130 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



S. illustraria. At light in llie town. 



A. rusticata. Common in most hedgerows where there is 

 plenty of bindweed and dust: the last seems most essential. 



A. subsericeata. Several on dry chalky banks. 



A. emutaria. A fine series, by raothing and at sugar. A 

 sluggish insect: it only flies for about ten minutes at dusk, 

 and then must be looked for on water plants. I bred a few 

 from the egg. Eggs laid June 16lh; iraagos appeared July 

 28th to August lOlh. 



A. promutata (incanata of Stainton's 'Manual'). Very 

 common everywhere, end of May and again in August; and 

 probably there will be another brood in October. 



F. limbaria. Common in May among broom. Extremely 

 variable in colour ; some are nearly black. 



C. Gcmmaria. Common at light, sugar and mothing, and 

 bred from the egg ; I bred two from larvae found on Cheno- 

 podiiim. 



P. lignata. Common in May and August. 



E. unifasciata. A few fine specimens on flowers at night. 



These are a few of the best I have met with. .1 have not 

 much time for collecting, and have been an invalid the best 

 part of the season ; but I think the locality would be as good 

 as Cambridgeshire if well worked. — D. T. Button ; Graves- 

 end, August, 18G8. 



Pleris Brassic(B and P. Rapce settling on wet ground. — 

 In answer to Mr. Stevens's inquiry (Entom. iv. J 19), I beg to 

 inform him that during the sultry days of July, both at 

 Uxbridge and Brighton, 1 frequently noticed the pheno- 

 menon to which he alludes. 1 have observed P. Rapae and 

 P. Brassica^ following the water-carts in swarms, and occa- 

 sionally settling complacently on the damp earth. I tried 

 watering in our own grounds as an attraction, but inasmuch 

 as only the above-mentioned availed themselves of my care, 

 it was by no means a successful trap. — {Miss) E. Newman ; 

 92, Lansdoicne Place, Brighton. 



Ficris Daplidice at- Margate. — I captured a specimen 

 (unfortunately not a good one) of this scarce species in the 

 lucerne fields near Marsh Bay, Margate, last Wednesday. 

 I have also met with Colias Hyale, C. Edusa, Vanessa Cardui, 

 Acontia luctuosa, Aspilates citraria, &c., in various fields 

 round Margate during the last three weeks. — Julia E. Cox ; 

 West Duhvich, S., August G, 1868. 



