162 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
STIGMONOTA SCOPARIANA, H.-S.: A TORTRIX NEW TO 
THE BRITISH FAUNA. 
By J. B. Hopextnson. 
Durine the last week in April and first week in May I bred six 
specimens of a splendid Tortrix new to me, which at first sight I 
thought were very large Lithocolletis ulmifoliella. ‘They came out 
of my rearing pot, in which I was breeding Nepticula sorbiella from 
the mountain ash. At first I set them down in my own mind as 
from queer larve which I got last July from the Sorbus, which I 
collected, thinking they might produce Hpigraphia Steinkellneriella. 
However, when I sent both sexes to Mr. C. G. Barrett he thought 
there must be a mistake, as the larve of the genus Stigmonota are not 
cone or fruit-eaters. I at once bethought me, more especially when 
Scopariana was mentioned by the name, that I had been beating 
broom at the same time I was beating the Sorbus. ‘This broom 
was a few yards from my house, at Dutton, so most likely the larve 
got mixed up. I must try this season to find more, but the broom 
is avery scarce plant in that district. S. scopariana is quite as 
brilliant a species as Choreutes scintilulana, and is a grand 
addition to our fauna. 
Preston, Lancashire, June, 1880. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, ; CAPTURES, &c. 
CHG@ROCAMPA NERU AT CrieFF.—In a small collection of 
British insects made by Mr. W. Grant, of Strathearn, Crieff, 
I find among other things, chiefly common, a very fair specimen 
of C. nerit. It was found in 1873 by Mr. Grant’s gardener 
among some grass which he was cutting, probably about July. 
The owner of the specimen was aware that it was an oleander 
hawk, but was quite ignorant of its rarity. I have thought it 
worth while to send you this note as, apart from the scarcity of 
the species, I am informed by Dr. Buchanan White that it 
has never been recorded from Scotland before. — GirBerr H. 
Raynor; School-house, Crieff, Perthshire, June 14, 1880. 
AcronycTa AuNni.—I took a fine specimen of A. alni, at rest 
on an oak tree in Repton Shrubs, on the 12th of June.—J. E. 
Nowers; Burton-on-Trent. 
