260 THE ENTOMOLOGIS'I*. 



DroRANUBA viNULA. — Whilst searching for larvae on some willow trees 

 in this district, on the 20th of July, I found four nearly full-grown larvfe 

 and, at the same time, several ova of Dlcranura vinida on the same tree. 

 The four larvse pupated during the first week of August, but the larvae 

 reared from the eggs are still feeding and have not yet moulted for the last 

 time. I see that Stainton gives July and August as the times of appear- 

 ance of the larva of this species, but the larvae which I found on the 20th 

 July must have hatched about the 1st or 2nd week in June. I may add 

 that I found a larva on poplar on the 19th June, which had moulted for 

 the second time. I also found (in 1888) several vlnula larvae, still quite 

 young, as late as the 19th of September. — H. D. Sykes ; The Cedars, 

 Brigadier Hill, Enfield, August 26, 1889. 



AcRONycTA LEPORiNA IN PERTHSHIRE. — I have to rccord the capture 

 of several fine larvae (some nearly full-fed) of Acronycta leporina, taken near 

 Tummell Bridge, Perthshire, last month. I had believed leporina to have 

 been a southern insect. — Mrs. Cross ; The Vicarage, Apple by, Doucaster, 

 September 11, 1889. 



Acronycta alni (larva) in Gloucestershire. — Whilst out shooting 

 on August 7th I captured a very fine larva of this rare species. It was 

 crawling on my neck, so I am unable to say what its food-plant could have 

 been. There were only fruit trees in the field where I found it. There is 

 no mistaking its identity, as the haltits and appearance of the larva are so 

 characteristic. Its length is 33 mm. at rest, and the spines on the second 

 segment are 5 mm. long. I can find no record of larvae of A. alni having 

 been taken in Gloucestershire before. — M. Stanger Hiqgs ; The Mill 

 House, Upton St. Leonards, Gloucestershire. 



Stilbia anomala in Lancashire. — While mothing here one after- 

 noon in August, I disturbed a nice female S. anomala, which is the first 

 I have taken or seen here. — H. Murray; Lowbank Villa, Carnforth, 

 September 14, 1889. 



Triph^na orbona in Hants. — I have the pleasure to record the 

 capture of a good specimen of Triphana orbona [subsequa) near Lynd- 

 hurst, Hants, on the 1st of August last. My brother and I were walking 

 amongst some heather about a mile from Lyndhurst, on the south side of 

 the road from that town to the Lyndhurst Road Piailway Station, when the 

 insect flew by and was captured by my brother. I am sorry to say, 

 however, that the moth is no longer in my possession. I had taken it last 

 Saturday week to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, to 

 compare with specimens there, in order to make sure of the species, and 

 was careless enough, in returning from the Museum, to leave the box 

 containing it (with other species) on the rack in the railway-carriage. I 

 have made every enquiry through the railway authorities and at Scotland 

 Yard, but up to to-day have heard nothing of the box.— Henry A. Hill ; 

 132, Haverstock Hill, London, N.W., September 25, 1889. 



Catocala fraxini in Hants. — I captured at Porchester, by sugaring, 

 on September 3rd, a specimen of C. fraxini, and also another on the 

 following night. They are both in good condition. — M. J. Stares; 

 Porchester, Fareham, Hants, September 9, 1889. 



