212 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



AcRONYCTA ALNI. — A friend brought a fine full-fed larva of 

 this moth to me recently. He found it feeding upon a lime 

 tree, in Escrick Park, on July 25tli. — T. Foster ; 6, Wren 

 Lane, Selby, Yorks, August 5, 1878. 



Zyg^ena filipendul^. — Out of about a score of cbrysalids 

 one emerged in July with the spots and under wings a 

 beautiful pale yellow. — E. D. Fish ; Higher Tranmere, 

 Birkenhead. 



On the disappearance of Orgyia ccenosa from Wicken 

 Fen. — Sixteen years ago this species was in the greatest 

 abundance in the larva, pupa, and imago stales, at the same 

 time : I found them all over the fen. 1 have visited the fen 

 several times in different years since, and they have been 

 getting scarcer every time. The fen men have not now seen the 

 larvae for three or four years; but I have known the time 

 they used to find them by hundreds. The last that I can 

 hear of this species being taken was about three or four years 

 ago, by Mr. Wheeler, at light : there have been none seen 

 since. In 1875 and 1876 the whole fen was covered with 

 water, and it is probable that the hybernating larvae were 

 drowned : the fen was covered with water for over a month at 

 the time. I have never found this species in any of the 

 Norfolk or Suffolk fens, and am afraid it will soon become, 

 like Liparis dispar, a thing of the past in this country. — 

 1'. Eedle; 40, Goldsmith Row, Hackney Koad. 



Eupcecilia Geyeriana and Gelechia palustrella. — 

 During a short stay in the Norfolk lens last month I secured 

 a fine series o^ Eupcecilia Geyeriana: they fly just before 

 dusk, and are very active on the wing. 1 also took four 

 examples of Gelechia 'palustrella: these came to the light- 

 house, which 1 carry in the boat, at about one o'clock in the 

 morning. — E. G. Meek; 56, Bromplon Road, August 2, 

 1878. 



Clothes-Moths : Life-history, and how to Destroy 

 THEM. — The name clothes-moths is applied to several 

 distinct, but similar, species of minute moths belonging to 

 the family Tineidae, which, in their larval state, are very 

 destructive to woollen goods, fur, skins, feathers, and 

 similar substances. Among them may be mentioned the 

 clothes-moth {Tinea vestianella), the carpet-moth [Tinea 

 tapetzella), the fur-moth {Tinea pellionella), and the 

 hair-moth [Tinea crinella). These J'ineidae iiave slender 

 bodies, and lanceolate deeply-fringed wings that expand six- 

 tenths or eight-tenths of an inch. The antennae and palpi 



