NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS* i'6ti 



A. aversata and var. spoliata, Cahera pusaria, C. exanthemaria, taken by 

 bame means and bieii. Haiia vauaria, bred from larvae found on red 

 currant. Strenia clathrata, Panagra petraria, Numeria pulveraria, 

 Ematurga atomaria, Bupalus piniaria, either kicked up or beaten from 

 various trees and bushes. Abraxas grossulariata, common but local. 

 Loniaspilis marginata, abundant near willows. Hyhernia rupicapraria, 

 H. LeucophcEaria, H. aurantiaria, H. marginaria, H. defoliaria, Anisopteryx 

 cBSCUlaria, Cheimatobia bruniata, Oporabia dilutaria, all more or less 

 common at light and rest. Larentia didymata, a perfect nuisance, flitting 

 along hedgerows. E. salicata, only one taken. L. viridaria, rather 

 scarce in beech woods. EmmeLesia alchemillata, scarce at Penllergare. E. 

 albulata, abundant where yellow-rattle occurs. E. decolorata, E. unifas- 

 ciata, occasionally at light. Eupithecia pulchellata, bred from foxglove and 

 at light. E. oblongata, at light. E. subfiUvata, at light and bred from 

 Achiiiea miUefoUwu. E. castigata, E. vulgata, and E. ahsynthiata, taken at 

 light. E. abbreviata, abundant at rest on various trees, and occasionally at 

 sallow. E. pumilata, at light. E. rectangulata, one only, at rest on apple 

 tree. Lobophora viretata, scarce, at rest on hollies. L. carpinata, on 

 various trees. Thera variata, at rest on fir trees and palings near. Hypsi- 

 petes trifasciata, scarce, beaten from alder. H. sordidata and var. infuscata, 

 beaten from hedges, some beautiful specimens of latter being taken. 

 Melanthia bicolorata, not uncommon, beaten from alder. M. ocellata, 

 abundant at rest and at light. M. albicillata, rare at light. Melanippe 

 hastata, one taken ; few seen in Clyne woods. M. sociata, common. Also 

 M. moiitanata, M. gaiiata, occasionally to be met with on sandhills, among 

 (xaiium vefwn. iVi. ^/ifitciuafa, common everywhere. Anticlea nigrofasciaria, 

 scarce. Coremia ciesignata, C. ferruyata, C. unidentata, and Campto- 

 gramma biiineata, equally common at light, flying at dusk and at rest. 

 C Jiuviata, one male taken at light. Eucosmia undulata, one beaten from 

 trees. Cidaria truncata, C. immanata, C. suffumata, C. silaceata, C. 

 prunata, C. dotata, and Pelurga comitata, at flowers, light and rest. 

 Euboiia limitata and E. plumbaria, kicked up in rough meadows. E. bi- 

 punctaria, on the cliffs round Langland Bay. Mesotype virgata, common 

 on sandhills. Anaitis plagiata, kicked up, and occasionally at light. When 

 the word " light " is used, it means that the moths were taken in moth- 

 traps, as there are no lamps near enough to work except on road to 

 Swansea, which is very frequented at night and more than a mile from this 

 house, which makes them hardly worth while working. — R. B. Robertson; 

 bketty Park, Swansea. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Messrs. L. Reeve and Co. have in preparation a new work on the 

 British Aculeate Hymenoptera, from the pen of Mr. Edward Saunders, 

 E.L.S., uniform with the same author's work on the Hemiptera^Heteroptera 

 just completed. 



The success of a Moth-trap. — I have now used my moth-trap fairly 

 constantly for two years, and on the whole have found it very successful ; 

 but I cannot help thinking that its position has a great deal to do with its 

 success, for other entomologists who have had traps made from my pattern 



