43 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aplecta herbida. — I was not aware that this species was 

 double-brooded. During the month of Jul}^ I received from 

 Sheffield eggs of this species, which hatched in due course. The 

 young larvaB fed on knot-grass, on which I kept them until thej'^ 

 disappeared in the earth to change inito the pupa state. Up to 

 the present time I have had eleven specimens emerge, all very 

 dark green in colour. — J. R. Wellman; 219, Elm Park, Brixton 

 Rise, S.W., November, 5, 1881. 



Peronea hastiana. — On the morning of my leaving Deal, 

 on the 20th of August last, while searching over the dwarf sallow 

 on the sand-hills, I was pleased to find on the top shoots numbers 

 of the larvae of the above species, and have just had the pleasure 

 of seeing some beautiful varieties emerge ; out of nearly one 

 hundred specimens, there are scarcely two alike. — J. R. Well- 

 man ; 219, Elm Park, Brixton Rise, S.W. 



Xanthia gilvago, Aplecta occulta and Euperia fulvago at 

 DoNCASTER. — I spent a few days with my friend, Mr. G. Tindall, 

 at Doncaster. During September we sugared for Xanthia gilvago, 

 which came sparingly to sugar, and we each took a nice series. 

 I was much surprised on the 15th of that month to find a fine 

 Aplecta occulta at sugar in a small plantation near that town. 

 Mr. Tindall had taken two specimens the week before. He also 

 took a worn specimen of Euperia fulvago at the same time. — 

 VV. Prest; 13, Holgate Road, York, October 16, 1881. 



ScoPARiA conspicuata. — Early in August Mr. Hodgkinson let 

 me see some of the new Scoparice which he had discovered. Upon 

 returning home I found in my collecting-box two specimens of 

 the same genus, which I had taken a few days before near this 

 city. I at once set them, and then forwarded them to be compared 

 with Mr. Hodgkinson's specimens. They were found to be 

 identical. I have since found two or three more in my store- 

 boxes. I found them flying with Scoparia truncicolalis, and have 

 no doubt we have been overlooking this new sj^ecies for years. I 

 got both males and females ; the latter is very distinctly marked. 

 — W. Prest ; 13, Holgate Road, York, October 16, 1881. 



Lepidoptera at Ivy Bloom.— Now that the ivy season is 

 finished, I should be glad to know with what success other col- 

 lectors have pursued their ivy investigations. Myself, I have 



