256 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Scodiona fag aria (belgiaria) was found fairly commonly on a 

 very small patch of Brindley Heath. The form was intermediate 

 between that fomid in the south and the smaller, darker insects 

 of the Yorkshire moors. 



Perconia strigillaria was very common on the whole moor, 

 one ab. grisearia being taken. 



Of the HEPiALiDiE I did not see //. kumidi at all, and 11. lupu- 

 linus was far from common. The bracken-feeding species were 

 very much in evidence. I took one H. fasconehulosa, ab. galUcns, 

 and a long and varied series of H. hecta, including forms with 

 gold dashes on the hind wings. 



Pyralid moths were conspicuous by their comparative absence, 

 the Orambid.e being the best represented family, and the Ptero- 

 PHORiDiE, in my experience, completely unrepresented. 



Cramhus jnneteUus occurred sparingly in all suitable localities. 

 C. 77iargaritellus was abundant and C. pascuellus not uncommon 

 in the valleys. 



Tortrix viridana did more damage in the oak-woods of the 

 lowlands than I have ever before seen. Although larvae of the 

 genus Jlijhcrnia were not very plentiful, the oak-trees were 

 stripped bare, and the Tortrix larvae held overflow meetings on 

 the hazel-bushes to the detriment of these. The oak-trunks 

 received a uniform coating of silk spun by these caterpillars, and 

 the crevices of the bark later on held countless pupa3. A large 

 proportion of the moths emerging from these pupffi became 

 entangled in the silk web and failed to properly expand their 

 wings. The insect appeared in smaller numbers on the high 

 moors, even on bushes a foot or two in height growing well apart 

 from other oak-trees. 



The only other insect I should like to mention is a NejJticula 

 — I think N. intijiiclla— which, appeared in Mansty Wood in the 

 spring in even greater numbers. One sweep of the net would 

 capture dozens, most of which at once regained their freedom by 

 walking through the meshes. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Anosia plexippus in Cornwall. — As recorded in ' The Field ' 

 for September 21st last, a perfect specimen of Anosia plexi'ppus was 

 captured by Master Mostyn L. Wandle, aged 13, at Porfchcurne, 

 Cornwall, on August 19th. Mr. J. G. Wandle has since kindly sent 

 me an account of the capture made by his son. The butterfly was 

 at first seen Hying round a veronica bush and settled on a flower; 

 when approached it flew off and settled again on the other side of 

 the bush. When it rose his son made a stroke with his net but 

 missed it, and it flew some distance and settled on an escalonia leaf 

 and closed its wings. As he again approached it flew back to the 

 veronica and settled, when he caught his prize. It is a female, 



