190 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



L. straminea 7, Senta Ulvas 1, Mamestra anceps, Apamea 

 fibrosa, Agrotis valligera, A. aqiiilina, Noctua Dahlii, N. 

 glareola, Cirra^dia xeranipelina, Brepha Partbenias 50 males, 

 B. notba 13 males. — T. Last; Borough Road, IpswicJf, 

 October 13, 1866. 



Galls of the Sycamore. — A correspondent, wbo desires to 

 be nameless, bas forwarded me a leaf of tbe sycamore com- 

 pletely covered witb pear-sbaped excrescences on tbe upper 

 side, and expresses a wisb tbat I sliould say sometbing about 

 tbem in tbe ' Entomologist.' Familiar as I bave been for very 

 many years witb tbese little currant-like bodies, I must con- 

 fess ray ignorance of tbeir nature; but baving applied to Mr, 

 Armistead, I learn tbat tbey are said by Bremi to be caused 

 by a four-legged Acarus, Cepbaloneura niyriddenm : any- 

 additional information on tbe subject will be tbankfully 

 received. — Edward Newman. 



Ennomos Alniaria bred. — On a recent visit to Mr. Double- 

 day I bad tbe gratification of seeing a most perfect and 

 beautiful pair of Ennomos Alniaria, bred by Mr. Hellins, of 

 Exeter, from eggs obtained last year at Gosport by Mr. Lacy. 

 —Id. 



Ennomos Alniaria at Deal. — On tbe 2nd of October I 

 took a male of tbis rare species on a gas-lamp ; it was not a 

 fine one. Tbis makes tbe tbird specimen 1 bave taken on 

 tbis coast, all near one spot. — H. J. Harding. 



Choerocampa Celerio at Coggeshall. — Mr. H. Lawrence 

 has captured a specimen of C. Celerio. He bas also suc- 

 ceeded in finding and rearing tbe caterpillar of tbis species 

 feeding on tbe vine. They were botb found at Coggesball. — 

 Charles Denny ; Kelvedon, Essex, November, 1866. 



Emmelesia hifasciata near Preston. — Mr. Hodgkinson 

 records, in tbe Ent. Mo. Mag. for October, tbe capture of 

 about forty specimens of E, bifasciata ; tbis was in tbe first 

 week of August last: tbey were beaten out of an old bedge. 



Leistus inontanus in Scotland. — Mr. Blackburn records, in 

 tbe Ent. Mo. Mag. for October, tbe capture of one specimen 

 of L. montanus, on tbe summit of Scbeballion, in July last. 



Gelechia anindineteUa at Lee. — Mr. Douglas records, in 

 tbe ' Entomologist's JMonlbly Magazine' for September, tbat 

 he found tbis insect in a swampy place at Lee, among Carex 

 riparia or C. paludosa. 



