Insects. 7969 



Abdomen oviform, glossy, sparingly clothed with short hairs. 

 Colour deep brownish black. 



Two adult males of this species were captured by myself under 

 loose stones on a wall close to the Peutland Hills, Scotland, in June, 



1861. 



O. Pickard-Cambkidge. 

 Bloxworth, Dorset, 

 February 15, 1862. 



Lepidoptera of Rarer Kinds taken at Martinhoe, North Devon. — During a fortnight's 

 visit, commencing July 21, 1861, I captured the following: — Toxocampa Paslinura, 

 Cidaria picata, Boarmia repAudaria (black-banded var.), B. rhomboidaria (small dark 

 var. taken on sea cliflf), Eupilhecia debiliata (eight, rather worn), Hypenodes costse- 

 strigalis (two very good, but remarkably plain-coloured), Endotricha flammealis, Botys 

 terrealis, Tortrix Corylana (two of the " distinct var." mentioned in Wilkinson's ' Tor- 

 trices, without fasciae ; one of the specimens has the upper wings pale yellow, without 

 reticulations, the hind margin of a rich orange-brown ; the other has only- a few re- 

 ticulations towards the hind margin : they were both taken near the same spot). 

 Olindia Ulnoana, Ditula semifasciana, Argyresthia Andereggiella, Pterop'horus osteo- 

 dactylus (common, but local). — E.Horton; Lower Wick, Worcester, January 14, 

 1862. 



Observations on several Lepidoptera. — I send for insertion in the 'Zoologist' a few 

 of my entomological notes, made during the past year. 



1. Eupithecia debiliata. I was rather too late for this insect, and my efforts to 

 obtain eggs from the worn females were unsuccessful ; but I am quite convinced that 

 there is no necessary connexion between it and holly, as no holly grows anywhere near 

 my locality, while I am strongly inclined to believe that Vaccinium Myrtillus, which 

 is plentiful there, is the proper food of the larva, as the Rev. H. H. Crewe's corre- 

 spondent in the last ' Annual ' correctly supposes. 



2. Eupithecia assimilata. The double-broodedness of this " pug " I have known 

 for some time to be a fact. Last year I took a fresh specimen on the 23rd of April, 

 which was unusually early : I generally take and breed this brood about the second 

 week in May ; the second brood I begin to lake the first week in August, in fine con- 

 dition. 



3. Ditula semifasciana. Bred from a pupa between sallow leaves, July 15, 1861 ; 

 the pupa was brought from South Wales. I have never met with it common, but it 

 seems to be widely distributed, as I have single specimens taken in South Wales, 

 North Devon and Worcestershire. 



4. Scotosia undulata. Larva taken on sallow, October 1, 1860; spun up between 

 leaves, October 17; came out June 15, 1861. Shortish and thick; above light 

 glaucous; dorsal vessel darker, edged with whitish; subdorsal line rather wide, drab; 

 spiracular line whitish ; spiracles in black rings. Head light brown ; second segment 

 with brown blotches on subdorsal line. 



5. Are Pupce killed by Floods F In searching some poplars near the Severn, the 

 other day, I found several living pupae under the loose bark a yard from the ground, 



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