NOTES FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 89 



Hybernia defoliaria in December. — On Dec. 28th I took two male 

 Hybernia defoUaria off Knole Park fences, near Sevenoaks ; they exactly 

 represent the two forms figured in Newman. — D. P. Turner; ]4, Have- 

 lock Road, Tonbridge, Jan. 17th, 1895. 



[This species has been occasionally observed in the spring, and in 1891 

 was taken as late as March 4th {vide Entom. xxiv. 99). — Ed.] 



Early Appearance of Phigalia pedaria — A specimen of this 

 insect, evidently newly emerged, I obtained at electric light, at 11 p.m. on 

 December 14th, which was very mild and raining. Is not this an excep- 

 tionally early emergence? — Claude A. Pyett ; 28, Waterloo Road, 

 Ipswich. [This species was observed in November, December, and 

 January, during the winter of 1873-4 (Entom. vii. 91). In 1893 Mr. 

 Reid, of Pitcaple, obtained a female specimen on December 27th (Entom. 

 xxvh. 147). A specimen was taken in 1882 as late as the middle of June 

 (Entom. XX. 110). — Ed.] 



Great Abundance of Larv^ of Abraxas grossulariata, 1894. — 

 I could not help noting the immense numbers of these larvae upon 

 Euonymus last autumn. Nearly every plant of any size was infested with 

 them. 1 noticed that the imago was particularly common last season, even 

 in the high roads, and was found flying in the broad daylight. It would be 

 interesting to know if these larvae were found in any abundance on currant 

 or gooseberry bushes. I had quite as many larvae to hybernate as I could 

 manage, or I should have been tempted to secure a large quantity for 

 variety breeding. — A. T. Mitchell; 5, Clayton Terrace, Gunnersbury, 

 W., Jan. 28tli, 1895. 



LARViE OF Ypsipetes ruberata. — In April last, while searching for 

 pupae under the loose bark on some railings, 1 found several small yellowish 

 larvae enclosed in a loose cocoon in a rather advanced state of pupation — 

 one or two had only just spun up. Quoting from Newman's ' British 

 Moths,' " The caterpillar is described by Mr. Machin as rather hairy, and 

 of a dirty white or greyish colour. Mr. Doubleday informs me that it 

 changes to a shiny black chrysalis in the autumn, and remains in that state 

 through the autumn." The larvae I found were not hairy, and evidently 

 must have hyberuated. Unfortunately, several of the imagines emerged 

 hopeless cripples, and I only succeeded in obtaining one perfect specimen. 

 — A. H. Blake ; High Street, Biggleswade. 



NOTES FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 



Abnormal Emergence of Endromis versicolor. — Out of twenty- 

 seven healthy pupae obtained last autumn nineteen yielded imagines in 

 April. The remainder of the insects not emerging at the proper time, 

 the pupae were put out in the garden for the winter. An imago was 

 observed in the breeding-cage on October 11th, and seven others 

 emerged in the next eight days. — (L. Frosch, Societas Entomologica, xi. 

 19, 148, 1894.) 



An Attempt to cross Bombyx castrensis and B. alpioola. — Herr 

 Selmons has attempted to obtain a hybrid between B. castreiisis and 

 B. alpicoia, but without success. A union was obtained between a 

 female castrensis and a male alijicula, but only one instance of successful 



