichen feeder. I have a brood apparently thriving on 

 clover, and there seems to be little lichen in the locality 

 where the moth occurs." 



Leucania YiTELLiNA. — One specimen taken at sugar by 

 Mr. Rogers, at Freshwater, October 21st, whilst *' a gale of 

 wind was blowing and it was raining in torrents." (Zoologist, 

 8296.) 



Leucania putrescens. — This has been taken rather 

 f]'eely near Torquay by Mr. R. M. Stewart (Weekly Ento- 

 mologist, p. 20). 



Xylophasia scolopacina. — Tlie occurrence of a speci- 

 men near Hythe, Kent, has been recorded by Mr. M^Lachlan 

 (Zoologist, 8211). 



Laphygma exigua. — A specimen was beaten from sallow 



