26 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Treatment of Pup^e during the Winter. — Some of us have found 

 it difficult to rear imagines from dug puppe of Amphidasi/a betularia, 

 and a few other species, as they are so apt to dry up. By putting 

 them in a small tin box, say a tobacco-box, with holes punched in it 

 top and bottom, and burying it a few inches deep in the ground out of 

 doors, I liave obtained satisfactory results during the last two or three 

 years. I put a few dry leaves on the top of the box to keep the mould 

 from going through the holes into the box. — F. Milton ; 7, Chilton 

 Street, Bethnal Green, London, E. 



Macro-Lepidoptera in North Staffordshire in 1901. — The past 

 season has been a very productive one in North Staffordshire, a large 

 number of species having been taken that we had not met with before. 

 Our first captures for the year were Phigaiia pilosaria, Hy hernia pro - 

 gemmaria, &c., and on March 31st one Cyiinitophoni flavicornis was 

 taken, and several more early in April, at rest on birch twigs. Other 

 species noticed during April were Anisopteryx (eacularia, Anticlea 

 badiata, Larentia mitldstrigaria, Trachea piniperda (abundantly on sallow 

 bloom, in company with Tceniocanipa gothica), T. rubricosa, T. inatahilis, 

 T. tttabilis, T. cruda, &c. 



May : — EiicJdo'e cardamines, Tliecla rnhi, Saturnia carpini, Venilia 

 maculata (in the Manifold Valley, very common in Dovedale), Aviphi- 

 dasys betularia (black var.), Tephruda crepiiscnlaria, Bupaliis pijiiaria, 

 Abraxas ulmata, Lovias/dlis marginata, Emmclesia affinitata (a few), 

 Hj/p.upetes ruberata, on the moors (the larv?e of this species we have 

 taken not uncommonly some years on sallow), H. inipliiviata, Scotosia 

 dubitata (one hybernated specimen). On the 28th two worn females 

 of Acrongcta vienganthidis were taken on the moors, from one of which 

 we obtained a batch of ova, and were successful in rearing fifty or 

 sixty larvas on sallow. Hadena glnucavf&s also fairly common. 



June : — Macroglossa stellatarum, Procris geryon (common locally in 

 Dovedale), Chelonia plantaginis (on the moors), Odontopera bidentata, 

 Aathena puJchraria (in the Manifold Valley near Dovedale), Eupisteria 

 heparata, Venusia eambricaria, Ewinelesia alche))iillata, Eupithecia veno- 

 sata (larvffi of this pretty species were taken from Sile7ie iDjiata planted 

 in the garden), Melanthia ocellata, M. albiciUata, Melanippe tristata 

 (common, but local), M. galiata, Cidaria corgi at a, Acrongcta mega- 

 cephala, Miami fasciuncnla, Gramriu'sia trilinea (at light), Abrostola 

 nrtica and A. triplasia (at flowers of rocket, and at light). 



July : — Epinephele ianira, Zygana filipendidcB, Nudaria mimdana, 

 Liparis auriflna (at light), Uropteryx mmbucata , Larentia cafiiata, 

 Anaitis plagiata, Cidaria pyraliata, C. dotata (freely at light), Plusia 

 interrogationis (a single specimen of this insect was taken, at rest, on a 

 wall, on the moors, on July 8th). 



August: — Vanessa urticce. (very common), T". io (this insect, which 

 we have not seen for several years, has been fairly common during 

 August), V. atalanta (not nearly so abundant as last year), Guncpteryx 

 rhanini (a hybernated specimen of this butterfly, which is rare in the 

 county, was seen in Dovedale on June 4th, also early in August, and 

 a specimen was taken in the Manifold Valley on the 21st), Halia 

 vauaria, Oporahia filigrammaria (a few on the moors at the end of the 

 month), Melanthia rubiginata, Cidaria ribesiaria, C. testata, C. popidata, 



