with a broad dark gray central band ; second line ang^lated and wavy, edged 

 xrith. whitish ; central spot oblong and black.' It expands somewhat over an 

 inch and occurs in the months of June and July. Like the rest of the genus 

 Coremia it has the antenuse of the male pectinated, the abdomen marked 

 ■\vith a double row of black spots, and entire rather rounded wings. Pupa 

 subterranean. Thibner describes the larva as ' yellowish gray, marbled with 

 brown, spLracular line blackish, sometimes interrupted.' According to the 

 same authority it is found in April, May, and August, probably being 

 hatched in August, hybernating when young, and feeding up in Spring. The 

 other insect I would notice is Macaria hturata, the ' tawny barred angle ' 

 moth. Like Quadrifasciata it has only made its presence known by one 

 specimen being taken. I took this on the 29th of May, and it is almost the 

 only instance I have met with this season of an insect showing itself before 

 the usual time of emergence. It was taken in a fir- wood in company with a 

 niunber of Fidonia piniaria, who were gaUy flying about in the sunshine 

 around their food plant, the common Scotch fir, on which tree Liturata also 

 feeds when in the larva state. The usual time of emergence is the month of 

 July, when it may be found at rest by day in many counties where there is 

 any quantity of Scotch fir growing. It is recorded as abundant near Man- 

 chester, and common in many other places. The imago is shortly described 

 as expanding from an inch to an inch and a quarter, with fore wings of a 

 slaty gray ; first, second, and central line indistinctly darker, but appearing as 

 black spots on the costa ; beyond the second line is a yellowish band edged 

 towards the costa with tawny. Like the other] two species of the genus 

 Macaria, it has oblong fore wings with a slight hook at the tip, and a rounded 

 indentation below, forming a very marked characteristic ; the hind wings are 

 rather indented with a prolonged caudal angle. The antennae of this species 

 are slightly pubescent in the male — in the other species of the genus they are 

 simple — in all they are simple in the female. The larva may be secured by 

 beating the Scotch fir in September. It feeds on, and much resembles the 

 needles of that plant, no doubt for purposes of concealment. It is green, with 

 fine white stripes and a brown head. It turns to a pupa on the surface of the 

 ground, and remains in that state all the winter. These two insects are the 

 oidy ones I took new to the county last season, but I have much pleasure in 

 recording the capture of a second larva of that very rare moth, Acronycta 

 alui. It was brought to me on a nut leaf, but as the bush it was found on 

 was directly under an oak it might have dropped from an overhanging branch 

 of that tree. Like a former larva I had the good fortune to secure, it pre- 

 ferred Alder to all other food, drank a large quantity of water, and rested on 

 the upper surface of the leaf. 



