DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF GASTEP.UPTION. 227 



A. auricoma, Dychorista suspecta, Agrotis vestigialis, A. haia, 

 Hadena scolopacina, H. monoglijpha and dark vars. being 

 obtained. 



About the middle of September sugaring again became pro- 

 ductive, and we sugared the ground at Buch and Schulzendorf 

 alternately with great success until about the middle of October, 

 when bad weather set in. Acronycta ramicis, Agrotis pronuba, 

 A. c-nigriim. A. xanthographa, A. pie eta, A. nigrieans (worn), A. 

 tritici (worn), A. ypsilon, A. segetum, Charceas graminis, Epi- 

 neuronia popularis, E. cespitis (more to the lamps), Mamestra 

 oleracea, M. dissimilis, M. trifoUi. Ccdana JiaiuortJiii, C. matura, 

 Hadena porphyrea, Aporophyla lutulenta, Ammoconia cceeimaeula, 

 Diclwnia aprilina, Dryohota protea, Brotolomia meticidosa, Ncenia 

 typica, N. jasjndea, N. celsia, Hydroecia nictitans, Tapinostola 

 fulva, Leucania pallens, L. album, L. albipuncta, Caradrina am- 

 bigua, Amphipyra tragopogonis, Orthosia lota, 0. clrcellaris, 0. 

 helvola, 0. nitida, 0. Icevis, 0. litura, Xanthia citrago, X. lutea, X. 

 fulvago, X. ocellaris and var. lineago, Orrhodia erythrocephala and 

 var. glabra, X. vaupunctatum, X. vaccini'i, 0. rubiginea, Scopelo- 

 soma satellitia, Xylina socia (furcifera), X. ornitopus, Calocampa 

 vetusta, C. exoleta, C. solidaginis, Catocala fraxini, and C. nupta. 

 Luceria virens was not unfrequent at rest on grass-stems in pine 

 woods, and by the aid of an acetylene lamp a fair series of this 

 beautiful insect was captured. Eupithecia sobrinata swarmed on 

 the street-lamps, as also one worn Dendrolimiis pini. Ennomos 

 angidaria and E. aiitumnaria were frequently netted. 



Very little was to be done during the daytime ; butterflies 

 were as good as over, only Vanessa antiopa, V. io, V. urtic<2, 

 Grapta c-album, and Argynnis lathonia still being worth cap- 

 turing. In the pine woods Larentia var. obeliscata was fairly 

 common, and occasional larvae of Macrotkyalacia riibi were 

 picked up. 



Beating Rhamnus was fairly productive ; full-fed larvse of 

 Eupithecia ahbreviata, Macaria alternata, and Cyaniris argiolus 

 were obtained. Heather produced larv?e of Eupithecia nanata, 

 E. goossensiata, Anarta myrtilli, Acronycta menyanthidis, and 

 Nemeophila sanio. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF G AST ER- 

 UPTION (EVANIID^) FROM CAPE COLONY. 



By p. Cameron. 



Gasteruption lissocephalus, sp. uov. 



Black, the mandibles, four anterior femora, tibia3 and tarsi, and the 

 narrowed basal part of ihe hmd tibife, and the apices of the second, 

 third, and fouvtii abdouiiual segments broadly, rufous ; wings hyaline, 

 the stigma and nervures, testaceous. $ . Length, 11 mm. 



