﻿g78 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Iceland, — Seydisfjordr, June 18th ; Akureyri, June 20th ; Isafjordr, 

 June 23rd ; Dyrafjordr, June 24th ; Second voyage round Iceland, — 

 Dyrafjordr, July 5th ; Siglufjordr, July 8th ; On steamer off Orkneys, 

 July 16th. 



HEMIPTEEA. 



Salda littoralis, and larvse of same, Keykjavik (June 30th, proh.) ; 

 other larvae of same species, Akureyri, prob. 



OETHOPTERA. 



Forficula auricularia (N.B. The earwig abounds in the Faroe Isles, 

 but does not occur in Iceland) : Thorshavn, June 9th, all very small 

 and immature (on flowers of Caltha eu-palustris, which they had 

 gnawed nearly down to the calyx) ; July 15th, under stones (consider- 

 ably grown in a month's interval). 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Db. Statjdinger's Collection. — There is no foundation for the 

 rumour that Dr. Staudinger desired to dispose of his collection in conse- 

 quence of failing health. We are in a position to state that at the present 

 time the Doctor is better in health than he has been for some years past, 

 and that he has never had any intention of disposing of his collection. 



Notes from Cannock Chase. — I have this year found imagines to be 

 quite up to the average in point of numbers, though T cannot say the same 

 of larvse. In the early spring I took Brephos parthenias, Asphalia fiavi- 

 cornis, Larentia multistrigaria, and others. Visiting the Chase again during 

 the beginning of August, I was gratified by the sight of numbers of Stilbia 

 anomala, which were flying over the heather. It has, so far as I can dis- 

 cover, never been taken there before. I took about 150 in all, only three 

 of which were females, and the majority had managed to damage themselves 

 more or less. I also took at that time Orthosia suspecta, Hepialus sylvanus, 

 Polia chi, Gortyna ochracea (flavago), Crocaliis elinguaria, Asihena luteata 

 and Eupisteria obliterata (heparata), both getting worn, and Geometra 

 papilionaria. I had to leave before Calocampa solidaginis emerged, but 

 heard that it occurred abundantly. Eupithecia nanata and E. minutata 

 occurred plentifully among the heather, and I got larva? of E. pulchellata 

 from foxglove ; it had, however, entirely deserted its old haunts, though 

 there were plenty of foxgloves. I got my larvse from a garden on the edge 

 of the Chase. I paid another visit in September, and devoted my energies 

 to larvse. From young poplar trees I got Dicranura bifida and Notodonta 

 dictcea. I beat an immense nnmber of birch trees with but meagre results — 

 Notodonta dictceoides, N. dromedarius, Lophopteryx camelina, Drepana lacer- 

 tinaria and D. falcataria, Cymatophora duplaris and Asphalia fiavicornis, 

 Hadena adusta, and Geometra papilionaria dropping into my umbrella, at 

 long intervals, one at a time. I got about thirty larvse of the above in all. 

 I also got three or four Amphidasys betularia, usually common enough. 

 With regard to this insect, I have found that all the larvse from the Chase, 

 and which are birch-feeders, produce the var. doubledayaria, while the lime- 

 feeding larvse I get in Rugeley — about 1£ mile from the Chase — almost 



