b THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



tui'ing Spilodes palealis. Inspection of palings resulted in the 

 addition of Eupithecia coronata, C. jjinetellus, Antithesia salicella, 

 Spilonota ocellana, Sciaphila alternella {chrysantheana) , Depressaria 

 costosa, D. liturella, CEcogenia quadrijmncta = kindermanniella, 

 and Xanthosetia Jiamana ; whilst Tinea tapetzella and T. biselli- 

 ella were noticed at my lodgings. I had previously never met 

 with biselliella outside Ipswich. It was imported into my house 

 in a mattress in 1895, and caused havoc amongst the upholstered 

 furniture. In the summer of 1896 I practically exterminated the 

 pest by searching for the imagines at night, killing some two 

 hundred altogether early in June before they had time to breed 

 again. The gaudy Zygcena filipendnlce were swarming on the 

 downs in the Landguard Fort enclosure, but I had never met 

 with the species previously in Suffolk. Like Euchelia jacohcece, 

 it seems to be very local. 



Returning to Ipswich on August 2nd, I was fortunate in 

 getting Epunda viminalis in good condition at light, which also 

 yielded Notodonta dictaa, Ptilodontis palpina, EpJiyra omicronaria, 

 Pelurga comitata, Thera firmata, T. variata, Eupithecia centaure- 

 ata, Crocallis elinguaria, Hyponomeuta padellus, Cramhus tristellus 

 and C. geniculeus (both perfect pests), Paraponyx stratiotalis, 

 Ebulea verhascalis, Eudorea cemhrce, Pionea forficalis (abundant), 

 Cataclysta lemnata (female), Eupoecilia atricapitana, Pliycis rohor- 

 ella (rubbed), Plutella cruciferarum, Depressaria suhpropinquella, 

 Gelechia mulinella, G. senectella {?), and last but not least Leio- 

 ptiiis osteodactylus, an unexpected visitant at a street lamp, and 

 a notable addition to the county list. Search of walls produced 

 a nice brown female form of Hepialus sylviniis, whilst Catocala 

 nupta was frequently met with ; Phyllocnistis suffusella was found 

 swarming on palings near poj)lars before dusk ; and varieties of 

 Plutella cruciferarum were beaten on Eushmere Heath. Dusking 

 at Yoxford, the garden of Suffolk, in the beginning of the month 

 resulted in Ephyra punctaria, Platyptilia ochrodactyhis --= her- 

 trami (which also came to an Ipswich street-lamp), Pterophorus 

 monodactylus =^ pterodactylus, Mimcsseojjtilus fuscus, C. pinetellus, 

 Spilodes cinctalis, &c. I also secured several full-fed larvae of 

 Sphinx ligustri, which were found on an ash tree under curious 

 circumstances, my attention being called to the frass by a lady 

 who imagined they were smuts or gunpowder pellets from some 

 mischievous boys in an adjoining garden ! I mention this as a 

 striking instance of rural ignorance. 



September was principally noted for the occurrence of Sphinx 

 convolvidi, which came regularly to the flowers of Nicotiana affinis 

 in my garden just before dusk. This fine moth seems to have 

 been abundant this year, dozens of specimens having been re- 

 ported from Belstead, Stutton, and several parts of Ipswich. 

 Light was not quite so productive, but I took a nice Luperiiia 

 cespitis, four Heliophobus popularis, Eugonia tiliaria = alniaria, 



