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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



LiTHosiA cANiOLA NOT IN HAMPSHIRE. — In the ' Entomologist ' for 

 December, 1906, 1 recorded the capture, at Bournemouth, of L. caniola. 

 With the help, however, of a more experienced entomologist, further 

 investigation satisfies me that my specimen is L. stramineola, and I am 

 sorry that Hampshire cannot claim the former insect for its list. My 

 friend was able to assure me that an insect which I took in my diniug- 

 room here, June SOtli, 1906, is indeed an excellent specimen of Eirpi- 

 thecia innotata. — (Rev.) A. Day; The Vicarage, Malvern Link. 



Leucania vitellina in West Cornwall. — Mr. W. A. Rollason, of 

 Truro, asks if his capture of L. vitellina in September, 1906, is a 

 record for the county of Cornwall. In reply, I may say that it is the 

 first published, but I captured two specimens in South Devon, and one 

 in West Cornwall, in the autumn of 1889. A record of these was sent 

 to a periodical then only started a few months, but it was not inserted. 

 I, however, received a letter, in which the writer stated that L. vitel- 

 lina was not taken so far north as Britain. In the same autumn a 

 specimen was taken at sugar in the Isle of Wight, and that capture was 

 mentioned in most of the entomological magazines. I may add that 

 I have six specimens of L. vitellina in my collection, all taken about 

 three miles beyond Penzance, in an old orchard about three hundred 

 yards from the sea. The late Mr. Baily also took one in the same 

 orchard, but too late to be included in his list of Lepidoptera of West 

 Cornwall. — William Daws; 39, Newwood Street, Mansfield, Notts. 



Plusia moneta in Nottinghamshire. — I took a specimen of P. mo- 

 neta, at light, on July 21st last. — F. J. Easell ; Weedon Iload, 

 Northampton, January 21st, 1907. 



Lepidoptera of East Sutherland. — The following is a list of 

 species taken during 1906 (July excepted), within a ten mile radius of 

 Golspie. On reference to Meyrick's ' Handbook ' I find that many of 

 the insects mentioned by me do not appear to be recorded north of Ross- 

 shire, and others not even so far north as that county : — 



Argynins aglaia, singly. A. euphrosyne, sparingly. Pyrameis 

 cardui, singly. Satyins semele, common ; resting ou stones of old sea- 

 beach, now some three hundred yards from present high-tide line. 

 Slightly darker than the writer's English and Welsh specimens. 

 Ejiinephele ianira, sparingly. Ccenonyvipha tyjihon, sparingly, on heaths 

 and on damp sides of lochs. Thecla rubi fairly common ou heaths 

 and mountain slopes. Chrysophanns phUeas, sparingly. Lycana ale.vis 

 (icarus), sparingly. Fieris napi, P. rapi, P. brassicce, fairly common. 

 Hepialiis lupulinus, H. humiili, common. Phraymatohia fnliyinosa, 

 Spilosoma lubricipeda, S. menthastri sparingly ; larvffi fairly common 

 on plantain. Pcecilocampa populi, singly in November, to light. 

 Lasiocampa quercus, imago sparingly, larvae commonly. Buniid luteo- 

 lata, abundant. Metrocampamargaritana, singly. Ellopia prosapiaria, 

 Boarmia repandata, sparingly. Dasydia ohfuscaria, singly. Ematurya 

 atomaria, common. Biipalus piniarius, male common, female sparingly. 

 Abrarcis yrossulariato , Lomaspilis ynaryinntn, sparingly. Opurabia dilii- 

 tata, common ; all very pale specimens. Larentia didymata, the most 

 abundant species. L. multistnyaria, sparingly. L. ccesiata, abundant, 



