212 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



Sep. 3 A single specimen emerged in my breeding 

 cage at Poole, constituting a second brood, a 

 most unusual occurrence with the species. 

 (W.P.C.) 



NOTODONTIDAE. 



(29) Cerura furcula. The Sallow Kitten. 



Sep. 2 A single larva at Canford Bottom. (W.P.C.) 



(30) Dicranura vinula. The Puss Moth. 



Aug. 13 A half-fed larva at Swanage. (W.P.C.) 



(31) Stauropus fagi. The Lobster Moth. 



Sep. 2 One larva. 



Sep. 3 Two larvae at Canford Bottom, by E.H.C. 



This confirms, for the first time that I am aware 

 of, Seager's century-old record given in C. W. 

 Dale's Lepidoptera of Dorset. (W.P.C.) 



(32) Notodonta ziczac. The Pebble Prominent. 

 June 25 A larva at Canford. (W.P.C.) 



Aug. 20 A most extraordinary larva at Swanage. It 

 was feeding on Po'pulus balsamifera in immed- 

 iate juxtaposition to a tarred post, one might 

 almost say " in contact to " a tarred post, and 

 the colour is so extraordinary that one feels 

 tempted to describe it as black. However, 

 there was a slight admixture of orange, rose, and 

 very dark green, but the general effect was 

 black. I have figured and photographed the 

 larva. 



(33) Lophopteryx camelina. The Coxcomb Prominent. 



Sep. 2 In Canford Bottom these larvae were nearly 

 full fed by this date, and were fairly abundant. 



