92° THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
aquaticus) in May and again in August; P. zetterstedtu, which 
probably feeds in the stem or shoots of one of the Composite 
growing in woods, possibly golden-rod (Solidago virgaurea) or a 
species of Senecio; Amblyptilia acanthodactylus, to be found 
feeding on several low-growing plants in June and July. I once 
found a larva on geranium in a garden at Ealing in August. 
Should any entomologist obtain larvee of either cof the above 
species, or any other not yet described in this series of papers, 
I shall be greatly obliged if he will kindly favour me with a 
couple for figuring and description. It is well to remember a 
locality where imagines of a plume moth of which we require 
larve have been observed, for there, if we only know the food- 
plant, we may commence the search with some degree of con- 
fidence as to the result. Of course a knowledge of such data 
would help considerably in the finding of the larva of any species 
of Lepidoptera, but, considering the very sluggish and stay-at- 
home habits of the majority of the “plumes,” I submit that 
without some idea of the exact spot where such insects as 
Leioptilus lenigianus, Oxyptilus teucrii, and Mimeseoptilus pheo- 
dactylus occur, searching the food-plant for the larve of either 
species would usually be unsuccessful. I do not imply that it is 
useless to search for the larva of a species if we are not aware of 
the imago having occurred in the neighbourhood of the food- 
plant; on the contrary, such searching might result in adding 
new localities for some of our rarer Pterophoride.—RicHarp 
Sourn; 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John’s Wood, London, N.W., 
Ist March, 1883. 
AXCHMIA DENTELLA NEAR Croypon.—I have pleasure in 
recording the capture of twenty fine specimens of this rare insect 
from a hedge of very mixed growth at Crombhurst, near Croydon. 
The specimens were taken from the first to the second week in 
June last, being then in beautiful condition. I also met with a 
few Phoxopteryx derasana, one Phtheocroa rugosana, and three 
(cophora trisignella.—Witt1am Macuin; 22, Argyle Road, 
Carlton Square, E., March 16, 1883. 
Movrinta RuFIPES.—One morning last June or July (I am not 
sure which), whilst returning from Stakes Wood, on the edge of 
a small copse between Stakes and Purbrook I found a wingless 
insect, of which I enclose a sketch. ‘he description is as 
follows:—Head black, thinly covered with black hair. Two 
