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ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTUKES, &c. 



Notodonta dict^ea in August. — I found a full-fed larva of N. dictcea, on 

 8th July ; it went under ground, 10th July, and emerged on 12th August. I 

 think this is rather unusual. I also took a full-fed Notodonta ziczac about 

 the same time, and it emerged two days previous to the above. — M. Craske ; 

 Newacott, Bridgerule, Devon, August 15, 1890. 



[N. dictcea is perhaps not so regular as N. ziczac in assuming the 

 imago condition twice during the year, but both species are double- 

 brooded. In each case the autumn larvae of one year produce imagines in 

 May or June of the following year; from these are derived the larvae, 

 found in June and July, which attain the perfect state in August. — Ed.] 



Black Variety of Limenttis sibylla. — While collecting at Holmesley, 

 on Friday, July 18th, I captured a fine specimen of the black variety of 

 Limenitis sibylla. — R. E. James; Trays Hill, Hornsey Lane, N. 



Pinkish Variety of Arctea caia. — I have taken in my garden 

 (July 23) a female of Arctia caia with the white of the forewings deeply 

 suffused with pink, and have another, not so deep, taken a few years ago 

 at Portsmouth. — W. T. Pearce ; 101, Mayfield Road, Gosport. 



Crocallis elinguaria var. trapezaria (?). — I took from a Chester 

 gas-lamp, on the night of August 20th, a fine specimen of Crocallis elin- 

 guaria, without the median transverse band on the fore wings. There is a 

 broad pale-brown band on the hind margin of each upper wing, bordered by 

 a narrow white line on the basal side. The discoidal and other spots are 

 as usual, with the exception of the hind wings, which are spotless. Is this 

 the variety trapezaria ? — J. Arkle ; Chester. [Trapezaria is said to be 

 smaller, darker, and the central fascia broader. — Ed.] 



Anticlea cucuixata (sinuata) at Chichester. — I captured a fine 

 specimen of this beautiful little Geometer, which I beat out of a hedge 

 on 25th July. Although I do not see it mentioned by authors, I should 

 say that the larvae feed on other species of Galium besides Galium verum, 

 as this plant does not grow within miles of the locality where I took this 

 specimen. The moth is, I believe, new to the Sussex list. Galium 

 mollugo grows in profusion in the hedges round about. I was much 

 tempted to keep the moth (a female) alive for eggs, but she was in such 

 beautiful condition, apparently having only just emerged, I thought that in 

 all probability she must be a virgin, and so converted her into a specimen 

 forthwith, to grace my cabinet, I trust, for many years to come. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Jun. ; Chichester. 



Larentia olivata and Eupithecia subciliata at Rickmansworth. — 

 On July 31st I took two specimens of E. subciliata off palings beneath a maple 

 tree in Rickmansworth Park, and one example of L. olivata was disturbed 

 from herbage growing on a bank by the road-side. There were a few 

 commoner things on the wing ; but the only insect that could be said to 

 be plentiful was Aphomia sociella, which was met with on palings, and later 

 on flying along hedgerows. — Richard South. 



Cucullia absynthii near Barmouth. — In reply to Mr. Chamber- 

 lain's note under the above heading, I shall be very curious to hear 



