10 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and Heliaca tenehrata, the two former both new to me here, and 

 the latter only observed once before. On the 16th I made a 

 journey beyond my usual district, to the sea-coast a little to the 

 north of Felixstowe, Mr. G. P. Hope having informed me that 

 the larvffi of Malacosoma (Bomhyx) castrensis were to be found in 

 large numbers, as also the imagines of Setinia irrorella just 

 emerging and in fine condition. This latter I failed to discover 

 in the short time at my disposal, but the larvae of M. castrensis 

 were in immense quantities, feeding on Plantago maritima. One 

 might have taken many hundreds of nearly full-grown cater- 

 pillars, not to mention webs of those in the earlier stages of 

 growth. Out of about a hundred which I brought home some 

 suffered from the journey, but a good proportion fed up well on 

 apple-leaves sprinkled, as Newman suggests, with salt and water. 

 They also fed on chrysanthemums, but seemed to prefer apple. 

 The result was a nice and variable series of some forty moths, 

 two-thirds of which were males. Both M. castrensis and Setinia 

 irrorella are very interesting insects for this county, as I believe 

 there has been only about one record of their occurrence during 

 many years past. The end of June brought various geometers, 

 of which I may mention Aciclalia trigeminata (this species is 

 much commoner and of more regular occurrence than .4. hise- 

 tata, which I did not observe at all), Coremia quadrifasciaria (a 

 few, usually scarce, but occurred last year in some plenty), 

 Melanlppe unangulata (I liave not seen this for some years), 

 Pkihalaptery.v tersata, P. vitalbata(i'a,ve here), Cidaria picata, &c. 

 Scoparia hasistrigalis was common both at light, in my trap, and 

 at rest on tree-trunks, and Agdistis hennettii and Schcenohius 

 mucronellus were taken in the light-trap. In seed-pods of the 

 common yellow flag {Iris) I found a few larvfe of Tortrix costana, 

 and also two small strawberry-coloured larvae which I have been 

 unable to identify, and which unfortunately escaped. Dusking 

 by the reed-beds and near the river, Acidalia emutaria and 

 Herniinia cribralis (five) were netted, and two beautiful speci- 

 mens of Senta maritima var. wismariensis. Subsequent work in 

 July produced a fine series of S. maritima, including varieties — 

 nigro-striata and hipunctata. Dusking by the reeds in July also 

 rewarded me with long series of Leucania straminea, Calamia 

 phragmitidis, Niidaria senex, and Chilo phragmitellus. L. stra- 

 minea was on the wing until quite the latter end of the month, 

 and the later specimens were in much better condition than 

 those which I captured earlier. This species flies most freely on 

 a windy evening, which of course makes netting it a matter of 

 some difficulty. On July 4th, as I have already recorded in the 

 August number of the 'Entomologist,' Leucania favicolor flew 

 into my room, attracted by the light. This specimen is the 

 typical buff form. On July 20th a second came to sugar, the 

 golden yellowish form var. lutea, Tutt. On the 27th and 28th I 



