242 THR ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The following July I spent with my family at Penmaenmawr, 

 when, pursuing our search for A. contiguaria, we took a few 

 dozen specimens, and I sent eggs to friends ; but none were 

 successful in rearing the larvae. 



Last summer (1877) we spent at Llandudno, and nearly 

 every day visited the locality for this moth, and were again 

 successful. I gave Mr. Sidebotham, who was staying at 

 Llandudno, several living specimens, and both he and 

 myself were this time fortunate in rearing the insect. 



This July we again spent at Llanfairfechan, but for some 

 reason or other the insect was not so abundant as in former 

 years, and with the greatest diligence we could only take 

 very few specimens. 



The distribution of this moth, I believe, extends all over 

 the heath-clothed mountains of North Wales, for we have 

 taken occasional specimens from Conway to Aber, and I 

 know a few specimens have been taken at Bethis-e-Coed. 

 Excepting a few specimens taken on the wing, quite at dusk, 

 all our captures were sitting on the rocks. We have spent 

 evening after evening trying to take the moth on the wing, as 

 it seems natural to expect the flight at dusk, but hitherto we 

 have met with very little success; and 1 am inclined to think 

 they are at no time very active. 



In captivity the moth is double-brooded, the first brood 

 appearing in July, and the second towards the end of 

 September or early in October. The larvae feed on heath, 

 knot-grass, and chickweed. 



Huyton Park, Liverpool, October, 1878. 



NEW BKITISH CRABRO. 



By Edward Capron, M.D. 



During the past summer I took a fine male Crahro, be- 

 longing to the group with scutellate anterior tibiae, which I 

 could not refer to any described British species. I have 

 lately shown it to Mr. Frederick Smith, wlio, on referring to 

 the continental specimens of the Museum, found it to agree 

 entirely with Crabro pterotus, Panzer, a species which 

 inhabits France, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. As this 

 is the first recorded instance of its capture in England I 

 subjoin a short description of it : — 



