130 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



libatrix, for ''larvae on willow and balsam," read " larvae on willow 

 and balsam poplar." — Alfred Sich; Brentwood, 65, Barrowgate Eoad, 

 Chiswick, Feb. 21st, 1900. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Remarkable Appearance of Vanessa id during Snow. — lu the 

 • Field ' of February 17th, Mr. E. J. P. Magor states that, while woodcock 

 shooting iu a small wooded valley at St. Tudy, Cornwall, on Feb. 14th, he 

 came across a peacock butterfly (F. io). "It was of course one that had 

 hybernated, but, considering the fact that there were four inches of snow 

 on the ground at the time, its appearance was remarkable." In reply to 

 my enquiries under what conditions the specimen was observed, the follow- 

 ing reply from Mr. Magor appeared in the ' Field ' of March 3rd : — •' In 

 answer to Mr. Frohawk's questions as to the peacock butterfly which I saw 

 in the snow last month, I may say that the sun was shining brightly at the 

 time, and the temperature was, I should think, comparatively high. The 

 butterfly got up from a bush and flew along in front of me as I went up 

 the valley. I saw it three times." I think such a very remarkable 

 occurrence as this should be placed on record in the * Entomologist.' — 

 F. W. Frohawk; March, 1900. 



Early Appearance of Pieris rap^. — My sister, Miss I. Grant, 

 writes to me from Weston-super-Mare, that at noon, on March 10th last, 

 she observed a small white butterfly fly from under the coping of a wall in 

 her garden ; it flew close up to her. The sun was shining brightly at the 

 time and very warm. The wall faces south, and is fully exposed to the 

 sun. It had evidently just emerged from the pupa. Under the coping 

 she states that there are many remains of pupae-cases. — Margaret 

 Frohawk; March, 1900. 



CoREMiA quadrifasgiaria AT Bexlet. — As the above insect is, I 

 believe, a somewhat local species, I thought it might be of some interest to 

 record a specimen taken by my father at Bexley, on July 16th, 1899. This 

 was left out of my notes (aiite, p. 48) by an oversight. — F. M. B. Carr ; 

 46, Handen Road, Lee, S.E., March 15th, 1900. 



Captures at Light in 1899. — According to custom I send a list of 

 fresh records for light-trap during last year. The last season was an 

 exceptionally bad one, only twelve Asteroscopus sphinx putting in an 

 appearance, as against one hundred and fifty to two hundred in other 

 years. The following are new : — Lycmna astrarche, Acronycta psi, Axylia 

 putris, Hecatera serena, Eupisteria obliterata, Bupalus piniaria, Eupithecia 

 oblongata, Eucosrnia undulata, Aciptilia pentadactyla, Crambus pinellus, 

 Hyponomeuta padellus, Depressaria badiella, Goleophora lutipcnnella. The 

 following were exceptionally common, viz. : Notodonta dictcBoides, Demas 

 coryli, Hypenodes albistrigalis, Cheimatobia boreata. — E. F. Studd ; 

 Oxton, Exeter, March 19th, 1900. 



Plusia gamma. — A fact which much impressed itself upon me during 

 last season was the absence here of P. gamma. During several years this 

 moth has been so abundant in Hayling as to be a perfect nuisance to the 



