82 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Ephippiphora foeneana (in some numbers) and Dicro- 
rampha simpliciana (sparingly).—Were reared from roots of 
Artemisia vulgaris, collected at Darenth, in April. 
Xanthosetia Zogana.—A fine series were bred in July, 
from roots of Centaurea nigra, collected at Darenth, in April. 
Nephopleryx angustella—Was not uncommon, but very 
local, on horse-chestnut trees, at Hampstead, in June. 
Peronea cristana.—l have again reared this species from 
larve found between united leaves of hawthorn, collected in 
July, at Loughton. 
Ephippiphora nigricostanaa—Two specimens emerged in 
July, from the roots of Stachys sylvatica, collected in March, 
at Loughton. 
Semasia rufillana.—A fine series were bred in July, from 
seed-heads of wild carrot, collected at Southend, in Sep- 
tember. 
Scythropia crategella.—Latve in June and imagos in July, 
amongst blackthorn at Loughton, but rare. 
Butalis chenopodiella.—Larve in plenty amongst Cheno- 
podium, on a piece of waste ground at Wanstead, in August. 
W. Macain. 
22, Argyle Road, Carlton Square, N.E. 
January 19, 1875. 
Over the Fells in Summer, and Capture of Argynnis Niobe 
in North Lancashire. By C. 8. Greeson, Esq. 
At the end of July, 1871, I met my old friend J. B. 
Hodgkinson at Preston, and proceeded to Witherslack, in 
Westmoreland, on a collecting expedition, with head-quarters 
at the “Stanley Arms” there. On August Ist (insects gene- 
rally being passé in the immediate neighbourhood) we went 
to Witherslack Hall woods: here also we found Emmelesia 
teniata was over, and I determined to put a long-intended 
expedition into force, namely, to prospect the terra incognita 
between the shores of Morecambe Bay and Hawkshead, 
beyond Windermere Lake. ‘Taking a hearty farewell of my 
good friend I pressed upwards through the woods (there very 
thick), until 1 found open ground at the top of the wood, and 
saw Argynnis Adippe in plenty around me. Here I amused 
myself until half-past 9 A.M, taking Adippe, examining them 
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