S3S THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



August I had the pleasure of taking, in one of its old localities, 

 Peronea cristana in several varieties. Semasia spiniana was 

 flying round the whitethorn-bushes in open glades about five 

 o'clock in the afternoon. — Thomas Eedle ; 40, Goldsmith's Row, 

 Hackney Road, E. 



Peronea aspersana {Hiibner) infesting the Strawberry. — 

 During June I received from Blairgowrie, N.B., some larvae, 

 which my friendly correspondent thought might prove to be that 

 American pest, Anchylopera comptana, which has so much dis- 

 couraged strawberry culture in various localities across the 

 Atlantic. A few of these have developed into moths ; and I have 

 to thank Mr. Fitch for the identification of the species, which had 

 not before, so far as I know, been observed upon the strawberry. 

 That plant is, indeed, remarkably free from the attacks of lepi- 

 dopterous larvae, though it may appear to be liable to the visits of 

 many that feed upon various species of the Rosaceous order. 

 The food of P. aspersana is stated to be usually either Poten- 

 tilla, dropwort {Spircea Jilipendula), or salad burnet [Poterium 

 sanguisorha) ; but if the increasing culture of the strawberry is 

 likely to attract this species to it, and perhaps increase its 

 numbers, it will turn out rather serious. At Blairgowrie the 

 larvae were noticed upon the plants in 1880, but they were still 

 more prolific this year, destroying several acres, in spite of 

 attempts to keep them under. The eggs, my correspondent 

 thinks, are laid in the buds, the larvae feeding during May and 

 June ; and he believes there is a second brood in September. 

 The severe remedy of burning the surface has now been tried, 

 and it is probably difficult to suggest anything short of this 

 which would be of utility. — J. R. S. Clifford ; 13, Cambrian 

 Grove, Gravesend, Kent, September 11, 1881. 



Rare Lepidoptera in Essex.- -I am glad to announce the 

 capture of a nice specimen of Argynnis Lathonia; it was flying 

 along a road at St. Osyth, and very considerately settled on the 

 mud about a yard in front of me until I adjusted my net, and 

 captured it; this was on September 14th. On the 9tli I took a 

 female Col'ias Eclusa on the coast near Clacton-on-Sea, and hope 

 to see other captures recorded, if any have been made, as the 

 occurrence of isolated specimens in seasons when the species is 

 scarce is of much more interest than the record of any number 



