114 THE ENTOAfOLOGTST. 



Srir.MoxoTA RAvur.AXA IN Rknfrkwshtrr. — In Juiip, ISSf^. I\va«; in 

 company with my friend, Mr. Wntsoii, colleoiing Corcj/.r coainophofana in 

 lienfrewshire. when one of ns took Stiffiiiouota rnvalaiut. — J. B. 

 HoDGKiNSON ; Ellerslie, Aslitoii-on-Ribble, Lancashire, February •2-"5, ISiSO. 



Latk Lepidoptera in 1888. — In 1888 Euchloe cardninlnes was out so 

 late as June 25th in South Wales. The cold and wet summer appeared to 

 have affected the second emergence of Lijcama icarns on the Cotswold Hills 

 in Gloucestershire. They were only generally coming out so late as 

 September Viih, and this also was the case with L. astrarche, the former 

 were in the greatest profusion in the second week in August, 1887. On 

 December 5tli, a specimen of Plusia (jamma came to light, and throughout 

 November many came to ivy bloom in this district. With regard to larvae, 

 on October 1st I found a specimen of Acro}njcta leporiua, feeding on 

 sallow; this fed well until late in November, when it died in going through 

 its moulting. The long silky hairs in this example were of canary yellow, 

 and the body dark in colour. One specimen taken in July, feeding on birch, 

 was pale green with white hairs. On November 15th a larva of Sjihuix 

 ligustri was still feeding ; as also were on November 23rd many larvie 

 of Pieris brasaica. — T. B. Jefferys ; Clevedon. 



Bactra furfqraxa IX Norfolk. — Perhaps the fact miy be worth 

 recording, that about a dozen specimens of B. farfarana were taken last 

 August by ray brother and myself while collecting on a piece of marshy 

 land in West Norfolk. The insect occurred fairly commonly, and [ have 

 no doubt many more might have been secured if we had wanted them. — • 

 Georgr Balding ; Ruby Street, Wisbech. 



Prionus coriarius, L. — Respecting the occurrence of P . coriar'uis near 

 London (Entom. 77), I do not consider the beetle at all rare in the 

 Epping Forest district, as some dozen or more e.vamples have in recent 

 years been submitted to me for identification ; indeed, two specimens came 

 under my notice last year. Four were e.\hibited by me in November, 1887, 

 at the Exhibition held by the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society ; all of these were from Loughton. Seven specimens were 

 also shown at the exhibition of the City of London Society, on March 21st, 

 1889, many being of comparatively recent capture. The best time to search 

 for it is during the first and second weeks in August, on the irunks of oak- 

 trees.— G. A. Lkwcock ; 73, Oxford Road, Islington, N., March, 23, 1889. 



Lepidoptera near Leicester. — I have taken the following Lepidop- 

 tera which are not common in this district ; — Sesia osiliformis (cijnipiformis), 

 caught on ragwort at Bradgate Park, August 7th, 1888 ; Plwjalia palaria, 

 female, hatched from pupa?, January 20th, 1889, found January 13th, 

 1889, at root of an oak ; Amphidasys strataria, caught March 14th, 1888, 

 in Leicester; Cidaria silnceata, caught June 13th, 1888, at Bradgate; 

 PericaUia syringnria, caught August 6th, 1888, in a private garden near 

 Leicester. — C. B. Herdly; Stoneygate Road, Leicester, January 23. 



NoTKs from Cannock Chase. — In warm seasons Eupdhecia luiariata 

 is, 1 believe, said to be double- brooded. This can hardly be the case with 

 E. pulcheUata ? I took a lot of larvae of the latter at the end of July last, 

 and from them emerged two imagines on the 27th and 29th of August. 



