194 THE entomologist's record. 



pool on the same occasion. Lavviu also have boon very scarce. Nij^ht- 

 Avork was ])ro<luctivo of nothing worth recording. The cutting down 

 of a number of sallow bushes in a lane, exposed numerous biirrows of 

 'I'mchiliiiiii craliniitifiiniic, from which full-fed larvae were extracted, 

 l>,'/>n-ss(in'(i (issiiiiilclld abounded between spun broom twigs, and 

 Cfiiiiostoiiia sjiaitifiiUdla burrowed below the bark. Odd larvi? of 

 KittJiciiKDiia riissiila and (Tfoiiictra jiop'diinuii ia have been taken. The 

 latter is still in the brown skin. At the present time, larva? of Ihitalia 

 iinindipcniiis are common on furze, feeding gregariously in webs. I 

 saw larvie of Mrlitaca aiiiiiiiti eating plantain the other day ; this may- 

 have been on account of the scarcity of devil's bit scabious on the 

 ground. In confinement I can never get them to touch plantain. — 

 F. H. ])ay, (), Currock Terrace, Carlisle, ^fa|/ 20?//, lH99. 



Spring Lepidoptera in north-west France. — For three days the 

 weather has been delightfully warm. Aittlinnwra jialiisti i:i has already 

 appeared in the avenue of La Hublee — I send you a living example. 

 Yesterday Mrlitaca jiaitln'iiicyvas common, M. iliih/jiui just commencing- 

 to appear (live males were captured), I'oli/nimiiatiis Jn/las was still 

 fresh, but J/, phmbc has not yet appeared. To-day M. athalia was in 

 very line condition, M. aminia, however, jias:/-; CarteroccpliaUnf 

 7/rt?i?'.s(V/.s,jnales, were also going over, but the females were still fine. 

 Mckniijipc hastata also was in fine condition. On May 29th, in the 

 Forest of Ozoir-la-Ferriere, near Paris, *" 'oenoiii/inpha hero was in fine 

 condition — I captured examples of both sexes. I have not seen 

 Xoiiiiaih's (i/Uanis this year, although usually it appears in May. 

 Liiiicnitis caiiiilla, I'lehciioi anjtis, and Kin>jilia i/raiiniiira should soon 

 appear. — C. Obekthur, F.E.8., Rennes, France. ,fiini' %i(l, 1.S99. 



Stelis octomaculata at "Wrotham. — On June 4th I captured the 

 rare inquiline bee, S. Dctdinanilata, on the hills above AVrothain. Mr. 

 Saunders says that he does not recollect its capture to have been 

 recorded during the last 20 years. — Hubert Elgar, 8, St. Michael's 

 Terrace, Fant Eoad, Maidstone. June 4,111, 1899. 



CucuLLiA lychnitis AT BOURNEMOUTH. — On Juiie Ist two imagines 

 of C'ltndlia hjclmit'oi emerged from pupte which had been subjected to> 

 a great deal of wet. Satxniia jiaronia, too, are now coming out — we 

 have bred several females. — (Mrs.) M. E. Cowl, Epworth, ]\Iarl- 

 borough Road, Bournemouth, W. June l'<t, 1899. 



Abundance of Porthesia chrysorrhoea in Namur. — I often notice, 

 in your magazine, reports of the comparative rarity in recent years of 

 I'oitlirsia chri/soirhdca in England. It is not so here. Yesterday I 

 counted 50 nests of this species in a hedge about 800 metres in length. 

 — L. J. Lambillion, 25, Rue Pepin, Namur. Maij it/i, 1899. 



Lepidoptera at Hazeleigh. — The last few weeks have been ex- 

 ceptionally good in some ways. I have taken 44 lAthasia snrnmtla in 

 two afternoons' work, lladcna i/mintac has been commoner than 

 usual in my garden, where I have also taken two very line specimens 

 of L'l/iiiatoji/iora octixjc^inia, an insect quite new to this neighbourhood, 

 as is also Acontia liictxasa, of which I took a single specimen a week 

 ago. I am just now breeding a magnificent lot of aberrations of 

 Siiiliisdiiia liihricipcda. — (Rev.) Ct. H. Raynor, M.A., Hazeleigh Rectory, 

 :\Ialdon, Essex. Jiinr V2t/,, 1899. 



Abundance of Macrocilossa stellatarum in the Isle of Man. — 

 The present month is a record one so far as this species is concerned. 



