112 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Capricious emergence of Lepidoptera. — PupjB kept indoors in a 

 cold room without a fire last year, emerged capriciously, and the dates 

 may prove interesting, <'.//., IHanthm-ia cap^ophila (from ova collected 

 in the Isle of Man, in May, 1897) emerged June 22iid (1), 25th (3), 

 27th (1), 28th and 30th (1 each day), July 5th (1), 12th (2), 21st (1). 

 L('i(>rani]>a (Hctacoidcs, reared from ova, emerged IMay 19th, July 25th, 

 and August 4th, all from the same batch of ova, while a few pupae have 

 *' gone over." Is this the case in a state of nature ? We occasionally 

 get specimens at light here in August, apparently freshly emerged. 

 Another curious thing was the unwillingness shown by Knnomoii 

 fii^cantaria to pair in captivity. I have never had any difficulty in 

 obtaining pairings in former years, but this year, though I sacrificed 

 most of my specimens, I only obtained one pairing, and all the ova 

 from that were infertile, the nights were bitterly cold at the time, 

 which may account for it. — Ibid. 



Ennomos autumnaria, Anthrocera filipendulae AB. FLAA'A, &c., 

 AT Shoeburyness. — I was allowed a short time since to inspect a small 

 collection of moths formed by a bird-stuffer at Shoeburyness. It 

 includes a specimen of Kniiiviion aiituuniaria taken at sugar last year, 

 and a beautiful yoWow Antlirocerafdipfwhdae, as well as Sphinx amrolvuli 

 among other good things. I may add that Brotoloniia turtirKloxa occurred 

 last autumn in extraordinary numbers, whilst Scopdo^owa .saUiliticiy 

 usually common, was not seen. — F. G. Whittle, 3, Marine Avenue, 

 Southend. 



Food-plants of Trichiura ckataegi. — The notes on Trichiura 

 cratoi'i/i interest me greatly. I find a consensus of opinion that < 'ratat-i/ii^ 

 m.ri/arautha is the food-plant upon which it is usually found, which 

 makes it all the more strange that, though I have largely beaten 

 bushes of that plant in the immediate vicinity of the bushes of Sali.t- 

 cineira, from which I have invariably beaten these lai-vie in the New 

 Forest, I have never beaten one out of ('. lut/arantha. They are always 

 rather scarce with us, in some seasons practically absent. I have, 

 however, beaten them, in most years, in the first week in May, when 

 they are very small, but more usually, in the first and second week in 

 June, when they are a half or three-quarters grown. — J. C. Moberly, 

 ^I.A., F.E.S., 9, Rockstone Place, Southampton. — [What are the 

 known food-plants in Scotland ? Will Messrs. Home, Reid, or some 

 other of the Scotch lepidopterists tell us ? — Ed.] 



Trichiura crataiyi is not at all common here but one or two larvae 

 turn up most seasons, and I think nearly always on hawthorn. — F. G. 

 Whittle, 3, Marine Avenue, Southend. 



With regard to the food-plant of T. cratacyi — I used to get the 

 larvje in Essex many years ago — and always on the young shoots of 

 the hawthorn. The same has been my experience here, where the 

 species turns up occasionally, though it is never common. A hawthorn 

 hedge at the bottom of my garden, and one bordering a neighbouring 

 field, are my chief hunting -grounds, and I have found it nowhere else, 

 though there is any amount of sallow close by. — (Rev.) C. D. Ash, B.A., 

 Skipwith Vicarage, Selby. 



Query as to pairing Cymatophora ocularis.^ — Can any one give 

 me information as to the pairing of C nciilaris — whether they are 

 easy to pair or otherwise ? I sliould be much obliged for anyone's 

 personal experience. — (^Iajor) R. 13. Robertson, Southborne Road, 

 Boscombe, Hants. 



