NOTES ON COLLECTINfi. 135 



AvENTiA FLEXULA AND Hypena eostralis. — I hav© just been reading 

 the two most recent parts of Mr, Barrett's work on British Lepidoptera. 

 In part Ixvii, he says of Aventia jiexula, that " it is not to be attracted 

 by flowers or other sweets." On July 27th, last year (1899) I took a 

 specimen at sugar here in my garden, and seem to recollect having 

 seen this species at sugar before. In part Ixviii, Mr. Barrett, treating 

 of Hypena rostralis, gives Huiiudiis (hop) as its only food-plant, so also 

 do Stainton and Meyrick. It is quite common here, where there is no 

 hop-vine anywhere near, and I have taken it under similar circumstances 

 in several other localities. — (Eev.) G. H. Eaynor, M.A., Hazeleigh 

 Kectory, Maldon, Essex. April 3rd, 1900. [Mr. Prout has also taken 

 one A. Jiexula at sugar, at Sandown. — Ed.] 



Females of Stilbia anomala at sugar. — In August last, in the 

 New Forest, I took, with a brother entomologist, a female Stilbia 

 anomala at sugar. We saw no males at all, although we searched 

 for them at dusk. In South Devon, in 1897, I also took two females 

 at sugar? Has anyone ever taken a male in this way? — F. C. Wood- 

 forde, Market Drayton, Salop. 



Query — What is the food-plant of Oxyptilus l.etus (distans) ? — 

 I have found a locality for this species near this town, and should 

 like to breed the insect, but cannot guess the pabulum of the 

 larva. Is the food-plant known ? — E. A. Atmore, F.E.S., King's 

 Lynn. 



Apamea ophiogramma and Thecla w-album near King's Lynn. — I 

 have recently seen a specimen of Apamea opldogramma taken by a 

 beginner here, also a fine bred series of Thecla w-album, the larvae of 

 which were beaten from elms near the town last season. ^Ibid. 



Miivleseoptilus loewii and Depeessaria douglasella near 

 Southend. — At Shoeburyness I captured, between August 12th-22nd, 

 last year, in a field in Avhich there was a great deal of Enjthraea 

 centaureum, three specimens of a plume which I now recognise as 

 M. loeitii (.zophodactylus) . On a shed in the same field I boxed a 

 specimen of Depressaria donylasella. An example of Camptoyramma 

 fluviata was netted among reeds at Pitsea, on September 9th, last. — 

 F. G. Whittle, 3, Marine Avenue, Southend. 



Distribution of Amorpha populi in western Scotland. — With 

 reference to Mr. Arbuthnott's notes {antea, p. 31) on the occurrence of 

 Amorpha {Smerinthus) populi in the west of Scotland, the species not 

 only occurs, but is very common all over the district. Even within 

 the boundaries of the city of Glasgow, large numbers of the larvae have 

 been obtained, and the insect successfully reared. Mr. E. C. Eggleton 

 reared a large brood from ova obtained in the West End Park. Mr. 

 A. Somerville obtained the species in Hill-head, I have also taken the 

 larvaB from poplars in Pollokshields, and the perfect insect has 

 repeatedly been brought to me by young friends. The larv^, too, often 

 occur on willow. I append a few localities for the Clydesdale district, 

 which will give some idea of how generally the insect is distributed in 

 south-west Scotland : 



Lanarkshiee : Cambuslang (A. A. D.), Lighthill (G. W. 0.). Stirlingshire 

 (portion): Fintry (E. C. E.). Dumbartonshire: Milngavie (G. W. 0.), Bonhill 

 (J. S. R. M.), Garelochhead (T. J. H.). Argyleshire (portion) : Dunoon (T. C), 

 Kilberry (Miss M. L. C, Eiit., vol. xxviii., p. 20, not in Clydesdale). Bute : Arran 

 (W. S. and J. J. W., Ent., vol. xv., p. 250). Renfrewshire : Pollokshields and 

 Crookston (A. A. D.), Paisley (W. S. and J. D.), Johnstone (W. W.). Aykshibe: 



