160 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



imagines of the first emerging at the end of Maj^ and beginning 

 of June, and the second in August. In January last year I 

 collected a bundle of the flower-stems of Alisma plantago, in which 

 larvpe of E. liclana were then feeding, and stood them in my garden 

 till about the middle of May, when I removed them to a large 

 cage. The moths began to emerge in June, and continued to 

 come out freely for a period of at least two months, during which 

 I bred over a hundred specimens, six being taken from the cage 

 on 7th August, and one or two stragglers after that date. I 

 believe the larvae feed only in the flower-stems of Alisma ijlantago, 

 and these are not sufficiently advanced to nourish the larvae of a 

 second brood to appear in August. I am inclined to think there 

 is but one brood, but would like to hear the opinions of others on 

 the subject. Last year, owing to the backwardness of the season, 

 the moths were two or three weeks later in appearance than 

 usual. — William Machin ; 29, Carlton Road, Carlton Square, E. 



Notes from Herefordshire. — Two well-sheltered sallow 

 trees produced an enormous quantity of the genus Tcsniocainpa 

 during Easter week, viz., T. stabilis, T. incerta {instabilis), T. 

 gothica, T. -pulverulenta {cruda). Not quite so common were 

 T. gracilis, T. munda, Pachnobia leucograplia, and P. ruhricosa. 

 There also appeared freely Scopelosoma satellitia and Cerastis 

 vaccinii, and one Xylocampa areola {litlioriza). A row of trees 

 sugared (not 200 yards away from the sallow) produced C. vaccinii 

 in swarms, and occasional specimens of S. satellitia and T. munda; 

 the proximity of the sugar to the sallow trees is worth noticing. 

 Anticlea hadiata was the only Geometer that was to be found at 

 the sallow. Two specimens of Amphidasys strataria {prodro- 

 maria), reared from pupse, emerged early in the month. — John 

 Lea ; 2, Elm Villas, Elm Row, Hampstead, April 18, 1887. 



The Hemp Agrimony and Lepidoptera. — It is well known 

 that all the Umbelliferse are very attractive to insects, and 

 particularly to Lepidoptera ; but it is probable that none exceed 

 in attractiveness the flowers of the hemp agrimony {Eupatorium 

 cannahinum). In the Forest of Dean (in Gloucestershire) and 

 also in the Forest of Wyre (in North-west Worcestershire) I have 

 found this plant growing in great luxuriance, where also I have 

 observed that it is an excellent resort of the Lepidoptera. On 

 many occasions I have seen at least twenty butterflies, of various 



