188 (November, 
Hemietera.—Odontoscelis fuliginosus, larvee ; Sciocoris terreus, plentiful under 
the short, dry moss, at the top of the hillocks. I got 50 or 60, and then left off 
taking them. When first shaken out of the moss they lie quite still for about five 
minutes, then give themselves a sbake, and move no more for a long time, and, 
being just the colour of the sand, are not easy to see. The sexes were in equal 
numbers. LEurygaster mawrus, one only. I did not find the difficulty in fixing the 
legs mentioned in Vol. vi, p. 183, probably because I let my example remain in 
laurel fora week. Pseudophleus Falleni, one only. Usually common in August 
under Erodiwm cicutarium, but the roots of this plant were very small, and had 
nothing about them. Chorosoma Schillingi, a few, mostly mutilated. Of one 
example, one of the thighs had been broken, the ends at the fractured place had 
slightly overlapped and grown together ; this thigh is therefore shorter than the 
other, as might have been expected, but the tibia and tarsus are also both short- 
ened. Neides depressus, one only ; Trapezonotus agrestis, very abundant, the bug 
of the period; Rhyparochromus pretextatus, common; Agramma leta, common ; 
Deltocephalus sabulicola, among the Marram. 
LepipoPrTerA.—Aporophila australis, five, sitting on the ground, without an 
attempt at concealment, and very conspicuous among the short grass. The want of 
“mimicry” was painfully apparent in the remains of many specimens lying about 
the sand-hills, the said remains consisting only of the thoracic segments and wings, 
the abdomen, in each instance, having doubtless formed a bonne bouche for one of 
the thousands of starlings which frequent the place. Yet, as the species is eyi- 
dently not rare, the “survival of the fittest’ to carry on the race is surely deter- 
mined by a rough and ready process, in which the welfare of the birds, rather 
than of the insects, seems to have the first place.—J. W. Douatas, Lee, October 
7th, 1870. 
Capture in Britain of Plusia acuta, Walker.—I have to announce the capture 
in May last by my friend, Mr. H. P. Robinson, of Tonbridge Wells, of a specimen 
of Plusia acuta, Walk., which entered his drawing-room window, no doubt attracted 
by the light. On looking over Mr. Robinson’s captures in June last, I immediately 
detected the insect as something new. Iam indebted to my friend Mr. Howard 
Vaughan for its name.—HeEnry Moors, 8, Sheffield Terrace, Kensington, W., 15th 
October, 1870. 
[This species, which is not mentioned in either of Guenée’s Catalogues, is re- 
presented in the Brit. Mus. Collection by a single specimen, from Congo, in Africa. 
Mr. Moore’s example was no doubt imported in the pupa state.—Eds. | 
Occurrence in Britain of Acidalia ochrata, Scop., a species new to our list.—A 
short time since, Mr. Walter Weston placed in my hands for identification an 
Acidalia captured by himself near Red Hill, Surrey, on August 4th, 1869, and 
subsequently Mr. Sydney Webb, of Red Hill, has shown me a specimen of the same 
species which he also had captured in the previously mentioned locality in 1865. 
This Acidalia is, in my opinion, the true ochrata of Scopoli. Dr. Knaggs informs 
me that he has long looked upon this species as an inhabitant of Britain, and some 
time ago kindly gave me an example which, to judge by the setting, is undoubtedly 
British, although he was unable to furnish me with the locality in which it had been 
captured.—Howarp VAuGHAN, Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, 8th October, 1870. 
