363 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Notes feom Norwich. — In the early part of the summer we had the 

 opportunity of rearing about twenty caterpillars of Ennomos tiliaria. 

 Newman, ' British Moths,' p. 57, says: — "I know nothing of the cater- 

 pillar of this moth. Mr. Stainton, translating Treitschke, says it is 

 wrinkled, brown, marbled with darker brown, with humps on the 6th and 

 lOth segments," &c. From this it appears that Newman and Stainton 

 were not acquainted with this caterpillar. On July 13th a female specimen 

 of Arctia caia, which we had just taken, layed some eggs. The caterpillars 

 emerged on the 34th of the same month. On Sept. 6th some of them were 

 full-fed and commenced spinning; and on the 10th the first one pupated. 

 By Oct. 9th most of them were in the chrysalis, and the perfect moths are 

 now appearing. Is not this a very unusual occurrence ? Eight only of 

 them hybernated, at less than an inch in length. We took one example 

 0^ Arctia [Spilosoma] urtic(B B.i ^^vo^ston, on May 20th, at a lamp; also 

 about thirty specimens of Heliophobus (Neuronia) popularis, of which two 

 only were females, and from these we have been fortunate enough to obtain 

 about sixty eggs, which we hope to rear next summer. — B. C. Tillett ; 

 Sprowston Lodge, Norwich. [Ennomos tiliaria is now more generally known 

 as Eugonia alniaria. The larva was described in 1866 by the late Rev. J. 

 Hellins (Ent. Mo. Mag. iii. p. 162), and by the late Edward Newman in 

 1870 (Entom. v. p. 196). It is also figured by Wilson in ' Larvse of British 

 Lepidoptera,' pi. xvii. (1880). The partial second brood of Arctia caia 

 referred to is not an altogether exceptional occurrence, but is interesting 

 because it appears to have been the result of the late remarkable summer. 

 In other cases recorded of second broods of this species the conditions were 

 largely artificial. — Ed.] 



NocTU^ IN Forfarshire. — The following is a list of Noctuse taken in 

 the neighbourhood of Montrose, N.B., between July 27th and October 8rd, 

 1893 ; all captured either at sugar or ragwort flowers : — Leucania conigera, 

 Li. litliargyria, L. impura, L. pallens, Hydrcecia nictitans, H. micacea 

 (very common), Xylophasia lithoxylea, X. polyodon (var. atJiiops, several), 

 AjJainea oculea, Miana strigilis, M. literosa (abundant), Charaas graminis 

 (var. rufa), Luperina testacea (var. x-notata), Celcena liaworthii, Mamestra 

 brassiccB, Caradrina cubicularis, Rusina tenehrosa, Agrotis valligera, 

 A. saucia, A. nigricans (var. fuliginea), A. suffusa, A. pracox (fine), 

 A. cursoria (vars. hrunnea and sagitta), A. tritici (vars. valligera and 

 alhilinea), Triphcena ianthina, T. Jimbria, T. pronuba, T. orbona (var. 

 comes, common), Noctua castanea (one only at sugar), N. baia, N. glareosa 

 (dark grey varieties, and about a dozen var. suffusa), N. c-nigrum (abundant), 

 N. augur (common), N. brunnea, N. festiva, N. conflua (a few), N. xantho- 

 grapha, N. plecta (first taken, August 26th), Orthosia lota (three at sugar), 

 Anchocelis pistacitia (a few), A. litura (most abundant), Xantlda silago, 

 X. cerago (var. flavescens), X. ferruginea, Cosmia trapezina, Folia chi (rather 

 dark), Epunda nigra (fairly common), Hadena oleracea, Calocampa vetusta 

 (thousands), Flusia gamma, Amphipyra tragopogonis, Mania typica. Mr. 

 Duncan, the curator of our museum, has taken one specimen of Cloantha 

 solidaginis, one Agriopis aprilina, and one Thyatira batis. — Montague S. 

 W. Gunning ; The Mall, Montrose. 



CoLiAS edusa in Devonshire. — Colias edusa appeared rather plenti- 

 fully during the spring months on the coast near Seaton, the first butterfly 

 on March 29th, and I have either seen or captured it every month since. 

 On June 20th I took a fresh male near Bridestowe ; and on July 3rd both 



