12 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Miana strigilis. — Two at sugar. 



Agrotis Segetum. — One. 



TryphcBna pronuba. — Two at light. 



Dianthoecia conspersa. — Found several young Dianthoecia 

 larvae feeding in the seed-pods of ragged robin (Lychnis 

 Flos-Cuculi), which I suppose were Conspersa, but 1 did not 

 succeed in rearing them. 



Phlogophora meticulosa. — One or two at sugar. 



Euplexia lucipara. — Not uncommon. 



Cucullia umhraiica. — Several resting on stones and gate- 

 posts. 



Pliisia Gamma. — Extremely abundant. 



The above list shows a total absence of many of the com- 

 monest British Lepidoptera on the wing in June. The island 

 is so exposed, and almost devoid of hedges and trees, that I 

 was almost surprised to find so many species. The nearest 

 point of France, Cape La Hogue, is only ten miles distant, so 

 that rare species would be not unlikely to occur if the island 

 was searched at all times of the year. 



W. A. Luff. 



Guernsey. 



Three Notes on Aphides. By Francis Walker, Esq. 



1. Aphides of Amurland. — There are only two species of 

 the Aphis tribe to record from Amurland, but they are 

 both of interest on account of their distribution elsewhere. 

 The first is Lachnus Piceae, known as one of the most 

 northern insects observed, and of frequent occurrence among 

 the snows and glaciers of Switzerland : it appears occasion- 

 ally and irregularly near London, but has not been often 

 observed in England. The second is Dryobius croaticus, a 

 native of Italy and of Croatia, and closely allied to D. Roboris, 

 which is a native of more Northern Europe, and some may 

 suppose that the difference between the two, and the more 

 darkened wings of the former, is the effect of a difference of 

 climate. 



2. Yearly Close of Aphis-life in the Fall. — October is the 

 egg-laying season of Lachnus Piceoe, and of very many other 

 kinds of the Aphis tribe, and at this epoch there is a great 

 gathering of Aphides to the spots which witnessed in the 



