•266 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Helice was not uncommon ; but curiously I did not see Colias 

 Hyale, nor could I learn that any had been observed on 

 that coast. The larva of Acheroiitia Atropos was common in 

 the district. I think I did moderately well, but I worked 

 hard. — W. H. Tugwell ; 3, Lewishara Road, Greenwich, 

 September 6, 1877. 



Captures in North Wales. — 1 have been endeavouring, 

 whilst in North Wales, to discover the larva of Envychia 

 octomaculalis, but have signally failed. Capturing some forty 

 or fifty iniagos, males and females, I placed them together in a 

 box for the purpose of breeding, but not a solitary couple 

 could I find in cop. They all died witliout ovipositing. 

 After seven o'clock p.m., at Rhyl, and in almost exactly one 

 spot, I captured eighteen specimens of Pyrameis cardui, their 

 battered condition indicating hibernation. At Llanrwst, 

 Abraxas ulmata swarmed ; and in the pretty vale of Ffestiniog 

 I could have netted hundreds of Argynnis Selene, Hesperia 

 sylvatius, and Thecla ruhi; Thanaos tages was very common ; 

 and I also took Vanessa polychloros, Venusia cambricaria^ 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, Venilia maciilata, Selenia illu- 

 naria, &c. — S. D. Bairstow; Woodland Mount, Hudders- 

 field, July 9, 1877. 



Captures near Gateshead. — During the season of 1876 

 I captured: — May 21st, one Selenia lunaria, two Cidaria 

 silaceaia, at Thornley Dean; July 15th, a black variety of 

 Xylophasia polyodon, a fine Geometra papilionaria, and a 

 female Pericallia syringaria. I also bred a fine specimen of 

 Cymaiophora ridens, from a larva taken at Gibside. The 

 latter two species are, I believe, hitherto unrecorded from 

 this county (Durham). — Thos. H. Hedworth ; Dunston, 

 Gateshead-on-Tyne. 



Captures at Witherslack. — My friend Mr. Threlfall and 

 I had a day and a half collecting recently at Witherslack. 

 Although the weather was rough and stormy, 1 took in 

 sheltered corners Coleophora Wilkinsoni, C. limosipennella, 

 C. iherinella, Plutella annulalella, Coleophora pyrrhuli- 

 pennella, C. Fabriciella, C. alcyonipennella, Parasia 

 neuropterella, Catoptria expallidnna, C. scopoliana, Eupi- 

 thecia lariciata, E. conslrictata, Macaria allevnata ; larvae 

 of Depressaria capreolella and carduella ; Phoxopieryx 

 siculana, P. biarcuana, Lithosia mesomella, Dicrorainpha 



