120 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



species, C. aurea, is given as from Chili in the ' Index Kewensis.' — - 

 T. D. A. Cockerell ; Mesilla Park, New Mexico, U.S.A. 



Larva of Cidaria sagittata. — Mr. H. F. Fryer (Ent. Mo. Mag. for 

 April, p. 76) relates his observations on the feeding habit of the larva 

 of C. sagittata in a state of nature. He states that when young it feeds 

 on the flower-parts of its food plant, Thalictrum, and afterwards on tbe 

 seeds, never touching the leaves, except when the supply of seeds runs 

 short. This seems to be somewhat at variance with the recorded 

 observations of other entomologists. It has been generally understood 

 that the larva eats not only the seeds, but also the leaves, which it 

 causes to wither by gnawing the stems. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Nyssia hispidaria.— I am informed by Mr. W. J. Lucas that a 

 specimen of Nyssia hispidaria was obtained by Mr. B. G. Cooper, near 

 Oxshott in Surrey, on March '-28th; and that Brephos parthenias was well 

 out in the same district on April 3rd. — Richard South. 



Captures at Watford. — On April 7th I found a female Amphidasys 

 striataria (jnodromaria) on a fence in this neighbourhood ; and on April 

 2nd I captured a male Tamiocampa populeti at sallow, also in this neigh- 

 bourhood. — P. J. Barraud ; Bushey Heath, Watford. 



Pieris rap.e. — On March 20th a rather small female Pieris rapa, 

 emerged from a pupa which was bright emerald green in colour, and was 

 found attached to a leaf of white jessamine in a garden in Kingston-on- 

 Thames. — W. J. Lucas. 



Lyc^ena (Polyommatus) alexis (?) in February. — Mr. Sydney Webb 

 reports that a blue butterfly was seen by his son in the grounds of Dover 

 College, on Feb. 15th. The identity of the insect was not ascertained by 

 Mr. Webb, but he is of opinion that it was " a prematurely emerged L. 

 Icarus (P. alexis), the larva of which must have fed up instead of hyber- 

 uating " (Ent. Mo. Mag. April, p. 87). 



Entomology at Interlaken. — I should like to call the attention of 

 lepidopterists who may be working on the Continent this season to a 

 collecting-ground at Interlaken which abounded with Rhopalocera during 

 the short time I was able to spend on it. I was most kindly directed to 

 this ground by a stranger, who said he had often collected insects for 

 gentlemen, and seemed to be a well-informed, practical entomologist. I 

 reached the ground by walking from the Hotel National, where I was 

 stayiug, to the street in which the Kursaal is situated, then turning to the 

 left and keeping straight on. This brought me into the open country, with 

 fields on one side and rising ground on the other. The best part of the 

 collecting-ground was a rough, steep hillside, covered with scanty vegeta- 

 tion, but with plenty of insect life to enliven it. I was much delighted to 

 see Callimorpha hera, so rare in this country, flying about in the blazing 

 sunlight and settling on the plauts. Parnassius apollo was another fine 

 species found in this place, aud in an adjoining wood I obtained Vanessa 

 c-album in perfect condition, while Leucophasia sinapis was plentiful, 



