188 the entomologist. 



Sphingid-i;. 



730. THlina tilm, Linn. One undeveloped specimen for a pupa. 



749. Deilephila eupliorbia:, Linn. Common. 



749i. D. euphorbicB var. grentzenherrfi, Stgr. This is the moth that 

 I erroneously alluded to as a var. of D. livornica on p. 307, 1903. 

 Found on the higher grounds, D. euphorbue proper on the lower ; fairly 

 common. 



NOTODONTID.E. 



866. Fijfjara curtula, Linn. 



Lymantrid^. 

 944. Ocneria rubea, F. 



LASIOCAMPlDiE. 



970//. Ladocampa qxiercus, Linn., var. sicula, Stgr. I have not 

 quercus proper ; neither do I think it has been found at Naples. 



(To be continued.) 



CAPTUEES AND FIELD KEPORTS. 



Note on Halias prasinana. — From nine larvffi which I beat last 

 August, I have so far reared eight imagines. Of these one female has 

 the hind wings yellow. Barrett (vol. ii. p. 174) says female has white 

 hind wiugs ; my specimen seems to be more sparsely scaled on the 

 hind wings than my males. I have had one pupa exposed in the 

 cocoon all the winter, and, except when away, have looked at it every 

 day. It never, as far as I can remember, presented the same side 

 twice successively ; thus the pupa turned in the cocoon every day. 

 The under side of the pupa is originally bright green, and only turns 

 to orange about March. The wing-cases become bright green three 

 days before emergence. — H. V. Plum ; The College, Epsom. 



Deilophila livornica in England, 1904. — 



Carlisle. — On May 17th last a fine specimen of the above was 

 brought to me alive, it having been taken at rest on a barber's shop- 

 window in Botchergate, Carlisle, about 9.45 p.m. on the evening of 

 May 16th. It formed quite a centre of attraction to passers-by for 

 some little time before being taken off. It is in good condition except 

 a slight damage to right side, where its captor had grasped it with his 

 fingers, and some of the scales rubbed off the abdomen during contact 

 with the inevitable match-box. It is a male, and measures three and 

 a quarter inches from tip to tip of the wings. I have never heard of 

 any previous record of this insect being taken in or near Carlisle. — 

 J. Ed. Shwaytes ; 8, Clement Place, Blackwell Road, Carlisle, 

 June 20th, 1904. 



Devonshire. — A specimen of this moth was taken at Yelverton, near 

 Plymouth, on May 19th. A cat was playing with it in my garden at 

 about 6 a.m. Fortunately it was secured in perfect condition. — 

 C. W. Bracken ; Brentor View, Yelverton, S. Devon. 



