NOTES ON COLLECTING. Ill 



for their pnpation are generally unsatisfactory. They go as deep as 

 they can in a pot, and 1 fancy one is enough in each pot, or they dis- 

 turh one another. — E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.K..S., Myddelton House, 

 AValtham Cross, Herts, 



Note on Poecilocampa populi. — The eight pupie of i'mcilorainpa 

 jiojiuli mentioned autr p. 51, increased to ten by the end of Noveniher. 

 These pupa; produced 7 c? and 1 ? (two were ichneumoned). The female 

 emerged December Gth, and laid most of her eggs the following 

 day. — R. U. Roi!Ertson, The Holt, Berkeley Street, Cheltenham. 

 December Gth, ISOH. 



Autumnal Work in Devonshire. — Last autumn, 1S9(S, was a fairly 

 ji^ood one ior Astcntsmjiiis sp/ihu-. Besides this species, however, 1 have 

 taken little, although from two or three beatings of thatch I have 

 taken the following in more or less numbers, namely; — Orncodes 

 /ir.raihutifla, ('frostdiiia radiatrlla, Ttiiia hmnerali.s, Curixciiiiit hnnu/niar- 

 trllidii, ])t'jnv,ssarta arencila, IK occllana, D. i)n»j)iiu]ii<ila, D. cdiclla^ 

 1>. allnpitnctella, 1). cliacrojilniUi, D. ajijdana, U. ultinidla, I), i/catiaua, 

 ]>, nerruaa, D. lieradcana, 1). ahtroeiiieriana, Larcnta dccorcUa, and 

 Aiiifhia lani/u'lla. I also took, on January 3rd, one Cori.scium Nidjihurdluin. 

 Pupa-digging is an amusement I hardly ever indulge in. This neigh- 

 bourhood is so thickly wooded that one hardly knows where to turn, 

 and it gives but poor results. I take t'JddijJiora lOKhdantis here in 

 Avigust, and again hybernated in spring, but have never found them 

 paired. In fact I have never beaten two together ; probably they pair 

 at night, so one would not be likely to see it. — E. F. C, Studd, M.A., 

 B.C.L., F.E.S., Oxton, Exeter. 



Plusia moneta and Acherontia atropos at Enfield — Yellow 

 abberation of Calligenia miniata. — Larvffi of Flasia moneta have 

 turned up again this year in the garden, so it must be fairly well 

 established, I must not leave out one good New Forest capture, 

 and that was a bright yellow^ ('aUi(ieiua iidniata. Acliewutia atnij>i)s also 

 has turned up sparingly here this year, only six larvae being captured to 

 my knowledge ; it seems to visit a garden about a quarter of a mile 

 f L-om this house every year, as a larva has been brought me from this 

 garden for the last four vear-s. — H. M. Edelsten, The Elms, Forty 

 Hill, Enfield. 



EuPLExiA lucipara IN FEBRUARY. — On February 16th my brother 

 captured here a specimen of iV. larijiara, in fine condition. I beUeve 

 this is very unusual. — E. S. Gordon, F.E.S., Corsemalzie, Whauphill, 

 Wigtonshire, N.B. 



Note on Agrotis agathina in 1898. — I failed utterly with Aijvotix 

 <i(iathina larvfe, and the few I bred were miserably small. The wild 

 moths were out from August 18th. They only liy for about three- 

 quarters of an hour, just at dusk, and arc then not difficult to net by the 

 aid of a lamp, as they do not fly fast, and are very quiet in the net. 

 However, the weather Avas against me, as it became so windy that a 

 net w^as practically unmanageable on most nights, and not a single 

 specimen canae to sugar, though other species were abundant. The 

 first heavy rain, too, completely destroys them, and after a week not a 

 ■decent specimen was to be found. I may add that at the end of 

 August I visited the ground where I usually get Cinltocdia .rcrainpclina, 

 but the result of many expeditions was six specimens only. — (ilev.) 

 C. D. Ash, B.A., Skipwith Vicarage, Selby. 



