18 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
GENITALIA OF THE British Nocruinm. — We have received 
intimation that Mr. F. N. Pierce, F.E.S., is about to publish a work 
under the above title. As practically the genitalia of all the British 
species of Noctuide have been examined by Mr. Pierce, and as 
drawings of these will be given, the work should be indispensable to 
entomologists. The cost of production will be considerable no doubt, 
and the author, who proposes to issue the book at the low figure of 
five shillings, will be glad to secure as large a number of subscribers 
as possible. His address is The Elms, Dingle, Liverpool. 
CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 
Mamestra (HADENA) GLAUCA AND ACRONYCTA MENYANTHIDES IN 
GriamorGAN.— While looking for Macrothylacia rubt on May 22nd, 
1907, on the hills between Merthyr and Aberdare, I came upon two 
fine specimens of M. (H.) glauca sitting on a clump of heather. 
Further searching on subsequent occasions produced a few more 
specimens resting on an old wall which runs across the hill. In 
May of this year several specimens of the insect were again taken in 
the same place, and while searching for it on June 6th in another 
locality on the same hill I found both it and several fine specimens of 
A. menyanthides sitting on heaps of stones which are scattered over 
the mountain side. Other specimens of the latter species were 
observed at intervals up to June 20th. J am not aware that either 
of these species has been taken previously in this district.—G. 
FLeminG ; 9, Fairview Terrace, Merthyr Tydfil. 
LARV# OF CIRRH@DIA XERAMPELINA HATCHING IN DECEMBER. 
—From some ova of C. xerampelina, which I had kept outdoors 
under usual conditions, larve hatched out on the 13th inst. Is not 
this unusual, seeing that the ash-buds at present are very small and 
apparently too hard for such young larvee to penetrate? On 10th 
inst. I took (here) a larva of Lasiocampa quercus; it was unusually 
active, and crawling across a sunny doorstep.—HrErRBERT W. BAKER; 
73, Limetree Place, Stowmarket, Suffolk, December 12th, 1908. 
PIERIS BRASSICH IN DECEMBER.—On December 16th I found a 
number of larvee of P. brassice feeding on cabbage in my garden here. 
—W. Jarvis; 22, Leicester Road, Lewes, Sussex. 
[Our correspondent kindly sent half a dozen of these larve, one or 
two of which were then nearly full grown, and have since pupated. 
It will be remembered that Mr. Frohawk (Entom. xli. 39) recorded 
three larvee of P. brassic@ at Rayleigh, Essex, on January 4th, 1908. ] 
PIERIS RAPZ IN DECEMBER.—I have an evidently fresh specimen 
of P. rape, which was captured on December 10th of this year. 
This seems to be a most extraordinary time of year for this butterfly 
to be on the wing, and I can only account for it by the fact that we 
have had such a phenomenally mild autumn, though I have not 
heard of other examples having been seen. I may add the butterfly 
is still alive (December 15th, 1908).— Gruorrrey MraprE-WaALpo; 
Hever Warren, Hever, Kent. 
