b THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



turing Spilodes ^mlealis. Inspection of palings resulted in the 

 addition of Eupithecia coronata, C. innetellus, Antithesia salicella, 

 Spilonota ocellana, Sciaj)liila alternella {chrysantheana) , Depressaria 

 costosa, D. Uturella, (Ecogenia qiiadripuncta = kindermanniella, 

 and Xanthosetia hamana ; whilst Tinea tapetzella and T. hiselli- 

 ella were noticed at my lodgings. I had previously never met 

 with hiselliclla outside Ipswich. It was imported into my house 

 in a mattress in 1895, and caused havoc amongst the upholstered 

 furniture. In the summer of 1896 I practically exterminated the 

 pest by searching for the imagines at night, killing some two 

 hundred altogether early in June before they had time to breed 

 again. The gaudy Zygcena filipendnlcB were swarming on the 

 downs in the Landguard Fort enclosure, but I had never met 

 with the species previously in Suffolk. Like Euchelia jacohcece, 

 it seems to be very local. 



Returning to Ipswich on August 2nd, I was fortunate in 

 getting Epunda viminalis in good condition at light, which also 

 yielded Notodonta dictcea, Ptilodontis pcdpina, Ephyra omicronaria, 

 Peliirga comitata, Thera firmata, T. variata, Eupithecia centaure- 

 ata, Crocallis elinguaria, Hyponomeuta padellus, Cramhus tristelliis 

 and C. geniculeus (both perfect pests), Parapoiiyx stratiotalis, 

 Ebidea verbascalis, Eudorea cembrce, Pionea forficalis (abundant), 

 Cataclysta lemnata (female), Eupcccilia atricapitana, Phycis rohor- 

 ella (rubbed), Plutella cruciferarum, Depressaria sid)propinquella, 

 Gelechia imdinella, G. senectella (?), and last but not least Leio- 

 ptilis osteodactylus, an unexpected visitant at a street lamp, and 

 a notable addition to the county list. Search of walls produced 

 a nice brown female form of Hepialus sylvinus, whilst Catocala 

 nupta was frequently met with ; Phyllocnistis sujfnsella was found 

 swarming on palings near poplars l3efore dusk ; and varieties of 

 Plutella cruciferarum were beaten on Rushmere Heath. Dusking 

 at Yoxford, the garden of Suffolk, in the beginning of the month 

 resulted in Ephyra punctaria, Platyptilia ochrodactylus --=- her- 

 trami (which also came to an Ipswich street-lamp), Pterophoriis 

 monodactylus ^= pterodactylus, MivKEseoptilus fuscus, C. pinetellus, 

 Spilodes cinctalis, &c. I also secured several full-fed larvae of 

 Sphinx ligustri, which were found on an ash tree under curious 

 circumstances, my attention being called to the frass by a lady 

 who imagined they were smuts or gunpowder pellets from some 

 mischievous boys in an adjoining garden ! I mention this as a 

 striking instance of rural ignorance. 



September was principally noted for the occurrence of Sphinx 

 convolvuU, which came regularly to the flowers of Nicotiana affinis 

 in my garden just before dusk. This fine moth seems to have 

 been abundant this year, dozens of specimens having been re- 

 ported from Belstead, Stutton, and several parts of Ipswich. 

 Light was not quite so productive, but I took a nice Luperina 

 cespitis, four Heliophohus popidaris, Eugonia tiliaria = alniaria, 



