1871.) 277 
Very possibly I may be here reiterating what to many people is a well ascer- 
tained fact; but, as I have reason to believe that some—even of our best—entomo- 
logists labour under the impression that larvae which feed on leaves in the autumn 
wait until the leaves expand before they re-commence feeding in the spring, 
perhaps the publication of these remarks may help to dissipate their delusion.— 
W. H. Harwoon, Colchester, April, 1871. 
Lepidoptera at Guestling in 1870.—The first part of the season was by far the 
worst I have had since I began to collect in 1865 ; the only insect worthy of note 
being Platypteryx lacertula, April 20th, which seems very early for this species. 
June 22nd, Platytes cerassellus ; abundant in grassy places among the shingle at Pett. 
June 28th, Cidaria picata (rather common this year). June 29th, Phibalapteryx 
tersata and Miana arcuosa; one of each at light. July 6th, Rhodophea tumidella ; 
pretty common at sugar, but not very easy to capture. July 7th, Heliothis margt- 
natu; one at sugar. July 8th, Cryptoblabes bistrigella and Phycis carbonariella, 
one of each at light, also one of the former by mothing: Ephestia elutella, one, I 
think, at light: Rhodophea advenella, pretty common, with R. consociella, at 
sugar, and also came to light. These two species and R. tumidella were 
very welcome among the swarms of common things which then came to sugar. 
July 16th, Hypenodes albistrigalis; several came to sugar about this time. July 18th, 
_ Acidalia inornata; as it imbibed the sugar it looked very different from A. aversata, 
for which it is, however, I fancy, often passed over. August 15th, Tethea retusa, by 
mothing ; Apamea fibrosa, one specimen at the millpond; where also I took, Sep- 
tember Ist, Nonagria lutosa. 
In the above notes the date given is that on which the species was first 
observed. 
I am sorry to say that the insect I recorded as Boarmia roboraria in Ent. Mo. 
Mag. for December, 1868 (No. 55, page 178), is only B. consortaria.—H. N. 
BLOOMFIELD, Guestling Rectory, April, 1871. 
Spring Lepidoptera at Leominster.—This season seems likely to be a good one ~ 
for insects. In this neighbourhood, spring moths have been more than usually 
common, if I may judge from the success I have had on the few nights I have 
been able to frequent the Sallow bloom. On Wednesday, March 22nd, I had once 
more the pleasure of taking all the species of the genus Twniocampa. As usual 
here, opima was only represented by a single example, but the other kinds afforded 
excellent sport. Hybernated X. semibrunnea and petrijicata, and H. croceago were 
also taken, giving promise, I hope, of ova. To-day, a lovely specimen of D. salicella 
was captured on the wing. 
In the breeding cages, C. ridens, E. coronata, and B. notha were out as early 
as the 19th of this month, C. suffumata on the 20th, A. pictaria on the 21st, 
E. albipuncta, E. versico’ora, and N. trepida on the 26th.—TuHos. HurcHinson, 
Leominster, March 31st, 1871. 
Capture of Noctua sobrina.—I omitted last August to send you a report of the 
capture at Rannoch of four N. sobrina at sugar by my brother and myself.—Ib. 
Stray notes on the Fen Lepidoptera.—Although the draining of fen land, which 
has been so extensively carried out in the Hastern counties, has doubtless greatly 
restricted the range of the fen loving insects, many of them still linger in the 
small swampy nooks and corners to be found here and there along the course of 
