NOTES, CAPTURES, ETC. 205 
Lirnosup® in THE New Forest.—I agree with Mr. Lockyer 
(Entom. xii. 166) as to the rarity of Lithosia complanula in the 
New Forest; but my experience of that district does not enable 
me to confirm his statement as to the “entire absence of L. meso- 
mella from the extensive heaths.” On the contrary, I have always 
found L. mesomella the commonest of the Lithosiide in the New 
Forest, except Calligenia miniata and—in some seasons and 
localities—L. quadra. I have frequently taken from ten to fifteen 
specimens of ZL. mesomella in the course of an evening in various 
parts of the forest; and I may mention the heaths lying between 
the Southampton and Beaulieu roads, near Lyndhurst, and the 
“Oribrum” heath, near Ringwood, as the localities in which I 
have found this species most common.—H. Goss; Barmouth, 
Merionethshire, July, 1879. 
OccuRRENCE OF PacHETRA LEUCOPHHA AT Box Hin1i.— 
While collecting at the above locality, on July 13th, I was 
fortunate enough to capture a fine pair of this rarity, im cop., on 
the trunk of a fir tree. ‘They were exposed to the full force of 
a gale of wind and rain from the south-west, which had been 
blowing all the morning. On trying to get them into a large 
pill-box, they parted—no doubt being on the point of doing so 
before I touched them. The female has since very obligingly 
laid about 270 eggs, and I am rather interested to know how 
they will emerge, as they are laid very irregularly in one mass, 
but in four distinct layers, one layer on top of the other, so that 
one portion of the batch is four deep. ‘The egg when first laid is 
yellowish green, round in shape, with the top of the shell wrinkled 
and drawn a little upwards; they have since changed to a dark 
drab, with the centre almost black, and the wrinkled portion a 
bright silvery colour, so that I expect in a few days they will 
emerge.—G. ExisHa; 122, Shepherdess Walk, City Road, N. 
EARLY APPEARANCE OF MELANTHIA OCELLATA.—I found a pair 
of very fine specimens of Melanthia ocellata in cop. under an 
apple tree, in the vicarage garden, on June 12th, apparently just 
out of pupe.—H. Masrerman ; Clavering Vicarage, near Bishop’s 
Stortford. 
CarptuRE OF ARGYROLEPIA SCHREIBERSIANA.—I have been 
fortunate in capturing some good specimens of this rare and 
pretty species, whilst flying over mixed herbage and grass. At 
