42 the entomologist. 



Chrysoclysta bimaculella and Gelechia osseella in North 

 Kent.— I have to record the occurrence of two rare species of 

 Tineina, which I captured in North Kent in July last (1886), viz., 

 Chrysoclysta bimaculella and Gelechia osseella, hoth beaten out of 

 sallow. This makes the second specimen of the latter insect I 

 have captured, the first being in 1885, as recorded (Entom. xix. 

 256). Has C. bimaculella ever been bred ? Mr. Hodgkinson 

 (Entom. xix. 246) seems to suggest that Epilobium (willow-herb) 

 is the probable food-plant, although all the recorded examples of 

 the insect seem to have been captured among sallow. — J. Tutt ; 

 Rayleigh Villa, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, S.E., Jan., 1887. 



Lepidoptera at Sheffield during 1880. — I am ignorant 

 what the past season has been like in other districts, but here it 

 has been most unsatisfactory. The late Mr. Henry Willits told 

 me that, although he had collected in this neighbournood for 

 upwards of half a century, he never experienced anything like 

 the total absence of really good insects as during the present 

 season. The smoke which pollutes Sheffield must have a great 

 effect on the insect fauna and flora, as Lepidoptera which used 

 formerly to be plentiful have utterly disappeared before the rapid 

 increase which our factories are making on every side of this 

 town. — A. E. Hall; Norbury, Pitsmoor, Sbeffield, Nov., 1886. 



Lepidoptera in Somerset. — On the whole I have no reason 

 to complain of the season of 1886. Psilura monacha came in my 

 way for the first time in my experience on September 7th. My 

 son caught Pterostoma j^^^lpina in a warehouse at Yeovil on 

 June 19tli. DasypoUa temjdi came to my gas-lamp on October 

 30th. Platyptilia gonodactyla occurred on September 1st; 

 Crambiis selasellus on August 26th ; Trycheris aurana on June 

 26th ; D'mrnea fagella (abundant) on April 23rd ; Hyponomeuta 

 padellus on August 17th.; Butalis fusco-cenea on May 30th. All 

 the above are new to my list. Most would probably have been 

 found years before if I had sought in the proper places at the 

 right time ; and I should add that I am quite a beginner at the 

 Micros. Many common species were very scarce during the past 

 season, some failing to put in an appearance at all. A few others 

 I found particularly abundant, the most remarkable perhaps 

 being Alucita hexaclactyla, which seemed to be constantly turning 

 up from April to November. — W. Macmillan ; Castle Gary. 



