74 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Ill the last week in May I went to Epping Forest, wliere I obtained 

 Anticlea sinuata, Etipithecla virgaareata, Aufferona pruuaria, Melanthia 

 occUata, Acroiiycta aceris, FyraJis (jlaucinalis, Roxaim arcuana, &c., besides 

 a good nnmber of larviB. the list of which is too long to give. 



At Tuddenliam, SiiiYoik, in July, I took EUopia fasciarla, Acidalia 

 scutidaria, A. osseala, A. ornata, A. aversala var. spuUnta, A. emarffinatd, 

 Emmeleda tmij'asciaria, Corycia punctata, Macaria liturata, Fidouia 

 atoiaaria, Lareiitia viiaria, Eupithecia linariata, E. lariciata, E. oblongata, 

 E. suGcenturiata, Melanthia rubiginata (banded form), Melanippe rivata, 

 M. unangulata, M. subtristata, Hypenodes costcEstrigalis, Ennychia nigrata, 

 Paraponyx stratiotalis, Fioiiea stranientalis, Crambus perlellics, C.falsellus, 

 C. latistrim, Pcecilochroma raizeburghiana, Retinia buoliana, Sericoris 

 lacunana, Pliibalocera quercana, Xanthosetia zcegana, Ochsenheimeria bi- 

 sontella, Gelechia taniolella, G. nndinella, G. dodecella, Aciptilia galacto- 

 dactyla, A. tetradactyla, and Amblytilia acanthodaclyla, with other coni- 

 rauner species and several larvse. — Albert H. Wateks ; Devonshire Road, 

 Cambridge. 



(To be continued.) 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Thk Christoph Collection. ^I believe that this collection was sold 

 intact, and that it is now in this country. Can anyone kindly inform 

 me as to its present whereabouts ? — R. South ; 100, Ritherdon Road, 

 Upper Tooting. 



Platyptill\ tesskradactyla, L., in Ireland. — Mr. C. G, Barrett 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxiii. 25) introduces this addition to the list of 

 13ritish plume-moths. Several specimens, sent to Mr. Barrett for 

 identification, were taken by Mr. F. de Vismes Kane and the Hon. R. 

 E. Dillon "in the first week in June, 1895, at Clonbrock, flying in the 

 sunshine to the flowers of a species of Gnaphalium on a dry bank along- 

 side a bog." Mr. Kane adds that a series was taken in 1891 by Mr. 

 Dillon, but were supposed to be zetterstediii : a single specimen has also 

 been taken in another locality in Galway. The larva appears to feed 

 on Gnaphalium in the flower-stem at first; and afterwards, in the 

 spring, on the "larger young shoots." It will be remembered that 

 the Noctua, Calophasia platyjitcra, discovered in this country last year, 

 was also associated with Gnaphalium. 



Apple-trees and Cheimatobia brumata. — For many years past part 

 of my duties as head-gardener has been the care of fruit-trees. For a 

 still longer period I have indulged in collecting moths, and Cheimatobia 

 brumata flies at a season when I have most leisure for the work. I 

 have collected in two or three different counties, and my observations 

 have led me to infer that, at least in those localities, the male of the 

 species in question does not carry up the female. After making 

 frequent observations I have noticed that if the pairs are knocked 

 lightly oft' the trees they fall to the ground ; and when thrown into 

 the air they do the same. If they are carried home in an open box 

 they will not, while united, attempt to move or fly ; but as soon as 

 they part they begin to make oft". The ixinle flies to the female as she 



