86 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
occulta and A. tincta; although on my return to Lancashire my 
garden trees swarmed with moths at sugar, amongst which I took 
a black Xylophasia polyodon, almost as velvety as H. assimilis.— 
[Rev.] T. Grecory Smarr; Lytham, February 7, 1879. 
SOME VARIETIES OF PACHNOBIA HYPERBOREA.—I possess some 
specimens of Pachnobia hyperborea (alpina), which were bred by 
My. Clark, of Rannoch, and which are of singular beauty. No. 1 
is dark chestnut-colour; markings very distinct. No. 2, deep 
Vandyke-brown. No. 3, grey; rich chestnut bands. No. 4, blue- 
grey, with quite black stigmata. No. 5, straw-coloured grey, with 
amber blotches and no dark marks; careful painting alone could 
represent their delicate or rich beauty.—Ib. 
INSECTS TAKEN AND BrED 1n 1878.—April 20th, one Gelechia 
junctella, beaten from willow at Witherslack. April 24th, larvee 
of a Gelechia found at Lytham, roughly described as follows :-— 
Dark grey, with red spots; feeding in sand cocoons at roots of 
Cerastium and Stellaria; produced, July 6th, a little Gelechia, 
which Mr. Stainton pronounces to be new, and allied to 
G. Knaggsiella. More must be bred before naming. April 29th, 
Micropteryx Sparmanella and M. Salopiella, at Witherslack, flying 
in the afternoon sun. April 30th, a larva of Diplodoma margine- 
punctella, at Witherslack ; fed on larve of Triquetrella, and 
emerged June 20th. The T’riquetrella all emerge females, and 
are very plentiful. July 6th, larvee of Depressaria capreolella in 
Pimpinella saxifraga, not in radical leaves, but high up the 
stems; green, black head: all sent to Mr. Sang, who bred them 
later. July 6th, larve of Nepticula betulicolella in small, 
contorted galleries, in birch, filled with brown excrement; larve 
bright yellow; produced imagines August 15th. July 24th, larvee 
in cones of birch; green and horny-looking ; produced five imagos 
of Gracilaria populetella from July 28th to August 1st. August 
19th, cones on Polygonum hydropiper, found on this date, 
produced Gracilaria phasianipennella from September Ist to 
10th. This and G. populetella are very much infested with 
ichneumons. August 19th, a pupa spun up in the hollow of a 
Carex blade, and covered all over with a thick white web; is 
expected to produce the long-wished Elachista serricornella. 
August 20th to October, many larve of an Hlachista, supposed 
to be Ochreella, were found in a long stiff grass; plentiful at 
