144 THPJ KNTOMOLOGIST. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



AspHALiA DiLUTA IN Chester DISTRICT. — With reference to the 

 statement in Mr. Arkle's " Notes from the Chester District " {ante, 

 p. 117) that Asphalia diluta is new to the district, I may mention that 

 I took the species in Delamere Forest, on Aug. 19th, 1893. — Geo. 0. 

 Day; Parr's Bank House, Knutsford, April 14th, 1902. 



Early Appearance of Euchelia jacob^^. — I am sending with 

 this a specimen of, I beheve, E. jacobacB. My wife found it creeping 

 over the garden path, on the 9th inst. Apparently it had only just 

 emerged, the wings being undeveloped. Last year I saw a moth on 

 the wing which I believed to be E. jacohmcB, and with that exception 

 this is the first specimen I have seen in this neighbourhood — S. J. 

 Beeston ; Shrubbery Hill, Cookley, Kidderminster, April 14th, 1902. 



[The moth received from our correspondent is certainly an example 

 of E. jacohcea. It was alive when it reached us, but the hind wings 

 were still undeveloped. — Ed.] 



LARViE OF Cossus LiGNiPERDA AT Vauxhall. — One moming towards 

 the end of September last (the 25th, I fancy), I was surprised by the 

 discovery of five or six full-grown larvffi of C. ligniperda in Vauxhall 

 Park, South Lambeth. They were marching in a business-like 

 manner along one of the gravelled paths, at regular intervals of a couple 

 of yards or so, objects of great interest to the passers-by, who seemed 

 to regard them as a new kind of centipede, and therefore as fair game. 

 Two had already fallen victims. I managed to rescue the remainder 

 and to place them in a position of safety. I also examined the trees in 

 the vicinity as well as the attentions of the park-keeper would permit, 

 but could tind none that seemed to have harboured them. I am aware 

 that the larva shows great restlessness when about to pupate, but this 

 seemed very much like a migration in force. Possibly they had been 

 disturbed by pruning operations. — J. B. Tetley ; 5, Wilkinson Street, 

 Albert Square, S.W. 



Butterflies in Mid-Surrey, Easter, 1902. — Hybernated speci- 

 mens of Gonepteri/x rhamni were numerous on Easter Monday in 

 the neighbourliood of Cranleigh, Surrey. I saw at least a dozen 

 during a walk of two or three miles from that town. They were all 

 males with one exception. Specimens of Vanessa urticce, V. io, and 

 F. pohjchloros were also noticed. — J. B. Tetley; 5, Wilkinson Street, 

 Albert Square, S.W. 



March Notes from Kent, 1902, — Very little collecting was done 

 during the first part of March, but a good series of Hybernia leuco- 

 phcearia was taken, principally from Bexley, including a fair sprinkling 

 of the banded black and white form, and one or two females. Ayiiso- 

 pteryx (Bscularia (males) was fairly common from the 9th, but only one 

 Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria) was seen, and that a small male. I have 

 never yet found this insect in any numbers about here, except in the 

 larval state, and then almost invariably stung. For the first time for 

 four years Easter was spent at home instead of in the New Forest. 

 On the morning of March 29th we started to walk to Paul's Cray, but 



