182 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vanessa poltchloros. — On Feb. 24th of this year my brother found 

 this butterfly hybernatiog iu a tool-house in the garden. The capture is 

 interesting, for since 1877-8, when the larvae were abundant on the elms 

 iu front of the house — I counted forty on one small twig, which I cut off — 

 not a single larva, pupa, or imago has been discovered, the insect having 

 completely disappeared. — Joseph Anderson; Chichester. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. — A specimen of this species was seen 

 flying over flowers, by my friend Mrs. Fogden, in her garden at Apuldram, 

 Chichester, on April 12th. — Joseph Anderson. 



Notes from Chester and Delamere Forest — 



March lUth. — Delamere Forest. A sunny day; south-west breeze. 

 Warmer. A late season, and a great scarcity of insects. Took, or saw, 

 six late male Hyhernia leucophcsaria on oak-trunks — all very unlike each 

 other : also a male and female Asphalia flavicornis. The latter were pale 

 grey forms, with, of course, the usual markings. Large numbers of oaks 

 have now been cut down, the clearings being planted with larch and Scotch 

 fir. I saw no Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria), Nyssia hispidaria, Aniphidasys 

 strataria {prodromaria), Brephos parthenias, H. vianiinaria {progemmaiia), 

 ox Anisopteryx (Escularia. Sallow catkins were just showing themselves — 

 small, white, and silvery. 



April 10th (Easter Monday). — Four of us went to Delamere Forest, 

 Strong north-west gale all day. Sharp showers of rain after 10 a.m., but 

 fair in the afternoon, although cloudy and sunny alternately, as well as 

 colder, I took one P. pilosaria and one A. strataria, off oaks, after three 

 hours of patient search. One of my friends, who was without the last named 

 species in his collection, continued the search, as did all of us, for another 

 couple of hours. Just when he had practically given the matter up, he 

 found three fine specimens — two males and a female — all on the same oak 

 — a most unusual find. Another couple of hours resulted in the capture 

 of a fifth — average number per collector, one ; total hours spent, seven, 

 Diurnea fagella was fairly plentiful. Three reddish, hyberuated Tortrix 

 larvae were got out of dead thistle-stems. 



April 19th. — A burst of warm weather ; sudden and complete change. 

 The following were taken at sallow bloom in Delamere Forest: — Panolis 

 piniperda, ten specimens, including pale grey and red varieties with inter- 

 mediate forms — this species appeared to be very local, though plentiful 

 where found — one place only ; Tmiiocampa stabilis, T. instabilis (from light 

 to almost black forms), T. pulverulenta (cruda), T. gothica, Pachnobia 

 rubricosa, Cerastis vaccinii, and Larentia multistrigaria. 



April 28th. — Delamere Forest, At sallow the previous species repeated 

 themselves, P. piniperda abundant, but only in the one spot. Specimens 

 of Tephrosia crepuscularia were taken off oaks by day. Many hyberuated 

 larvae, chiefly Triphccna orbona, were found, as night feeders, on the low 

 sallows. 



May 1st. — Night, Lane bordered with briar, bramble, sallow, &c., 

 near Chester. Anticlea badiata was still on the wing, and a couple of 

 A. derivata were netted. Other moths were Cidaria siiffumata, and one 

 each of Selenia illunaria and Hypsipetes impluviata. Larvae were fouud on 

 the sallows, the bloom on the bushes being all but over. A warm, still 

 night. 



