1a THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
and I have or some years found it in plenty on rails and railway chairs; 
in any of the above positions it is most difficult to find, owing to the 
precaution which the larva adopts to ensure its safety. After a long and 
persistent search I have been rewarded with over 300 pups, and nearly all 
were found while the snow was deep on the ground; of course it was only 
possible to search the parts where the sun had melted the snow. Phigalia 
pilosaria was well on the wing in February, and several were found quietly 
sitting on the trees with the thermometer many degrees below freezing 
point, and a coating of six inches of snow on the ground. My opportunities 
~ for searching for Stilbia anomala and other larvee have been much restricted, 
owing to the snow. TI have only seen about three dozen anomala, a few 
Triphana orbona, and other Noctue larve being found at the same time. 
Scoparia larve are not rare just now on moss-covered walls; and Solenobia 
larve are again on the move, although the majority appear to have pupated. 
The two “ Tigers,” Cheloniacaia and Aretia (Spilosoma) fuliginosa, have both 
awakened from their winter’s sleep; they are both more plentiful than usual. 
T have also seen a few small Chelonia plantaginis larvee. One or two hyber- 
nating Tineew have been found on quiet evenings, fluttering over the snow. 
Larentia multistrigaria is also now on the wing; it is about a month later 
than last year.—Ww. Rem; Pitcaple, N.B., March 18, 1892. 
Late Specimen or Ertons vespertarta.—Whilst collecting larve of 
Bombyx rubi and Spilosoma fuliginosa on Strensall Common, near York, 
on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 3rd, 1891, I found a somewhat worn 
specimen of Hpione vespertaria at rest on dwarf sallow. This is by far the 
latest date on which this species has been known to occur.—W. HEweETtt ; 
12, Howard Street, York. 
UsvaLty Common Morus scarck IN 1891.— Cheimatobia brumata, 
C. boreata, also Hybernia aurantiaria and H. defoliaria, did not occur last 
season in the neighbourhood of York in anything like their usual abun- 
dance, whilst Himera pennaria totally failed to put in an appearance, and 
Oporabia dilutata was represented by some half-dozen specimens.— 
W. HeEwert. 
Earty APPEARANCE oF Pieris RaP#.— An imago of Pieris rape 
(a male) was brought to me on Sunday, the 24th January. It was taken 
on the wing, on the main road here, at about four o’clock in the afternoon, 
and it would appear to me that it had emerged on the same day. Excepting 
a small fold in one of the wings, it is a well-grown specimen. As I have 
never before heard of so early an appearance of this insect, I should be glad 
to know if it has previously been seen in Britain in the month of January. 
T conclude the necessary heat can only have been derived from some 
artificial source. I may add that the weather had for the few days pre- 
ceding been unusually mild—lLionet R. Crawsway; Llandaff, S. Wales, 
Jan. 29, 1892. 
ARGYNNIS LATONA IN DevonsHirE. —I may record the capture by 
myself here on September 11th, 1871, of a perfect specimen of Argynnis 
latona, now in my cabinet. It was flying over a rough fallow field, in 
which a quantity of borage always grows wild. I remember I could not 
make out, from its appearance and flight, whether it was Huphrosyne or 
Megera, and caught it to see; and never shall I forget the excitement I 
experienced when I found the prize I had got.—H. F. Srupp; Oxton, 
Exeter, April 16, 1892. 
