NOTES ON MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 293 
Gonopteryx rhamni, Vanessa io, V. urtice, V. atalanta (in great 
numbers), Pararge egeria, and worn fritillaries. The blues were 
scarce, and limited to Lycena icarus and L. astrarche. The 
Geometers were few and far between, and these only the 
generally-distributed autumnal insects. 
25, Endsleigh Gardens, N.W., October, 1886. 
NOTES ON MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 
By AtrreD THURNALL. 
AutHoueH Tortrices have not been quite so abundant this 
season as last, [ have managed to obtain a fair number of species, 
of which I may mention, excluding the very commonest, the 
following :— 
Tortrix sorbiana, beaten and bred from oaks in July. T. forsterana, a 
series bred from larvee and pupse found between ivy leaves at Whittlesford. 
Dichelia grotiana, three only beaten from birch ; always seems more or 
less worn. 
Rhacodia caudana, the var. excavana, beaten from Poplar. 
Penthina corticana, common amongst birch at Wanstead. P. gentiana, 
bred freely from Teazle heads, July to September. LP. sellana, Boxhill, 
and also near Gravesend, scarce. P. fuligana (carbonana), a series bred 
from Wicken pup. 
Antithesia salicella, Wanstead, at rest on willows, eud of July. 
Spilonota trimaculana, beaten from hawthorn, not common. S. 
ros@colana, oue only beaten from rose at Loughton. 
Aspis udmanniana, larvee very common on bramble. 
Sideria achatana, bred rather freely from hawthorn. 
Sericoris bifasciana, rather common at Wanstead, flying around some 
Scotch firs. 
Rowana arcuana, flying over fern in the forest. 
Euchromia purpurana, flying amongst Sonchus arvensis, beginning of 
July, near Gravesend. 
Orthotenia striana, males, flying over rough grass in July. 
Sciaphila nubilana, very abundant in some districts amongst hawthorn. 
S. hybridana, bred from flowers of Composite. 
Sphaleroptera ictericana, bred from hawkweed, and also flowers of 
Lychnis. 
Capua favillaceana, rather local amongst oaks in June. 
Phoxopteryx uncana, common amongst birch and ling. P. comptana, 
