188 THE KNTOMOLOGI8T. 



Family Agaristid^. 



206. Xanthospilopteryx fatima, Kirhy. — a. Lugumbwas, 

 Chagwe; March 1, 1898. 



207. -^GOCKRA TRICOLOR, Dviice. — a. 



Family Saturniad^. 



208. Anther^a zaddachii, Dewitz. — a. 



Family Geometrid^. 



209. Terina sp. — a. Campi Rao, Nandi ; March 14, 1898. 



210. EuBOLiA dispunctaria, Guen. — a. Muani, Ukambani ; 

 August 17, 1897. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Contributions to the National Collection of British Lepidoptera. 

 — The Rev. W. Claxton, Navestock Vicarage, Romford : eight speci- 

 mens of Caradrina avihigua, and three forms of Anchocelis lunosa. Mr. 

 A. H. Clarke, 109, Warwick Road, S.W. : an example of Cerastis 

 erythrocephala, taken at Marlow in October, 1859. 



Yellow Colouring of Cocoon of Plusia moneta, Result of 

 Moisture. — On the 12th May I found a small larva of this moth on 

 monkshood, which spun its cocoon on the 30th, this was until 

 yesterday quite white, when I sprinkled with water the inside of the 

 box in which I kept it and other pups. Some of the drops of water, 

 I noticed, happened to fall on this cocoon. An hour or so after I was 

 surprised to find that the moneta cocoon was spotted with yellow just 

 where the drops of water had fallen. To-day I damped the whole 

 cocoon, and turned it to a uniform yellow all over. This explains, I 

 think, why cocoons found in a natural state on the food- plants are 

 always yellow, as they would get moistened by rain or dew. — J. F. 

 Bird ; The Lodge, Cowfold, Sussex, June 15th, 1903. 



Note on Spilosoma mendica. — It is not uncommon to see females 

 of Spilosoma mendica flying short distances in the hot sunshine. It 

 appears to differ in this habit to the rest of the genus, lubricipeda and 

 menthastri being such lethargic insects in the daytime. Mendica seems 

 in this respect more to resemble Phragmatobia fuliginosa, which I have 

 taken on the wing ; but it must be said in either case it has always 

 been o. female specimen. I do not know if other collectors have seen 

 males of 8. mendica, or females of H. lubricipeda or S. menthastri flying 

 in the daytime. — T. B. Jefferys ; Bath, June 2nd, 1903. 



Melit^a aurinia var. hibernica. — With regard to Mr. Kane's 

 mention of Melitaa aurinia, quoted by Mr. Freke, ayite, p. Ill, I beg 

 to say they were reared or captured specimens from Cromlyn bog, 

 about two miles from the town of Rathowen. Some other specimens 



