232 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the second week of August. I put in the glass along 

 with them Hypericum, enchanter's nightshade [CirccBa 

 luteliana), dead nettle {Lamiutn), groundsel {Senecio vul- 

 garis), knot-grass {Polygonum aviculare), and many other 

 plants ; and last, not least, a leaf or two of the garden 

 nasturtium. Several of them went to work by making a 

 round hole through a loaf of the latter plant, — one appear- 

 ing to take better to it than the others, — the rest seem 

 inclined to hybernate, while this one is nearly full fed. It is 

 quite seven-eighths of an inch long; and the following is a 

 rough description: — Ground colour of the back and sides a 

 rich dark salmon, tinted brown at each segment ; on the 

 back there is a pale pink lozenge-shaped spot, darker at the 

 edges, and in the centre of the spot is a clear black wedge- 

 shaped mark ; the colour on the back at ihe anal extremity 

 becomes much paler for three-eighths of an inch, and there are 

 two rows of spots of a brownish black down to the anal point; 

 the sides and abdomen are of a pale pinkish yellow, witii no 

 other markings than two spots at each segment underneath 

 of this shape; legs same colour as abdomen; the head 

 slightly darker, with short scattered hairs. The habit of the 

 larva is much after that of Emmelesia unifasciata : when 

 touched it frisks about, as if it wanted to be played with. 

 I have made a rough sketch and coloured it, so that it may 

 be a guide for another day, until more is known of this 

 northern species. — J, B. Hodgkinson ; 15, Spring Bank, 

 Preston, September 12, 1878. 



Camptogramma fluviata at Southport. — 1 took this 

 day, on the sandhills between Freshfield and Southport, 

 Lancashire, a perfect female specimen of Camptogramma 

 fluviata, which I venture to think worthy of record in the 

 pages of the 'Entomologist.' — Hastings Dent; 112, Bury 

 New Road, Manchester, August 23, 1878. 



Micro-lepidoptera Larv/e on Hackney Marshes. — 

 During the past three weeks I have met with the following 

 species : — The blotched appearance of the leaves of sallow 

 betrayed the presence of Gelechia notatella, of which I 

 secured about fifty ; and on the same bush were a number of 

 the cones of Gracillaria stigmatella; but the latter had 

 mostly quitted their feeding places and retired to the under 

 side of the leaves, where their white, silvery-looking cocoons 

 were not so readily seen. G. Ncevijerella occurred in the 

 leaves of Chenopodium, but were scarcer than usual. 

 G. Hertnanella were tolerably common on the same plants 



