THR ENTOMOLOGIST. 313 



Entomological Notes and Captures. 



Entomologfi at IVareham. — Have any of the readers of 

 the ' Eutoraologisl' observed the great paucity tl)ere has 

 l)een, so far, oi" Ijepidoptera ? During this month I do not 

 think the butterflies 1 have come across, and I am about a 

 good deal, have much, ilat all, exceeded a score of all sorts; 

 and from the other side of this county I get the like report. 

 At the end of April and beginning of May, however, I met 

 with Pyraraeis Cardui in greater abundance than I ever 

 remember having seen it before ; but besides this species 

 and a few specimens of P. Atalanta no butterflies even then 

 were to be seen. A correspondent some time since asked 

 whether Macroglossa Stellatarum had been seen in more 

 than usual abundance last season, owing to their great abun- 

 dance the previous year. As far as I was concerned I found 

 them scarcer than usual, and find I have only recorded 

 seeing two for the season — one on April 18ih, the other in 

 August. — {Rev.) J. L. Langdon Fiilford ; Combe Keynes^ 

 Wareham, June 25, 18G7. 



Captures in Kent, Essex and Surrey, during June and 

 July. — I have taken Eutheuionia Russula, Epione adve- 

 naria, Erastria venustula, Cidaria picata, Madopa sali- 

 calis, Hypena crassalis, Agrotis saucia, Calligenia miniata, 

 Chrosis Auduuinana, Oiindia ulmana, Limacodes Asellus (one 

 specimen). I have also had the pleasure of taking six speci- 

 mens of that most beautiful species Hypercallia Christier- 

 nana, in beautiful condition. — 'Iliouuts Eedle ; 9, Maidstone 

 Place, Goldsmif/i's Row, Hackney Road, July 12, 1867. 



Colias Editsa at Gravesend. — While out with my net on 

 the 26th ultimo I saw, but was unable to capture, a fine 

 specimen of C. Edusa. As this is an unusual tiu)e for its 

 appearance I send a notice of it. By a reference to the 

 'Entomologist' for March, 1866, I see its appearance in the 

 month of June has already been noted. — (Rev.) P.H. Jennings; 

 Longjicld Rectory, Gravesend, July 3, 1867. 



Abundance of the Larva of Pyrameis Cardui. — The 

 larva of Pyrameis Cardui has been taken in great abundance 

 this month at Burnt Ash Lane and on the railway- banks at 

 Forest Hill. I have taken a few myself from each place, and 

 there are abundance of small larvae at the present time. My 



