20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the beginning of September we made several visits to some ponds 

 near Loughton, and on the 3rd of that month we took there a series of 

 Lestes sponsa. At the same ponds, on the same day, we found Enal- 

 lagma ci/athiiieriwi plentiful ; in our report for 1902 we remarked upon 

 the apparent scarcity of this species in the forest, but perhaps it would 

 be more correct to describe the insect as being very local rather than 

 scarce. We continued to collect the undermentioned species until the 

 date noted against each : — A. paella, Sept. 1st ; I. elegnns, Sept. 4th ; 

 E. cyathigerum, Sept. 4th ; jE. grandis, Sept. 13th ; ^E. cyanen, Sept. 

 20th ; S. stnolatim, Sept. 20th.— F. W. & H. Campion ; Waltham- 

 stow, Essex, Nov. 6th, 1903. 



Notes on some Lepidoptera reared during 1903. — I was much 

 interested with Mr. F. A. Oldaker's notes on Lepidoptera bred during 

 the past season, and can sympathize with him in the ill-iuck which he 

 experienced with some of the species. I thought that a few remarks 

 with regard to those which I attempted to breed might not be without 

 interest. 



In February and March I obtained a number of common species, 

 such as Triphcena pro}iuba and Phloyophord vieticulosa, together with a 

 few TriphcEna Jhibria, by searching in the garden after dark with a 

 lantern. To save trouble, I kept these under glass in the kitchen, to 

 induce them to feed up quickly and pupate before the usual time. This 

 plan was very successful, and nearly all produced fine imagines in due 

 course. Later ou, by beating birch, crab-apple, &c., in this district, I 

 took numbers of larvffi of Hybemia defoliaria H. aurantiaria, and yola 

 cucullatella, all of which I was successful in bringing through to the 

 perfect state. The H. defoliaria are nearly all of a very dark form. 

 From aspen I obtained a few larv» of Tethea subtiisa, a species which 

 I had not previously found here. Unfortunately only one pupated 

 successfully, but this produced a lovely specimen, which emerged on 

 the 9th July. I completely failed with Smerinthus oceUatus, of which I 

 had about one hundred ova from a New Forest female (laid May 29th, 

 30th, and 31st). The larvfe began hatching on June 11th, but nearly 

 all died when quite young ; a few only grew to about half size, when 

 they also died off. 



Of Nyssia hispidarla I had about twenty ova sent me, which began 

 hatching April 14th. The larvae did very well till full grown, when 

 they died off in the most disappointing way, one by one. I was more 

 successful with Demas coryli, and have now some pupae resulting from 

 about fifty ova laid at the beginning of June. These hatched between 

 June 6th and 15th, and fed up well on oak. 



Another species with which I was unsuccessful was Endromis 

 versiculor. The larvae hatched from May 2nd onwards, and although I 

 provided them with fresh birch I could not induce them to even com- 

 mence feeding, and all died in a few days. 



When in the New Forest, at Whitsuntide, I obtained a very worn 

 female of Tejjhrosia consortaria, which on June 1st and 2nd laid a 

 number of ova in a chip-box, placing them quite out of sight between 

 two layers of the wood. The egg is bright green when laid, oblong 

 in shape, with rounded ends, and the surface minutely pitted. These 

 hatched in due course, but in my subsequent absence from home were 



