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Larva or APAMEA OPHIOGRAMMA IN Notts.—When I identified the 
larves sent to me by Mr. Pearson, of Chilwell, Nottingham, as that of A. ophio- 
gramma (Eutom. xxiv. 299}, I had not the least doubt in my own mind but 
that the caterpillar was correctly determined. It seemed to agree with a 
continental description of the larva of the species, and also reminded me of 
a larva I found on ribbon grass in my garden some years ago, from which I 
bred a crippled specimen of ophiogramma. Mr. W. H. Harwood, of 
Colchester, has been good enough to enter into correspondence with me 
upon this matter, and his remarks, cited below, cause me to think that 
possibly my determination of Mr. Pearson’s larva may have been erroneous. 
Referring to Apamea unanimis and A. ophiogramma, Mr. Harwood says :— 
* Both species feed on ribbon grass; but I expect that, while wnanimis 
feeds up in the autumn and hybernates full-fed, ophiogramma is to be found 
feeding in the spring. I have bred the former species repeatedly, and have 
larve hybernating now; I shall find others about April if all goes well, but 
they do not feed after hybernation. I have dug them out of the ground 
when pupa-digging, and frequently found them under loose bark and in 
flood refuse, &c., when searching for beetles. No doubt the principal food 
of both species is Phalaris arundinacea, of which the ribbon grass is a 
cultivated variety. The larva of wnanimis lives in a sort of case formed by 
drawing a blade of grass together at its edges, and as these cases are heavy 
when the larve grow large they can easily be found hanging on the plants. 
When quite full-fed the larvee sometimes go under ground during the day- 
time I fancy. They also feed on sedges, and can easily be found by parting 
the leaves.” I donot now remember whether I found the larva of ophio- 
gramma in the autumn or spring; but I distinctly recollect that in the 
spring or early summer of the year following that in which I bred 
ophiogramma I was away from home, and on my return I found the patch 
of ribbon grass had been dug up and destroyed because it appeared to be 
unhealthy. I may add that I am acquainted with the larva of A. unanimis, 
as I frequently found it under bark of willow trees in the Mill Hill district. 
Curiously enough the Nottingham caterpillar did not suggest this species, 
but probably the ribbon grass may have misled me if my identification 
should ultimately prove to be wrong.—RicHarD Soutu ; 12, Abbey Gardens, 
St. John’s Wood, N.W., Jan. 4, 1892. 
_ Leprpoprera oF Boenor.-—Mr. Alfred Lloyd, of the Dome, Bognor, 
has prepared a list of the Lepidoptera taken by himself in his district. In 
fact the 291 species enumerated by him appear to have been captured, with 
one or two exceptions, in his own grounds. The list comprises— 
20 Rhopalocera; 8 Sphinges; 26 Bombyces ; 98 Noctue, including Heli- 
othis armigera and Aventia flexula; 83 Geometre, among which are 
Eurymene dolobraria and Eupithecia fraxinata; 20 Pyralides; 5 Ptero- 
phori; 8 Crambi, the best species being Crambus verellus ; 23 Tortrices. 
It jmay be mentioned that this list, which was originally published in the 
‘ Proceedings of the West Sussex Nat. Hist. Soc.’ for 1889, has been issued 
as a reprint, and also appears, together with lists of other natural-history 
objects of the neighbourhood, as an appendix to Webster and Webb’s 
‘ Boguor Guide.’ 
CaTOCALA NUPTA RESTING ON ConcRETE Watts.—TI have noticed a 
peculiar habit of Catocala nupta which I do not remember having seen 
recorded before. The habit in question is the fondness which this moth 
ENTOM.—MARCH, 1892, H 
