240 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



night-work, but from the insects we took I should think the district would 

 yield very good results if properly worked : — 



Rhopalocera: Euchloe cardamines, Leucophasia sinapis, Argy7inis eu- 

 phrosyne (oue), A. selene, Vanessa atalanta, V. io and V. cardui (hyber- 

 nated), Para-rye egeria, P. megara, Melitaa artemis (two somewhat worn 

 specimens), Thecla rubl and larva of T. quercus, Lycana argiolus, L. alexis, 

 Syrichthus malvce and variety with confluent spots, Nisoniades tages, Hesperia 

 sylvanus. 



Heterocera : Smerinthus ocellatus, Sphinx ligustri, Chairocampa elpenor 

 (one), and C. porcellus (two), Macroglossa stellatarum, Lithosia rubricollis 

 (one, just emerged from the pupa), Euthemonia russula, Chelonia villica, 

 Arctia fuliginosa, A. mendica, A. menthastri, Agrotis exclamationis, Ma- 

 mestra brassica, Hecatera serena, Anarta myrtiUi, Heliodes arbuti,Euclidia 

 glyphica, Phytometra cenea, Venilia maculata, Odontopera bidentata, Fidonia 

 atomaria, Melanippe montanata, Chesias rufata (very abundant)). Leuco- 

 phasia sinapis, though nowhere common, seemed to be pretty widely 

 distributed about the neighbourhood, as we took single specimens in most 

 of the woods we visited. One I found flying with a male Euchloe carda- 

 mines, the female of which it greatly resembles when on the wing. Chmro- 

 camp a elpenor and C. porcellus we took at rhododendrons at dusk. They 

 seemed fairly common, but were hard to capture. Argynnis selene and 

 Thecla rubi were extremely abundant in the woods, and also on the heaths 

 and hill-sides. — Cecil M. Gummer ; 2, Swayue's Close, Salisbury. 



Notes from Bath. — The generally hot, dry season we have experienced 

 has, as usual, been favourable to the production of the Diurni. A special 

 instance of this came under my notice on Monday last, Bank Holiday. 

 Taking a walk in the country near Weston-super-mare, I noticed by the 

 roadsides, at the blossoms of wild mint, knapweed, and bramble, Epinephele 

 tithonus, Pararge megma, Lyccena icarus, Vanessa atalanta, V. io, V. urtica, 

 frequently, and one male example of Gonepteryx rhamni. On crossing a 

 pasture-field with many patches of lucerue, a most lively scene was wit- 

 nessed. The field, about two acres in extent, seemed, to use a common 

 expression, alive with the small " whites " (Pieris rapes), and flitting with 

 them was Lycana icarus, apparently quite as numerous ; it was one 

 constant movement. One female Colias edusa I noticed after watching 

 some time. A thunderstorm approaching soon after, how changed the 

 scene ! in a few minutes not a siugle insect could be seen on the wing. I 

 may add to these notes that I have frequently seen Macroglossa stellatarum 

 in several parts of the couutry during the season. — J. B. Jeffekys; Bath. 



Lepidpteroos Larvae on Clematis. — On a fine plant of C. vitalba 

 overshading a summer-house in the garden here were great numbers of 

 larvae of Odontopera bidentata and Mamestra persicaria, in September, ] 898. 

 This year, so far, there are no signs of a continued abundance. Surely 

 this is a somewhat unusual food-plant for both species, especially persicar'm, 

 which is considered an exclusively low feeder. This latter species occurred 

 in two forms, i. e. dark chocolate-brown and and an olive, without any inter- 

 mediate gradations. I bred some numbers of both species ; bidentata 

 turned out somewhat darker than usual (but probably not due to the food- 

 plant), and persicaria, were all very large and clearly-marked specimens. — 

 A. D. Imms ; " Linthurst," Oxford Boad, Moseley, Worcestershire, Aug. ] 4th. 



[The larva of M. persicaria has been recorded as feeding on clematis ; also 

 on ivy, lilac, raspberry, plum, and poplar. See Eutom. xxiii. p. 319. — Ed.] 



