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24tli last I was passing a fence just as dusk was coming on and was 

 surprised to find my little friend in some numbers. I boxed a dozen, 

 most of them getting the worse for wear, and saw nearly as many- 

 more, all on this short piece of fencing. I looked again in the 

 morning, but not one could I find ! In the early evening I went 

 again and found out the reason of my non-success. The fence is a 

 "close" one, i.e. with the pales overlapping, and as dusk came on I 

 watched three or four crawl out from between the overlapping pales, 

 where doubtless they sat securely hidden during the daylight hours. 

 In a few minutes I had taken several more. Other fences of a 

 similar description also yielded a few. I am anxious to know some- 

 thing about the larva and its habits. Both Stainton'a 'Manual' and 

 Meyrick's ' Handbook ' are silent. The only information I have is 

 embodied in a very interesting article by Mr. Bankes (Entom. xix. 

 118-121) where (p. 120) he remarks, " CEcogenia quadripuncta {hinder- 

 manniella) amongst Parietaria muralis, in the dead stems of which 

 plant the larvte have been found feeding in April." From the facts 

 of the moth frequenting houses, and the fences on which I found 

 them being overhung by thick privet hedges filled with dead twigs 

 and accumulated rubbish, I expect the larva is not too particular 

 about its pabulum so long as it is dry enough ! — A. Thurnall ; 

 Wanstead, August 10th, 1915. 



Toetricina and Tineina in Essex. — The following list includes 

 a few species not hitherto reported from this part of Essex : Alucita 

 lienigiana occurred freely as larvse on June 8th at Thorpe Bay. 

 When searching the ragwort for this plume two Aristotelia herman- 

 nella were disturbed. Bactra furfurana occurred in great plenty at 

 Bowers Gifford on July 3rd, but were so worn that it was difficult 

 out of a large number taken to get half a dozen specimens in a 

 sufficiently good condition for the cabinet. Aristotelia lucidella, not 

 previously seen in the district, was, at the same time and place, 

 very common. Both flew freely in the late afternoon. Our public 

 park provided, on July 11th, Enarmonia opp-essana on the poplars 

 and Catoptria Juliana on the oaks, both of them in some numbers. 

 I noticed Arcjyresthia glaucinella, new to me, on an oak trunk. A 

 search for further examples of this species raised the total number 

 to eight. Scythris chcnopodiella was found on a fence at Westcliff 

 on July 17th, and Gelechia dodecella on a fence, July 18th. When 

 sweeping for Sesia ichnewnoniformis, which was not at all rare, at 

 Benfleet on July 30th I got Elachista biatomella, flying freely ; occa- 

 sional specimens of Anacampsis tceniolella, and A. anthy llidella ; 

 also Parasia metzneriella and a few specimens of Epihlema 

 cacimaculana. — F. G. Whittle; 7 Marine Avenue, Southend-on- 

 Sea. 



Three apparently unrecorded Food-plants op the Larva of 

 Hypocrita jacob^^. — This year I found larvae of the above- 

 mentioned insect feeding on Sisymbrium sophia and on Senecio 

 eriicifolius. Some years ago when collecting in Puszta Peszer, in 

 Hungary, I found larvse on Podospermumjacquiniamim. — N. Charles 

 Rothschild ; Arundel House, Kensington Palace Gardens, W. 



