68 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Anerastia Farrella. — I note that Mr. Edward A. Atmore, 

 in a contemporary, records the re-discovery of Anerastia Farrella. 

 This should scarcely be called a re-discovery, because it has been 

 taken many times since 1844 (the date mentioned as that when 

 the late Mr. Farr left Norfolk) by Mr. Thomas Brown, of Cam- 

 bridge, on the sand-hills near Yarmouth, while searching for 

 Cramhus fascelinellus. The first of Mr. Brown's specimens 

 occurred about 1870. These specimens passed through my 

 hands, and are now distributed among various collections in 

 this country. — E. G. Meek; 56, Brompton Road, S.W., February 

 3, 1882. 



Cedestis Gysselinella in England. — It may interest your 

 readers to know that I have a specimen of this rare species taken 

 in Kent, and also a specimen in Norfolk, which were captured by 

 the Rev. H. Williams last season, and given to me. When I 

 called his attention to it he wrote me he had taken another, but 

 did not know its importance. Both of the specimens are larger 

 than a specimen Mr. Dunsmore sent to me, which he took near 

 Paisley some years ago. When placed beside Cfarinatella it may 

 readily be detected by the facial band being brown. It is also a 

 larger insect, and not as chubby looking.— J. B. Hodgkinson ; 

 Preston, February 9, 1882. 



Lepidoptera near Marlborough. — The year 1881 was an 

 unusually favourable one for the entomological members of our 

 Natural History Society. Among the butterflies caught, Apatura 

 Iris, Lyccena Alsus, Melitcea Artemis and Nemeobius Lucina deserve 

 special mention. Among the moths we can record the capture of 

 Stauropus fagi, Procris Geryon, P. statices, Nemeophila plantaginis, 

 Euthemonia russula, Geometra papilionaria, and lodis vernaria. 

 Seven new species have been added to our list, four of them 

 Eupithecice, of which E. irriguata and E. consignata are rare. It 

 is a curious fact that most of the insects above mentioned, 

 especially L. Alsus, M. Artemis, N. Lucina, P. statices and 

 G. papilionaria turned up abundantly last year, after being 

 seemingly extinct for several years previously. The time of their 

 appearance was very limited, five days being the period during 

 which M. Artemis was found, and all the specimens of G. papilio- 

 naria (seven in number) were taken in less than that time. Is 

 there any special reason for their sudden reappearance and short 

 existence? Our sugaring was hardly so successful as usuitl; 



