34G THE entomologist's KECOlin, 



has been very plentiful here this year. Their first appearance occurred 

 in the spring when some numbers were seen. I subsequently found 

 some of the larvtB feeding on different species of bedstraw on July 12th, 

 19th, 27th, 29th and 30th. At Henny, Essex, a small parish near this 

 place, I took six larv;o on July 18th and two more on July 20th, also 

 feeding on bedstraw. They commenced to pupate the last week in 

 July, and continued to do so until the end of the first week in August. 

 They spun a very slight silken cocoon, sometimes amongst the food 

 plant at others on the surface of the earth. Whenever possible they 

 incorporated some of the earth with the silk. The first one emerged 

 on July 29th, and they continued to emerge almost daily until August 

 16th, on which day the last one made its appearance. They all 

 emerged between 8.30 a.m. and noon, but most of them between 9 a.m. 

 and 10.30 a.m. I believe the larvai were very abundant in July and 

 August as, in many places I searched, the bedstraw appeared to be much 

 eaten, but being chiefly nocturnal feeders they are not very readily 

 found. Those which I obtained I took between 6 p.m. and dusk. I 

 never remember the various species of bedstraw being in such profusion 

 as it was during the summer months. The hedgerows and banks were 

 quite gay with their white blossoms. The moth was also exceedingly 

 abundant the first week in September. It was to be seen in every 

 garden and was also constantly flying along the streets of this town. 

 They were undoubtedly the progeny of those that appeared in the 

 spring and not fresh arrivals. All the specimens which I caught 

 appeared to have only just emerged as they were in excellent condition. 

 On fine days they may still occasionally be seen, I observed one on 

 November 9th hovering over some flowers. — Edwakd Kansom, Sudbury, 

 Suffolk. November 10th, 1899. 



Abundance of laev^ of Choekocajmpa ELPENOR.^The larv* of C. 

 elpenor have again been very plentiful this year. Some of them were 

 nearly full-fed as early as July 28th, while others were still very small. 

 The green variety of the larva was nearly as abundant as the dark 

 form. Some ova which I found hatched on July 14th. — Ibid, 



SpmNX coNVOLvuLi IN SuFFOLK.- — I recently saw a specimen of ;iS'. 

 convolvuli which was caught here about the middle of September. ^ — Ibid. 



OviPosiTioN of Lasiocampa quekcifolia. — On August 9th I found 

 three ova of L. quercifolia at Henny, Essex. They were deposited on a 

 species of sallow, on the underside of a leaf, quite close together and 

 at the extreme end of the leaf. They hatched on August 15th. — Ibid. 



Lepidopterous larv^ at treacle.^ — With reference to Mr. J. C. 

 Dollman's note {ante, p. 308) it may perhaps be of some interest to 

 record that I have several times during the past two seasons seen a 

 pale brown Noctuid larva at treacle, and I also saAv a larva of Spilosonta 

 liibricipeda at the " sweets " this year. Mice are not uncommon 

 visitors, but I was somewhat surprised at seeing a hedgehog feasting 

 on the tricklings on October 16th, at Birch wood, in 1898. — F. M. B. 

 Carr, 48, Handen Eoad, Lee, S.E. November IQth, 1899. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPos IN 1899. — I had one female specimen emerge 

 on October 7th last, and another on October l8th. They were both 

 perfect and veritable squeakers. They were not forced, I simply kept 

 the pup* indoors on cotton wool. They were from Dover pupa?. — C. 

 "W. CoLTHRUP, 127, Barry Koad, East Dulwich, S.E. November 22nd, 

 1899. 



