198 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



round the head of a Lidy who was wearing a hat trimmed with a laige 

 bunch of artificial hlies of the valley, it evidently mistaking them for 

 the real flowers. It continued to follow her for some distance, and 

 would undoubtedly have settled on the flowers had she not been 

 walking at a quick rate, several times attempting to do so. It created 

 a good deal of interest, several people stopping to notice it. — 0. E. 

 Bedford; Acton, W., May 28th. 



DiLOBA C.ERULEOCEPHALA FeEDING ON PrUNUS LAtfROCERASUS. This 



moth, which is generally common in the neighbourhood of Haywards 

 Heath, has this season done very little damage to the sloe where the 

 cherry laurel grew. I have no noies of the larva of 7^. carnlcocephala 

 eating this shrub before.— H. W. Bell-Marley ; June 17th, 1897. 



[There are several records of the larva of Dlloha ctBruleucephala 

 having been found feeding on Primus lanro-ccrasus in tlie ' Ento- 

 mologist ' for 1890.— Ed.] 



The Lepidoptera of Middlesex. — In the 'Entomologist', (xxviii. 

 p. 304) is a short note of the additions made to the list of Middlesex. 

 Lepidoptera in vol. i. of 'Harrow Butterflies and Moths,' published by 

 the Harrow School Scientific Society. The second volume (1897) 

 (J. L. Bonhote and N. C. Eothschild) completes the catalogue, and 

 several species hitherto unrecorded, either by Mr. Cockerell (Entom. 

 xxiv.-xxv.) or by me (Entom. xxvii.-xxviii.), are to be found in its 

 pages. These are Eupisteria obliterata (1895), Numeria pulveraria 

 (Bond), Abraxas sylvata, Emmelesia unifasciata, and Eupithecia Imarlata, 

 E. succenturiata, E. dodoneata (Bond), E. pidchellata, Hypsipetes ruberata 

 (Bond), H. trifasciata, Cidaria iinmanata, C. prunata, Aylossa cuprealis 

 (Bond), Scoparia ccmbra, S. crataffella, Ebidea crocealis, Spilodes verti- 

 calis, Aciptilia (jalactodactrjJa (Bond). The majority of these observa- 

 tions, as will be seen, were made by the late Mr. Bond before Kingsbury 

 became suburbanized. But the diligence of local collectors elsewhere 

 has restored to the list many Heterocera which might have been 

 expected to be extinct so far as county Middlesex is concerned, Mr. 

 Rhoades- Smith being apparently extremely successful. From the 

 supplement to vol. i. it also appears that Macroglossa boinbyliformis was 

 taken by Mr. Bond at Kingsbury, while the record of Triyomphora 

 flammea^ under my name in Mr. Cockerell's list is properly deleted, as 

 it was included in the list sent by me to that gentleman in error 

 (Entom. xxiv. 280). — H. Bowland-Brown ; Oxhey Grove, Harrow 

 Weald, May 30th, 1897. 



Committee for Protection of Insects in Danger of Extermina- 

 tion. — At a meeting of the Committee held on June 2nd, it was 

 resolved that the following species of Lepidoptera, being local species 

 in danger of extermination, be more particularly recommended for 

 protection in accordance with the final paragraph of the Memorandum 

 of Association : — 



Papilio machaon, L. Nola albulalis, Hiib. 



Lemophasia sinapis, L. Eidepia crihrum, L. 



Pieris cratayi, L. Porthesia chrysorrhaa, L. 



Melitcea athalia, Esp. Clisiocampa castrmsis, L. 



M. cinxia, L. • Drepaua sicida, Schiff. 



