984 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
as this district appears to have been very little investigated from the 
entomological point of view the following notes may be of interest :— 
In the way of captures the most noteworthy species were: P. in- 
terrogatioms, N. castanea, N. glareosa, EL. lutulenta (a melanic form), 
and S.anomala. N. ditrapezium, taken at light, adds another Scottish 
locality for this species. In addition to the common and widely 
occurring Geometers, the following were taken: D. obfuscaria, 
L. salicata, Eup. expallidata, EH. castigata, E. nanata, and E. cen- 
taureata (oblongata). As Vanessa atalanta was so abundant last 
autumn in the southern counties, it may be recorded that this 
butterfly was also common in the north this year, every nettle-bed 
examined furnishing the larva of this species and of V. wrtice in 
profusion. Special attention was paid to the bog-myrtle, which 
grows abundantly in all the marshy hollows in the moorland districts 
about Onich. The first point noted was that the larva of Hadena 
pist prefers this plant to broom. The latter also grows luxuriantly 
on the drier parts of the moors, but no H. pis? larvae were ever seen 
or beaten from it; they were quite common on Myrica on which 
they fed freely in confinement in preference to broom supplied at the 
same time.. The larva of A. menyanthidis occurred also commonly, 
and a number fed upon Myrica have now pupated in the breeding- 
cage. The larva of M. hastata occurred sparingly, and generally 
ichneumoned. On the same plant the larva of P. lipsiana was 
abundant, but the majority were ichneumoned, and a small percen- 
tage only emerged as imagos in September and October. The food- 
plant of this species is generally stated to be Vacciniwm. With respect 
to Tortrices the occurrence of G. negromaculana may be recorded, 
and the list of food-plants of P. sponsana extended. Although birch, 
oak, hornbeam, and mountain ash have been mentioned, the last- 
named species of Peronea is generally stated to feed upon beech, but 
pup found between the spun-up leaves of sallow and of sycamore 
also yielded this moth. The leaves of one particular sycamore tree 
were quite riddled by these larvee, a large percentage of which proved 
to be ichneumoned.—R. Mernpoua; 6, Brunswick Square, October 
12th, 1909. 
HUNTINGDONSHIRE DraGonrulEs, 1909.—My visits to Hunting- 
donshire this summer afforded very few opportunities for collecting, 
in consequence of the persistence of dull and rainy weather. I was 
fortunate enough, however, to make acquaintance with Libellula 
fulva as a living insect. This was the only Anisopterid species met 
with, and a few specimens were seen, including a pair 7m cop., flying 
over the River Ouse at Hartford; but they were extremely active, 
and two or three days were consumed in their pursuit before a 
specimen could be secured (July 2nd). It was a fully matured male, 
having the abdomen wholly blue; the eyes were slaty-blue above, 
with a greenish tinge below. The only previous record which I can 
find of the occurrence of this species in the county is that given in 
Stephens’s ‘Ill. Brit. Ent.’ (VI. Mand. p. 93, 1836), where L. bimacu- 
lata (= L. fulva) is stated to have been ‘taken in the neighbourhood 
of Whittlesea Mere in June.” <A few pairs of Lestes dryas were again 
obtained from ditches near Ramsey (June 28th), but they were in an 
immature state. The pterostigmata, which in the adults are blackish, 
