134 THE entomologist's record. 



:i^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



TiLiACEA AURAGo IN DEVONSHIRE. — Oil October 17th, 1H93, 1 took one 

 specimen of T. aiirai/o here at hi^ht, and another on October 18th, 

 1895, but did not sugar until 1H9G. Between September 28th and 

 October 19th, 1896, I took over 30 at sugar but none at hght ; in 1897, 

 from September 20th to October 9th, I captured 15 at sugar, and 21 at 

 light. In 1898, none were taken at sugar and only one at light, on 

 October 15th. I may add that in 1896, 1897, and 1898, light and sugar 

 were kept going every night whilst there was any possibility of an 

 imago being out. — E. F. C. Studd, M.A., Oxton, Exeter. 



Lepidoptera near Southend in 1898. — The following notes on 

 the lepidoptera taken in this district during the past season (1898) 

 may prove interesting to some of your readers. Hi/bernia nijtirapraria 

 was abundant on January 22nd, as much so as ('Jtciiinitobia bntinata 

 had been in the previous November. A specimen of }>ist()}i hiitaria 

 occurred on a fence in Southend, on April 22nd, Dcjm'ssaiia judpiirca 

 on April 28rd, and a quite fresh specimen on September 18th, both in 

 Southend ; April 29th, lAtliocollctia carjiinirolella, bred from hornbeam, 

 gathered at Eastwood in the autumn ; I'ldocodcs hiniuoidana, Coccyx 

 arni/rana, Kiijiithccia ahhrcviata on tree trunks, and cases of Colciipliara 

 ihipcnmila, on birch at Eastwood, on the BOth ; a specimen of Litho- 

 collctis trndla, onahornbeam leaf at Eastwood, May 11th; on the 14th, 

 Adda riridcUa, XciiiojjJiora siraiiniicr<laiiniuiki- and Ayi/cJoia iiiodctitclla ; 

 on the 15th, larvae of Ai/distis hcnncttii were not uncommon on sea- 

 lavender, at Canvey ; on the 21st, ('ncj)Jiasia ;//».sr»/(rnirt emerged, and 

 IIarjd]dcri/.r ncmunila was netted at PrittleAvell ; on the 22nd thousands 

 of cocoons of L'emiontuma spartifdlidla were observed and LitJiocnllctis 

 eiiihcihaciwnndla was netted at Eastwood; Lii/dia adtistata was not un- 

 common at Prittlewell on the 27th ; ]>apta teiiu-rata and FJio.aijitcri/x 

 duniiuitana, (jrdecJna scaldla, and (Ti-aiduditlia ohtnmna, on the 80th ; 

 on the same day a specimen oiTacniorampa (/athica, in very fair condition, 

 on a fence in Southend; on June 10th, the first of a series of Ariii/ir.stliia 

 jHlliniacdla emerged from sallow, gathered at Eastwood in April; on the 

 5th I'iDiaiira pctraria, Cidaria conjlata, KiqioccUia diditana, llii.ania 

 arctiaiia,] >icr(iraiiiplia acuininatana, (Kcoidiaia jxoizcrdla and Kiijdt/u'cia 

 jdiinibcdlata occurred at Eastwood ; on the 10th Tinea fiisciiiiiiutdla 

 in the house, and a nice specimen of ?\cjitirida snbbiiiiaciddla in a 

 flower-pot which contained scabious, gathered close to oak, at Hadleigh, 

 in the autumn; Tdeia scriptdla, netted at Eastwood; on the 11th, 

 TiscJtcria otDiplandla and cases of Colcajdtura palliatdla, at Eastwood ; 

 on the 16th, cases of Talcporia jiscitdoboinbi/cdla, on oak trunks at 

 Hockley, and Scricoritt nriicana, Laiiiiimma liizdla, L. pradatdla, and 

 Tdcia mdatdla netted; the first of a short series of Kupithccia toniiata, 

 bred from sallow catkins gathered in April, at Eastwood; on the 19th, 

 SiiiitiKinota roscticolana, (irajdidlitlta (/ciiiina)ta, I'Jio.nijiioi/.r lactcoia, 

 I'acdisca liiliinana, I'ti/c/ioldiiia hclicajia, Acidalia trii/oiiinata and 

 Xisaniadcs tai/cs, at Eastwood ; on the 20th, J hjurssoria ansimildla, 

 emerged from larvje found between twigs of broom, at Eastwood ; on 

 the 21st, Xdctita fcstira at sugar. I was quite glad to see a solitary 

 specimen of this generally common insect, so feAV had been the visitors 

 at the sugar during the month of June. JMcenta ochraccdla occurred 

 on the 27th, among Kpildbinm near Eastwood, and (htliotacnia 



