260 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
M. Constant says it is sometimes abundant in autumn, and 
then disappears for several years. I sent three or four larve 
to Mr. Buckler, and bred a few moths myself. The larva is 
quite different to that of C. verbasci, being shorter and with 
fewer markings. The moths appear the middle or end of 
May, a month or six weeks later than C. verbasci. I send 
for your acceptance a pair which M. Constant gave me. 
You will see that this species is more like C. lychnitis than 
C. verbasci. The larva of C. verbasci often feeds upon 
Scropbularia aquatica, but I believe Schropulariz only feeds 
upon Scrophularia nodosa, which always grows in dry 
places."—W. H. Harwood. 
Eupithecia Larve in Ireland.—Towards the end of 
August I was staying with friends near Queenstown. | had 
little or no opportunity of collecting, but one day [ went out 
for about half an hour and beat the flowers, growing at the 
edge of the wood and between it and the sea, into an umbrella. 
The flowers were Senecio Jacobea, Angelica sylvestris, Soli- 
dago virgaurea, and Evpatorium cannabinum,. On the Senecio 
the larva of Eupithecia virgaureata was common, much more 
so than E. absynthiata, which occurred sparingly on this 
plant and the Enupatorium, together with E. pumilata, 
E. coronata, and E. castigata; on the Angelica there were 
plenty of small larve of K.albipuncta. The buds of Clematis 
flammula in the garden were much eaten by the larva of 
E. isogrammata. During a short visit to Killarney I found 
the larva of E. satyrata feeding upon the flowers of Scabiosa 
snccisa in the wilder parts of the Gap of Dunloe.—[Rev.] H. 
Harpur Crewe ; October 4, 1876. 
Pyralis verlicalis in Westmoreland.—In August _I took 
this “ pearl” at Witherslack ; and I saw a specimen captured 
near here a short time ago. This is the first time | have 
known of its occurrence so far north. My mind always 
associated it with the neighbourhood of London: probably 
the railways bring specimens amongst us.—J. B. Hodgkinson ; 
15, Spring Bank, Preston, September 11, 1876. 
Bees making Comb in a Hedge.—My ueighbour Mr. Row- 
land, of Crestow, has just communicated to me the following 
singular circumstance. In the latter part of the month of June 
he had a swarm of bees, which, instead of settling in the 
immediate vicinity of the hive, flew away. As the swarm 
