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(= spinula), 2; Stauropus fag, 1 (the only one ever taken here) ; Notodonta 
trepida, 3; N.trimacula (= dodonea), 4; Demas coryli, commonly ; Apamea 
basilinea, 3 or 4; Agrotis cinerea, 4; Pachnobia rubricosa, 1 ; Dianthecia 
cucubali, 1 or 2; Hadena adusta, commonly; H. thalassina, several ; 
Eurymene dolobraria, 3; Selenia lunaria, 4 or 5; Tephrosia luridata 
(= eatersaria), 1; Bapta bimaculata (= taminata), several ; Numeria 
pulveraria, commonly; Hupithecia pusillata, 1; Phibalapterya vitalbata, 
2 or 3; Cidaria silaceata, several. I have seen more species of the better 
class about this year than I have observed for several years past at this 
place, and last evening (June 3rd) the sugar was covered with moths ; the 
first time I have seen it so, here, since 1888.—W. M. Curisty ; Watergate, 
Emsworth, Hants, June 4, 1892. 
Foop or THE Larya or ASTEROSCOPUS NUBECULOSA.— Birch is gene- 
rally considered to be the proper food of this species ; but elm, hornbeam, 
buckthorn, and guelder rose have been mentioned as food-plants. Quite 
recently I have found that the larva will eat sallow, and is very fond of 
honeysuckle. I have ascertained by experiment that the larve will do very 
well for two or three days on a diet of these plants, but I am not prepared 
to say that they would thrive if supplied with honeysuckle and sallow only. 
When birch can be obtained it should be given, but those plants I have 
mentioned will be founa useful as occasional substitutes—RicHARD Sours ; 
12, Abbey Gardens, N.W. 
A Correction.—I find that the insect taken by me at Lytham last 
year was not Lycena adonis, but a variety of Lyce@na icarus, male, with 
barred fringes to the wings [vide Entom. xxiv. 267].—G. RensHaw; Sale 
Bridge House, Sale, Cheshire. 
A Saturpay Hatr-Hotipay at RickmanswortH. — On the 11th 
of June last I went out for a few hours’ collecting in the neighbourhood 
of Rickmansworth. On alighting at the station, | at once made my way 
for some grey poplar trees (Populus canescens), upon which I had on the 
previous Saturday evening found several larve of T’@niocampa populeti, 
but I only obtained one caterpillar of the species this time. However, 1 
collected a nice lot of rolled poplar leaves, from which I hope to breed 
Paedisca opthalnicana later on, and possibly also Orthotenia branderiana, 
as I have obtained both species in the locality in former years. Having 
operated on the birches without any satisfactory result, 1 next visited a 
meadow situated near the railway and about halfway between Rickmans- 
worth and Northwood stations. In this meadow I have seen Jno statices 
fairly common, but only one specimen was netted on this occasion. Zygena 
jilipendule and Z, trifolii were both out, and I secured some nice speci- 
mens of each, including two examples of the confluent form of the last- 
named species. Both species were flying together. Hpinephele tanira was 
just emerging, as also was Camptogramma bilineata. ‘Lhe larva of the 
latter insect is a grass-feeder, but the imagines resort to the hedges soon 
alter emergence trom the pupa, and, as 18 well known, are often a great 
nuisance to the collector engaged in hedgerow work. Svon after 7 p.m. the 
evening flight of Hmmelesia albulata commenced, and was at its height 
about 8 o’clock. A little later, numbers of Miana fasciuncula were to be seen 
darting about, and soon afterwards Hepialus lupulinus began to scour the 
plain. Inetted a number of Miana, but all were fasciuncula, not a single 
M. strigilis among the lot. From time to time larger moths dashed across the 
