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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



covered with lichen, we found a good locality for Teleia hiiweralis, and 

 in the same place got several Sarrothrijm undulanus and a large 

 number of Leptogravuim Uterana. Other species taken during 

 his stay in this Avay were Carpocapsa splcndidana, Teras con- 

 ta)mnana, Peronea rarieijana, L'erostoina radiatdla, (J. sijlcella, Cliicclla, 

 Paedisca iirofundana, P. solandriana, Tortrix conjlana, Grapholitha 

 penJderiana, T. heparana, Peronea ferrurfana, Grapholitha naevana, Teras 

 caridana, Aniyrentlna semitestacella, A. tjoedartdla, A. brocheella, A. 

 albiatriae, A. aennfusca, Tischena mar<jinea, Ptcroxia mucronella (1), 

 Gdcchia rhombella, Chelaria h'nbncrella, and others. Whilst we were 

 after Callimorpha hera we saw two or three Colian edum and one 

 Phi(jo7iia pulychloros. Sugaring on the Warren gave Caradrina and/if/ua 

 in plenty, Agroth restifjialix, A. puta, A. tritici (not common), Peri- 

 droma mucia, P. sujt'iixa, Miana bicoloria, Hadena dissmilis, Maiuestra 

 abjecta, Hydroecia nictitana, Acidalia maryincpunctella, Giiechia di/finis, 

 Pita salicorniae, &c. Thatch produced Dcpressaria nervosa, D. albi- 

 punctella, D. cJiaerophylli, D. arenella, P>. ocellana, P>. idtimella, D. 

 badiana, T>. applana, D. heradeana, D. j^roy/m^^f/^Z^rt, Anybia lan- 

 yiella, Coriaciiiiii hrnyniarteUtdii, and Phyllocnistis sKjfu.sella. During 

 September and October I had eight pupge of Acherontia atropos brought 

 me, which were dug in a potato field here. Three emerged without 

 forcing on September 22nd, September 29th, and October 29th. On 

 the morning of November 9th I found Pyramein atalanta in the trap, 

 this being the second time I have taken this insect at light. I have 

 also, among the Ehopalocera, taken at light Pyrameis cardui, Zephyrus 

 qaerci'is, and Polyoniwatua icariis. Autumn sugaring has been very 

 poor this year — very few Tiliacea anrayo, no Anchocelis rafina, hardly 

 SuYi Orthosia pistacina 01' Orrhodia raccinii to be seen. Light also Avas 

 bad, only three Asteroscopns uphinx until November 9th, and hardly any 

 of the usual autumn things. — E. F. C. Studd, M.A., F.E.S., Oxton, 

 near Exeter. 



While at Southend, in September last, I treacled pretty regularly. 

 Anchocelia lunom was fairly common. Of Orthosia piatacina I took 

 some nice forms, and captured about ten Peridrotna, f<ai(cia. I took a 

 pretty form of Plmia gamma, smaller than the type, and very pale. 

 Catocala nitpta appeared occasionally, and of Xoctua glareosa I took a 

 couple. — A. Robinson, F.E.S., Chislehurst. 



Autumnal emergence of Acherontia atkopos. — I had three Ache- 

 rontia atropos brought to me during the first week of October. One 

 had emerged but was crippled ; one has since emerged and one I am 

 afraid is dead. — E. A. Bowles, F.E.S., Myddelton House, Waltham 

 Cross, Herts. 



Abundance of Macroglossa stellatarum and Pyrameis atalanta. — 

 I noticed in the autumn large numbers of Macroglossa stellatarum in 

 South Devon, and found a larva on Dawlish W^arren, which fed on till 

 mid-October. Pyrameis atalanta was very plentiful at the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October in the Waltham Cross district.- — Ibid. 



Platyptilia cosmodactyla (acanthodactyla) in Middlesex. — In 

 the Entomologist, vol. xxiv., p. 94, is a record of this insect in Middle- 

 sex, and as it was then, apparently, the only one, further particulars 

 may be interesting. In ? August, 1877, when my brother and I were 

 collecting plants and insects in a lane in Chiswick, he stopped to 

 examine a plant of Geranium, rotundi folium , which, though rather rare 



