282 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
CAPTURE OF STAUROPUS FAGI NEAR Dutwicu.—On June 21st 
last I was lucky enough to capture a fine male S. fagi close 
to Dulwich College. ‘The moth was at rest on a street lamp. 
I believe this is a new locality, and probably the nearest to 
London, for this rare moth. I may remark that there are com- 
paratively few birch trees in the neighbourhood.—H. B. Pim; 
Leaside, Kingswood Road, Upper Norwood, Sept. 80, 1880. 
ACRONYCTA ALNI NEAR Marker Harsorouen. — At the 
beginning of August I took a larva of Acronycta alni at Gumley, 
near Market Harborough, off wych-elm. It refused, however, to 
feed on the leaves of that tree, and had probably got upon the 
branch accidentally. A. alni appears to feed on many kinds of 
leaves, but in this case it kept up its name by taking to alder.— 
W. W. Fowier; The School House, Lincoln. 
LITHOSIA QUADRA AT EAsTBoURNE.—In the October ‘ Ento- 
mologist’ I observe Mr. Williams: makes a note of having taken 
Lithosia quadra at Folkestone. I may mention that while sugaring 
near Eastbourne, in the early part of September, I captured 
two fine specimens, one male and one female.—JAmMrs TEAROE. 
Rare Nocruina.—I have just had three capital additions to 
my collection of Noctuina, viz., Micra ostrina, taken by a friend 
on the Dorset coast, and another by Mr. Rogers in the Isle of 
Wight; also Noctua fammatra and Micra parva, likewise taken 
by Mr. Rogers at Freshwater, the former in July and the latter in 
August.— C. W. Date; Glanville’s Wootton, October 5, 1880. 
Note ‘ON THE LARV® OF CLEORA GLABRARIA.— At p. 207 of 
the ‘Entomologist’ for the present year I mentioned that all the 
larvee of Cleora glabraria I had taken in the New Forest this year 
had been destroyed by ichneumons. ‘The appearance of these 
larvee, after the parasites had spun their cocoons, was precisely 
the same as that of Boarmia repandata, so excellently delineated 
by Mr. G. C. Bignell, in the ‘ Entomologist’ for October, p. 244. 
I found that if the larvee were removed from the cocoons before 
all the parasites had emerged, they would find their way back 
to the mass of cocoons and seat themselves again in the same 
singular manner. At present none of the ichneumons have 
appeared in the perfect state.—J. JenNER Weir; 6, Haddo Villas, 
Blackheath, London, S.E. 
