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Leucania impura, L. pallens, both common at dusk, flying over 

 low herbage in a field, Xylophania li(Ito.r;/lea, X. pobjndon, both 

 taken on logs of wood near the shore in the daytime, Apamea didi/wa, 

 Miana faaciuncula, A<jrotis sem'tum, A. e.vdamationii^, Triphaena inter- 

 jecta, dark aberrations, T. pronnha, Plnsia pulrhrina, P. qamma, 

 Mania maura, one on a log near the shore in the morning, Dian- 

 thoecia capsincolfi, Aventia Jiexula. Deltoides. — Hypena jirohoscidalia. 

 Pyralides. — Botys verticalis, Hydrocampa nymphaeata, Ehulea nam- 

 bucalis. Crambites. — Cramhus tristellus, Aphomia mdnnella. Ptero- 

 PHORiDES. — Aciptilia pentadactyla. My time was much occupied, 

 and I was unable to sugar. The species mentioned were all obtained 

 by beating two or three hedges near the shore in the daytime. 

 — Hubert C. Phillips, M.R.C.S., F.E.S., S3, Shirland Gardens, 

 Paddington, W. 



Lepidopterous LARViE IN THE New Forest. — At the end of Sep- 

 tember last insects were not very plentiful in the New Forest. A few 

 quite full-fed larvae of Hctcroycnca cruciata I asella / were still about ; 

 Demas coryli, scarce and small, and Drepana unyu'wula, little better. 

 There was a fair number of Gnophria ruhricullh, just full-fed, and 

 Ephyra trilinearia of all shades and sizes. — E. A. Bowles, M.A., 

 F.E.S., Myddelton House, Waltham Cross. 



Pupa-digging in November. — I have been very busy pupa-digging 

 lately, and have obtained above 800 pupas up to the present time, among 

 them being — 41 Smerinthua tiliae, 9 ^S'. populi, 8 Poccilocawpa populi, 

 23 Cymatopjhora ocularis, 5 Craniophora liyustri, 17 AniphidaHys betu- 

 laria, 8 Ptilodontia jjalpina, 1 Notodonta dictaea, 42 Eupthecia fraxinata 

 (I am not certain of these, but obtained them under moss on 

 ash trees), 11 Cuspidia megacephala, &c. — (Major) R. Robertson, 

 Cheltenham. 



Choerocampa celerio at Stratford. — It may interest the readers of 

 the EntumuhMjiaVa liecord to know that a specimen of Choerocampa 

 celerio was taken on November 21st, 1898, at Stratford, Essex, by a 

 man who had no knowledge of its scarcity. The insect is in fairly 

 good condition, considering the way it was captured. The man had 

 an idea it would sting him, so caught it in his cap, and placed it from 

 that into a bottle, alive. I managed to effect an exchange, and it is 

 now in my possession. It is rather a strange coincidence that my 

 father obtained one in the same neighbourhood about twelve years ago. 

 — Colin Murray, 47, Water Lane, Stratford, Essex. 



Food-plants of Trichiura crataegi. — I have always found this 

 larva most commonly on whitethorn in this neighbourhood. Although 

 it may be found by day, especially in dull weather, by far the best 

 plan is to search for it between 8.0 and 9.0 p.m., when it crawls up the 

 tender shoots at the tops of hedges (especially those cut the previous 

 year). I have also found it pretty commonly on blackthorn, and very 

 rarely on oak and hazel. During the five years I lived in Lincoln- 

 shire (1892-96), I did not succeed in finding it on anything but 

 w^hitethorn, on which I took no less than 40 larvae, during four 

 evenings' search, early in June, 1890. These produced exceptionally 

 fine imagines, very large and dark compared with the form wliich occurs 

 here. — (Rev.) G. H. Raynor, M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, Essex. 

 December 29th, 1898. 



In reference to the question of food-plants of Trichiura crataeyi 



