JUNE. Ill 



In this way may be obtained many rare species, 

 Notodonta dromedarius, Ptilodontis palpina and 

 Chcerocampa Elpenor, while Smerinthus Populi 

 occurs commonly, and S. Tilice and ocellatus more 

 sparingly, and Pygcera bucephala in abundance, toge- 

 ther with a good supply of Geometrce ; the commoner 

 species often in little swarms, together w r ith Pyralides 

 and Crambina. 



There are also many plants and shrubs which are 

 extremely attractive to Lepidoptera, at the flowers of 

 which they may be readily captured while sporting 

 over them, and buzzing or feeding at them. Of these 

 Silene inflata, Virginia stock, honeysuckle, common 

 red Valerian and the blossoms of the lime tree, now 

 deserve our attention. 



There are three Tinea that demand some notice, viz. : 

 Acrolepia perlepidella, Nothris Durdhamella and 

 Coleophora ochrea. Of the rare Acrolepia perlepi- 

 della it is stated (Entomologist's Annual, 1856, p. 54), 

 " Mr. Vaughan took about ten indifferent specimens, 

 August 28th, 1854, flying in the sunshine round a 

 privet-bush, surrounded by oaks and birches, in Leigh 

 Wood, near Bristol ! This year Mr. Vaughan again 

 met with the species in the same locality, June 18th 

 and 28th." 



Of Coleophora ochrea Mr. Stainton states (Ento- 

 mologist's Annual, 1856, page 55), " The larva feeds, 

 so Herr Schmid assures me, on Helianthemum vulgare, 

 the latter half of June eating the leaves. The case 

 must be very conspicuous; it is more than half-an- 

 inch long, cylindrical, brownish-ochreous." While of 

 Nothris Durdhamella, it is the solution of Enigma 



