204 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



I tbereTore conclnde that the captor of the supposed C. Davus 

 very likely was niislakeii, and his C. Davus was C. pamphiliis. 

 Now, for what 1 obtiined: not a single specimen for my 

 cabinet, but on myself 1 was able to show the result of my 

 walk, for the gnats (Culex pipiens) had served me most 

 unmercifully, having bitten me on my neck, face, and hands, 

 in about fifty places, each place swelhng as big as a pea. — 

 G. C. Bignell : 6, Clarence Place, Stoiiehouse, Aug. 12, 1876. 



Lycana Arion. — I went to Bolthead for L. Arion on the 

 17lh of July, and only took one specimen. 1 was informed 

 by a gentleman I met there, also collecting, that Mr. G. F. 

 Malhew had visited it on the Friday before, and only took 

 one. I should like to know Mr. Malhew's ojjinion as to 

 whether it is likely that L. Arion will be exterminated in that 

 locality. — ./. Broicn ; Exeter, August 7, 1876. 



Trochiliuin allanfi/on/iis.— A fine specimen of this rare 

 insect was taken here by my cousin. Master S. W. Jenney, 

 on July loth, whilst basking in the hot sunshine on a laurel 

 leaf. — [Rev.] H. Harpur Crewe; Drayton- Beauchamp 

 Rectory, Tri/tg, July 28, 1876. 



Acrunycta strigosa. — 1 have pleasure in recording a new 

 locality for Acroiiycta strigosa. I took a single specin)en 

 flying at dusk along the side of a hedge of wliitethorn and 

 blackthorn, in Chatteris, on the 10th July last. A single 

 specimen was also taken at sugar here two years ago. It does 

 not setm to occur in any abundance here, as I subsequently 

 sugared several times near the spot where mine was taken ; 

 but, as is usual with sugar this year, the result was a blank. 

 — A.Harold Ruston ; Ayleshy House, Chatteris, Cambridge- 

 shire, August 12, 1876. 



Acronycta Alin, — I have had the good fortune this year 

 also to breed Acronycta Alni from a larva, taken at Chatteris 

 on the 18th August, 1875, the capture of which was recorded 

 in the 'Entomologist' for October, 1875 (Entom. viii. 228). 

 The insect emerged from the pupa on the 15th April, and is 

 a feu)ale in perfect con<iition. — Id. 



Acronycta Aliii in Carinartheushire. — On the 28th of July 

 last my wile was so fortunate as to beat a larva of A. Alni 

 from an oak tree, near here. This is the first time I have 

 heard of tl)is species having been taken in Carmarthenshire. 

 — Owen Wilson ; Cwmffrwd, Carmarthen. 



