178 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Botys Terrealis Bred. — Last September I fouud half a 

 dozen larvae of Terrealis on one plant of golden rod: their 

 presence is easily detected, as often all is eaten away but the 

 stalk; they forra a light silken web, as a covering from 

 exposure. I have been lucky enough to rear four specimens, 

 quite unexpectedly, as the year before I got two dozen larvae 

 and did not rear one, although I nursed them well, and 

 attended to all the sanitary arrangements I could think 

 of: they often live through the winter. Those that I have 

 bred were evidently of the "fittest-to-live" class, because 

 they were put into a box, either to live or die, and not cared 

 for in any way; indeed, they were forgotten. I will try to 

 forget more for next year. — J, B. Hodgkinson ; 15, Spring 

 Bank, Preston, July 3, 1874. 



Acronycta Aim near Sheffield. — I had the pleasure of 

 taking a fine male Acronycta Alni, at rest on the trunk of a 

 tree, when out for a walk, in the neighbourhood of Shefiield, 

 on the 14th of June. — Wm. Sheldon; Upper Saint Philip^s 

 Road, Sheffield. 



Halonota grandavana at Hartlepool. — I have this year 

 taken several specimens of Halonota grandaevana on the 

 ballast hill here, thus confirming Hartlepool as a locality for 

 this species. — J. Gardner; 8, Friar Terrace, Hartlepool, 

 July 18, 1874. 



Crymodes exulis again taken. — I sugai'ed for sixteen 

 nights lately in the locality where I had before taken this 

 species, but only took one specimen. It came to the sugar 

 near midnight on the 7lh July. — Nicholas Cooke; Gorsey 

 Hey, Liscard, near Birkenhead, July 20, 1874. 



Chesias ohliquaria and Anarta Myrlilli. — In the middle 

 of August, last year, I had six pupae of C. ohliquaria, which 

 I placed in my breeding-cage. Although this is a May 

 insect I bred one as early as April 1st, and two others made 

 their appearance between that time and May 7th, but at what 

 precise dates I cannot say, as I was away from home. 

 I thought 1 had done with the insect, but to my surprise 

 to-day (June 18th) another specimen appeared. June and 

 July are the months for A. Myrtilli. Agreeably to this I took 

 the insect at Tillgate, July 13th, 1872. On the J 7th of 

 July, last year, the day was very dull, on which we went to 

 the same place, and there was very little to be found. 



