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CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Pieris RAPJ3 in January. — An example of P. rapce (which has been 

 examined by Mr. John Sandison) flew across a room in a house at 

 Wimbledon on January 29th (a dull and rather cold day). It is presumed 

 that it arrived coucealed among some plauts. — G. W. Kirkaldy. 



Phlogophora meticulosa in Winter Months. — On February 7th 

 a specimen of Phlogophora meticulosa was taken in a greenhouse at 

 Cobham. It was in such fine condition that it could have but just 

 emerged.— N. O. Gurnet; Broad Street, Teddington, Feb. 10th, 1899. 



[A Liverpool correspondent informs us that he took an example of this 

 species from off a garden wall on December 2 1st last. When first observed 

 the wings were not quite expanded ; but when fully developed the insect 

 proved to be unusually dark in colour. — Ed.] 



Note on Ephestia kuhniella. — ^Larvae of E. kuhniella, in various 

 stages of growth, were found this month infesting a packet of Florida food 

 and another of Quaker oats, which had been laid aside for some time. The 

 larva is smooth and of a reddish tint, and spins a white web amongst the 

 food. I noticed occasional specimens of the moth about the house during 

 last summer and autumn ; and a specimen was flying here on February 

 8th. On referring to former volumes of the ' Entomologist,' I learn that 

 this insect has been imported with rice or flour ; that it was first noticed 

 in this country in 1887, and appears to be spreading. — W. Paskell ; 

 96, Studley Road, Forest Gate, E. 



Notes from North Wales. — Seeing a list of Lepidoptera taken by 

 Mr. Barraud at Aber in August (ante, p. 20), I thought it might not be 

 altogether out of place to send a list of my own captures at a place not far 

 distant, Colwyn Bay. The time was between May and July, including the 

 last two weeks of the former and first three of the latter. Of the butterflies 

 I noted the following: — Pieris brassica, not at all common. P. rapaz and 

 P. napi, both fairly plentiful. Euchloe cardamines, plentiful in the Nant- 

 y-glyn valley, which is situated at the east end of the town, and runs in an 

 almost due south direction. Argynnis selene and E. euphrosyne were both 

 found in the same valley as E. cardamines, but the latter is much more 

 plentiful than the former. Vanessa urticce is found almost everywhere ; and 

 I took the larvae of V. io in large quantities in 1897. V. atalanta and 

 V. cardui were also met with, but were not common. Pararge egeria and 

 P. megcera were both common. Satyrus semele was exceedingly plentiful on 

 the western side of Bryn Eurian, a small hill situated to the west of Colwyn 

 Bay, between the Conway and Llandudno roads. Epinephele ianira swarmed 

 in almost every field ; while E. tithonus was found in the fields to the west 

 of Bryn Eurian and east of Pabo. Polyommatus phlaas, Lycmia icarus, 

 and Nisoniades tages were all common. I also took a few L. minima; while 

 a friend of mine showed me a specimen of Hesperia sylvanus, but this is the 

 only specimen ever taken or seen in the neighbourhood, as far as I can 

 ascertain. The " hair-streaks " seem to be wanting in this locality. Of the 

 moths I obtained about fifty species, the best of these being Macroglossa 

 stellatarum, not very common; Nemeophila plantaginis ; Cossus ligniperda, 

 one female specimen; Geometra papilionaria and G. vernaria; A. sylvata 

 and Ennychia octomacualis, the latter on the side of Moel Shiabod, near 

 Dolwyddelan. — Oscar Whittaker ; Morelands, Heaton, near Bolton. 



