248 THE entomologist's eecord. 



Maceog-lossa stellatarum in the Isle on MA.t^.—Macror/lossa stella- 

 tarmn is very plentiful here at present. I saw ten specimens one 

 evening last week hovering over flowers of red valerian in this garden. 

 — Ibid. 



HippAKCHiA SEMELE AT TREACLE. — It maybe of some interest to yom' 

 readers to record the capture of two specimens of Hipparchia semele, on 

 July 25th and 29th, in a treacle trap I have hanging up in my 

 , carriage drive, whilst on August loth a third example was caught in 

 the same manner. Strange to say I have not this year yet seen a 

 single specimen in the fields. Is the taste of H. semele for sweets 

 generally known ? On August 2nd I caught, in the same trap, a fine 

 specimen of Kur/onia puhjchluros and numerous examples of P)/rameis 

 atalanta. This has been a great year iot Aijlais urticae, and Vanessa in 

 has been seen here for. the first time in some abundance. For moths, 

 treacle and light have, as usual in this district, failed. — A. H. Eydon, 

 Awbrook, Lindfield, Sussex. Auiiust 15th, 1900. 



Food-plants of Cucullia lychnitis. — I am rearing a number of 

 larv£e of C. lijcJuiitis, taken off Ycrbascinii nit/rum in Sussex, and I find 

 they take readily to and do well on both Verbaseuw thapsns and 

 Scrophnlaria aqnatlca. — Percy C. Eeid, F.E.S., Feering Bury, Kelve- 

 don. Awiust Uth, 1900. 



Lepidoptera at Farnborough. — On July 26th a female Kntricha 

 qnercijolia came indoors to light, the first example of the species that 

 I have ever seen in this district. I placed her in a muslin sleeve and 

 obtained a good supply of ova. A male Stanropus fafji was taken on a 

 small birch in the wood near here, and some 500 yards from any beech tree 

 that I know. I took Piji/acra ciirtula larvffi last season on the aspens near, 

 and have had about a dozen imagines emerge in my breeding-cage. I 

 also captured a 5^ Boarnna consortaria on the fence here on June 20th, 

 the species being quite new to the district. — H. Alderson, F.E.S., 

 Hilda Vale Road, Farnborough. Juhj 30f//, 1900. 



Lepidoptera in Anglesea. — Courtship of Hepialus humuli. — 

 Pairing of Sesia musciformis. — I spent my holiday in Anglesea, and had 

 atrocious weather. It might be a good place, but at the time sugar Avas 

 absolutely of no use, and there was very little sun. I got, inter alia, Sesia 

 ■musciformis (plentiful), Plebeius ae;/on (very common, I obtained some 

 nice females), Chariclea umbra, Pseudotei'jDia r;itisaria, Uecatcra seroia, 

 ] >ianthuecia cnnspersa, 21amestra albicolon, JutboUa palumbaria (very fine 

 and dark). I came across an amusing instance of the courtship of 

 Hepialus humnli. A male was hovering, as usual, when a female fiew 

 close up to him, apparently saluting him, and then hung herself up on 

 an adjacent grass-stalk. The male took no notice but went on hovering, 

 and after waiting for about a minute the female left her perch and 

 repeated the salutation, hanging herself up again ; this time the male 

 joined her and they paired. It would appear that Sesia )i>uscifor)ais 

 chiefly fly from 11 a.m. -3 p.m., but I have seen odd ones, ? s, between 

 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. They pair about 12 (noon), and seem to remain 

 paired for a short period, I was not able to actually time them. When 

 these paired couples are disturbed the ? carries the 3 and progresses in 

 large hops or short flights exactly like a grasshopper, of which latter 

 there was any quantity about, and I two or three times caught pairs 

 which jumped on or into my net. They were easy enough to distin- 

 guish on the wing, flying steadily and not very fast. Insects appear 



