40 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Notes on Lepipoprera in 1885.—The following extracts 
from my notes for 1885 may be thought worth notice. The first 
Pieris of the season I found on March L5th (a bright warm day), 
it was a P. rape (male). On March 22nd there were several 
inches of snow on the ground. I saw no other Preris till 
March 380th, and after that not till April 12th. With respect to 
sugaring, my experience, so far as it goes, confirms that of 
Mr. Kane (Entom. xix. 1). I had no luck at all in the spring, 
and attributed it to the northerly winds and dry weather. I 
noticed that when Arctia caia was fed on lettuce the ‘frass’ 
was very conspicuous, being as large as small peas, very damp, 
and sometimes greenish in colour. It was in striking contrast to 
that of other larve of the same species, fed on less succulent and 
palatable food. Hepialus lupulinus was very abundant about 
here during June; several specimens were found in the house, and 
in the fields they literally swarmed. Acronycta psi appeared to 
be fairly plentiful. I have noticed that Boarmia gemmaria 
(rhomboidaria) and Leucania pallens (or an allied species)—but 
especially the first—are constantly to be found in the house. I 
presume that they are attracted by the light at night time. This 
autumn I found specimens of Phlogophora meticulosa as late as 
November 2nd and 10th. I have had a very curious experience 
with Orgyia antiqua. A larva of this was found on a geranium in 
our garden on September 16th; it pupated almost immediately, 
and the moth emerged about the middle of November, being 
either four months late or seven months early. It is a perfect 
specimen (male), but rather smaller, and of a deeper colour than 
the type. J am somewhat puzzled to account for this behaviour. 
As to larve, that of A. pst seems to have been abundant this 
autumn. Can anyone tell me if there are two broods of this? 
for I had one larva of it pupate by August 8th, and yet found 
others still in the larval state in October. Larve of Phalera 
bucephala have been in extraordinary abundance here, but they 
seemed to be very sickly, and the larger part of those that 
I collected died before pupating. I have noticed that larve of 
A. psi seem peculiarly lable to attacks of ichneumons. As to 
Sphinx convolvuli, a young friend brought mea specimen which 
had been found on the grass at Broxbourne on September Ist.— 
F. H. Perry Coste; 15, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, January 
10, 1886. 
