58 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Larva on Myrica gale ; makes its cocoon with grains of sand on 

 the surface of the ground. Imago appears at the end of 

 January. 



Gorsey Hey, Liscard, near Birkenhead, February 8, 1882. 



[I have not seen specimens of the moths referred to by Mr. 

 Cooke, so cannot offer an opinion as to their distinctness ; but 

 Cheimatobia brumata has been observed in the Kentish woods at 

 intervals during this abnormally mild winter, from October until 

 the present time (February 20th), by my friend Mr. A. B. Farn. 

 —J. T. C] 



THE TORTRICES OF NORTH DEVON. 

 By Richard South. 



As addenda to my papers on collecting in North Devon, I will 

 give a list of Tortrices met with in that locality last season : — 



Halias 'prasinana was common in woods, flying just at dusk 

 about the higher branches of oaks. I had never noticed before 

 the peculiar buzzing noise made by this insect when flying, but 

 I think I have previously heard of this stridulation. Sarrothripa 

 revayana, a number bred from larva beaten out of oak. Tortrix 

 podana, T. sorbiana, and 2\ icterana ; the two former flying 

 around oaks just before dusk or beaten out of ivy, and the latter 

 flying along the rocks where the larvae feed on the leaves of 

 almost every plant growing thereon. In Middlesex and else- 

 where, I have found this species in meadows, but in North Devon 

 it seemed confined to the rocks ; I did not observe a specimen in 

 any stage in any of the fields or meadows. T. Fosterana was 

 often beaten out of ivy, but T. sylvestrana, T. roseana, T. heparana, 

 T. unifasciana, T. viburnana, T. viridana, and T. ministrana were 

 met with but sparingly : this is curious, especially with regard to 

 T. viridana. I was always under the impression that this insect 

 was a pest everywhere in England. 



Leptogramma Uterana, a number bred from larvae beaten out 

 of oaks. Among them were the forms Romanana, Fab. ; Asperana, 

 W. V. ; Irrorana, Steph. ; Tricolorana, Steph. ; Fidvomixtana, 

 Steph. ; and a variet}^ or two distinct from either of the known 

 forms. 



Dictyopteryx Loejiingiaua, D. Bergmanniana and D. Forskaleana, 

 Argyrotoza Comvayana, Ptycholoma LecJieana, Penthina pruniana 



