20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the beginning of September we made several visits to some ponds 

 near Loughton, and on the 3rd of that mouth we took there a series of 

 Lestes sponsa. At the same ponds, on the same day, we found Enal- 

 lagma cijatlwjerum plentiful ; in our report for 1902 we remarked upon 

 the apparent scarcity of this species iu the forest, but perhaps it would 

 be more correct to describe the insect as being very local rather than 

 scarce. We continued to collect the undermentioned species until the 

 date noted against each : — A. ■paella, Sept. 1st ; I. elegans, Sept. 4th ; 

 E. cyathigerum, Sept. 4th ; M. grandis, Sept, 13th ; .E. cyanea, Sept. 

 20th; S. striolatum, Sept. 20th.— F. W. & H. Campion; Waltham- 

 stow, Essex, Nov. 6th, 1903. 



Notes on some Lepidoptera keaked during 1903. — I was much 

 interested with Mr. F. A. Oldaker's notes on Lepidoptera bred during 

 the past season, and can sympathize with him in the ill-luck which he 

 experienced with some of the species. I thought that a few remarks 

 with regard to those which I attempted to breed might not be without 

 interest. 



In February and March I obtained a number of common species, 

 such as Triphana pronuba and Phloguphora vieticulosa, together with a 

 few Triphana jimbrin, by searching in the gardeu after dark with a 

 lantern. To save trouble, I kept these under glass in the kitchen, to 

 induce them to feed up quickly and pupate before the usual time. This 

 plan was very successful, and nearly all produced fine imagines in due 

 course. Later on, by beating birch, crab-apple, &c., in this district, I 

 took numbers of larvae of Hybernia defolUiria H . aurantiaria, and Xnla 

 cucnllatella, all of which I was successful in bringing through to the 

 perfect state. The H. defoliaria are nearly all of a very dark form. 

 From aspen I obtained a few larvfe of Tethea subtusa, a species which 

 I had not previously found here. Unfortunately only one pupated 

 successfully, but this produced a lovely specimen, which emerged on 

 the 9th July. I completely failed -with Snurlnthus ocellatus, of which I 

 had about one hundred ova from a New Forest female (laid May 29th, 

 30th, and 31st). The larvae began hatching on June 11th, but nearly 

 all died when quite young ; a few only grew to about half size, when 

 they also died off. 



Of Nyssia hispidaria I had about twenty ova sent me, which began 

 hatching April 14th. The larvae did very well till full grown, when 

 they died otf in the most disappointing way, one by one. I was more 

 successful with Demas coryli, and have now some pupas resulting from 

 about fifty ova laid at the beginning of June. These hatched between 

 June 6th and 15th, and fed up well on oak. 



Another species with which I was unsuccessful was Endromis 

 versicolor. The larvfe hatched from May 2nd onwards, and although I 

 provided them with fresh birch I could not induce them to even com- 

 mence feeding, and all died in a few days. 



When in the New Forest, at Whitsuntide, I obtained a very worn 

 female of Tephroda consortaria, which on June 1st and 2nd laid a 

 number of ova in a chip-box, placing them quite out of sight between 

 two layers of the wood. The egg is bright green when laid, oblong 

 in shape, with rounded ends, and the surface minutely pitted. These 

 hatched in due course, but in my subsequent absence from home were 



