248 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
MacroGLossa STELLATARUM IN THE [stu on Man.—Macroglossa stella- 
tarum is very plentiful here at present. I saw ten specimens one 
evening last week hovering over flowers of red valerian in this garden. 
—Isrp. 
HippaRCcHIA SEMELE AT TREACLE.—It may be of some interest to your 
readers to record the capture of two specimens of Hlipparchia semele, on 
July 25th and 29th, in a treacle trap I have hanging up in my 
carriage drive, whilst on August 15th a third example was caught in 
the same manner. Strange to say I have not this year yet seen a 
single specimen in the fields. Is the taste of H. semele for sweets 
generally known? On August 2nd I caught, in the same trap, a fine 
specimen of Mugonia polychloros and numerous examples of Pyrameis 
atalanta. This has been a great year for Aylais wrticae, and Vanessa to 
has been seen here for the first time in some abundance. For moths, 
treacle and light have, as usual in this district, failed—A. H. Rypon, 
Awbrook, Lindfield, Sussex. August 15th, 1900. 
Foop-pLants oF CucuLLia Lycunitis.—l am rearing a number of 
larve of C. lychnitis, taken off Verbaseum nigrum in Sussex, and I find 
they take readily to and do well on both Verbascwn thapsus and 
Scrophularia aquatica.—Prrcy C. Rew, F.H.S., Peering Bury, Kelve- 
don. August 11th, 1900. 
Lepmoprera at FarnsoroucH.—On July 26th a female HMutricha 
quercifolia came indoors to light, the first example of the specics that 
I have ever seen in this district. I placed her in a muslin sleeve and 
obtained a good supply of ova. A male Stawropus fagi was taken on a 
small birch in the wood near here, and some 500 yards from any beech tree 
that Iknow. I took Pyyacra curtula larvee last season on the aspens near, 
and have had about a dozen imagines emerge in my breeding-cage. I 
also captured a § Boarmia consortaria on the fence here on June 20th, 
the species being quite new to the district.—H. Atprrson, F.E.S., 
Hilda Vale Road, Farnborough. July 80th, 1900. 
Lrprmoprera IN ANGLESEA.—CourtsHIp or HeEpIALUS HUMULI.— 
PaiRING OF SESIA MUSCIFORMIS.—I spent my holiday in Anglesea, and had 
atrocious weather. It might be a good place, but at the time sugar was 
absolutely of no use, and there was very little sun. I got, inter alia, Sesia 
musciformis (plentiful), Plebeius aeyon (very common, I obtained some 
nice females), Chariclea wnbra, Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Hecatera serena, 
Dianthoecia conspersa, Mamestra albicolon, Hubolia palumbaria (very fine 
and dark). I came across an amusing instance of the courtship of 
Hepialus humuli. A male was hovering, as usual, when a female flew 
close up to him, apparently saluting him, and then hung herself up on 
an adjacent grass-stalk. The male took no notice but went on hovering, 
and after waiting for about a minute the female left her perch and 
repeated the salutation, hanging herself up again; this time the male 
joined her and they paired. It would appear that Sesia musciformis 
chiefly fly from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., but I have seen odd ones, ? s, between 
6p.m.and8p.m. They pair about 12 (noon), and seem to remain 
paired for a short period, I was not able to actually time them. When 
these paired couples are disturbed the ? carries the J and progresses in 
large hops or short flights exactly like a grasshopper, of which latter 
there was any quantity about, and I two or three times caught pairs 
Which jumped on or into my net. They were easy enough to distin- 
guish on the wing, flying steadily and not very fast. Insects appear 
