328 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



numbers of S. sticticalis in particular places. In the spring 

 1 pitched upon a particular field as likely to produce Aci- 

 dalia rubricata : I watched it a good many times without 

 success, till one evening at the very end of July I found 

 myself surrounded by pink and purple beams of light darting 

 in every direction : these were without exception males, nor 

 did 1 obtain any number of females for mure than three 

 weeks. This moth fades terribly, and a specimen that ap- 

 pears brilliant when alive wears a comparatively dowdy 

 appearance shortly alter death. It is very local indeed, and 

 you might go for many miles and think yourself lucky if you 

 obtained a single specimen, while in this field, especially in 

 one corner of it, there were plenty. 1 fancied that the straw- 

 berr}' clover (Trifolium fragiferum) might possibly be the 

 attraction that brought them to the spot. 1 have therefore 

 tried to bring up the produce of a batch of eggs on that 

 plant : they ate it certainly, but have deserted it for Polygo- 

 num aviculare, for which they show a decided preference. 

 Their proper food-plant is still, 1 think, unknown, and can 

 only be discovered by finding a female in the act of ovi- 

 position. It is very clear that in confinement the larva will 

 eat several plants. I have also taken a good many iniagos 

 of Eremobia ochroleuca : 1 found them all, w ithout exception, 

 on the flowers of Centaurea scabiosa ; not one was found on 

 Centaurea nigra, which is still coraujoner. — {Rev). A. H. 

 Wralislaw ; Schvol Hall, Bury St. Edin Hud's, September 

 I(), 1869. 



Entomological Notes from Steyning, Sussex. — I have come 

 to the conclusion that, on the whole, insects of all kinds are 

 not comujon this season. Brassicae, which was a nuisance 

 last year, especially on my cabbages, is quite a rarity now. 

 Paphia, reported common at Lyndhursl, I have not seen ; 

 whereas Aglaia has been plentiful on our downs. Of the 

 blues, Adonis, Alexis, Agestis, Alsus and Corydon have been 

 unusually abundant, especially the first. Edusa has been 

 scarce : a friend who went out with me in quest of them 

 took all or nearly all we saw, amounting to twelve. Hyale 

 1 have not observed. Of Adippe 1 have taken but one spe- 

 cimen. We met on our return with hundreds of I^otys 

 flavalis, but being tired, and not knowing its local character, 

 we secured only a few specimens. 1 have had three larvae of 



