70 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



purpose of the publication is to keep the student of natural history or 

 of the exact sciences up to date in the matter of the current literature 

 of all countries. In the present number there are 1537 entries, and 

 eighty of these relate to entomology. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Macroglossa stsllatarum in January. — As an instance of the 

 extraordinary mildness of the season at the present time, on Monday, 

 Jan. 31st, I noticed a specimen of Macroglossa stellatarum on the wing. 

 It was flying along some palings in a sheltered spot, occasionally alighting 

 and basking in the sunshine. — T. B. Jefferys; Bath, Feb. 2nd, 1898. 



Notes from North Stafforoshire in 1897. — Collecting here in the 

 spring during the past season was very unproductive up to the beginning 

 of June, no doubt owing to the prevalence of cold winds. Sugar, also, was 

 almost useless; many times in July and August, when the nights were 

 varm and cloudy, it was an absolute failure, hardly an iusect visiting the 

 trees. 



During February Dianthoecia capsincola and Halias prasinana emerged 

 in the breeding-cage. March. — Anisopteryx aiscularia and Dicranura 

 v inula (bred). April. — Nothing of importance was observed. May. — 

 Tephrosia crepuscularia, Cidaria suffumata (common), Euplexia lucipara, 

 &c. June. — Cmnonympha pamphilus, Anthocharis cardamines, Pieris 

 napi, Sesia tipuliformis, Rumia cratagata, Asthena candidata, Eupisteria 

 iieparata, Cabera pusaria, Fidonia atomaria, Abraxas grossulariata, A. 

 ulmata, Lomaspilis maryinata, Larentia pectinitaria, Melanippe tristata 

 (very abundant), M. montanata, M. fluctuata, Eubolia palumbaria, Anaitis 

 plagiata, Notodonta camelina. On Juue 26th Acronycta leporina was 

 taken at rest on a birch-tree (at roots of same tree in February, 1896, a 

 pupa of Notodonta dictaoides was taken), Miana fasciuncula, &c. July. — 

 Argynnis selene, Uropteryx sambucata, Metrocampa margaritata, Crocallis 

 elinguaria, Boarmia rhomboidaria, Acidalia remutata, Halia vauaria, 

 Larentia didymata, Hypsipetes elutata (very common and variable), Coremia 

 mwiitata, C. propugmtta, Thyatira batis, Apamea oculea, Agrotis exclama- 

 tionis, Plusia festuae (two specimens reared from larvae taken in June]. 

 Ou Aug. '23rd Oporabia Jiligrammaria was fairly common on the moors, 

 together with Larentia casiata and L. didymata, the latter in hundreds. 

 Camptogramma bilineata, Cidaria russata, C. immanata, C. testata, C. 

 populata, G. fulvata, C. pyraliata, Eubolia mensuraria, Xylophasia scolo- 

 pacina (was netted at dusk on Aug. 9th), Luperina testacea, Cloantha 

 solidaginis (was common on the moors, resting on pine-trunks and walls, 

 and as it rests with its wings folded rouud its body it presents a very 

 curious appearance, and is difficult to see). September. — Thera variata, 

 Anchocelis rufina, A. litura, Xanthia silago, Miselia oxyacanthce, Agriopis 

 aprilina, Phlogophora meticulosa, Amphipyra tragopogonis. October. — 

 Oporabia dilutata, Xanthia ferruginea. November. — Pmcilocampa popidi 

 (bred from pupa found at roots of ash in September). — J. & W. Hill ; 

 7, Westwood Grove, Leek, Staffs., Feb. 10th, 1898. 



Caradrina ambigua at Truro. — I spent part of last August in the 

 neighbourhood of Truro and took some Caradrinse at sugar, which have 



