182 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
LAPHYGMA ExIGuA.—Last evening two young gentlemen of 
this town, who are making a collection of Lepidoptera, brought 
me a few of their recent captures to name for them, and among 
these was a very fair specimen of Laphygma exigua (female), 
taken at light on the evening of the 17th instant. They 
also informed me that they have another on their setting-board at 
home, taken on the 18th. J think this is worthy of record in the 
‘Entomologist,’ as L. exigua is undoubtedly one of the rarest of 
our Noctue. At all events I can vouch for its rare occurrence 
here; having carefully worked this locality for the last fifteen 
years, I have never seen a single specimen.—W. McRar; West- 
bourne House, Bournemouth, June 28, 1879. 
LAPHYGMA EXIGUA, DEILEPHILA LINEATA, &C., AT TORQUAY. 
—On the 11th inmst., at Torquay, I captured, at dusk, a fine 
Deilephila lineata, male, at the flowers of Silene maritima, and on 
the following evening I took, on the wing, a Laphygma exiqua, 
female. On the 20th inst. I secured, in a clover-field, flying in 
the bright sunshine, a fine Heliothis armigera, female.— A. H. 
Jones; Eltham, Kent, June 20, 1879. 
OccURRENCE OF EpHIppIPpHORA RAVULANA-—While collecting 
in Tilgate Forest, on the 12th June, I captured a single female 
specimen of this rarity when on the wing. Curiously enough my 
capture was made within a yard or two of the spot where I took 
a former specimen, also a female, a few seasons ago.— WALTER P. 
Weston; 1, Duncan Terrace. 
NotrEs on THE SEAson.—At the time I write from this moor- 
land district it is still bitterly cold. Hybernia progemmaria 
and Diurnea fagella are still out. I took the same species in 
the first week in April. During the first week in May I took over 
fifty Peronea mixtana by smoking them out, and at the same time 
a green hairstreak (Thecla rubi) flitted out. A solitary FPidonia 
atomaria ventured forth. When coming here on Friday evening I 
saw a moth quite new to me; it was about six o'clock and bitterly 
cold. Its flight was much like that of the emperor moth, but the 
colour was of a lilac-brown. ‘The man who was with me said he 
had been after one for some weeks, and my wife had noticed either 
the same insect or one similar. I have wondered whether they 
could be Lasiocampa ilicifolia. When looking for larvee of Gelechia 
tricolorella on the stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), I found a large 
