972 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
on the sallows, as also those of Saturnia carpini and Notodonta xczac. 
Imagines of Letoptilus microdactylus and Orthotelia sparganella were 
captured. It was noticed that Sptlosoma menthastri came regularly to 
light about 11.80 p.m., and once also a S. urticaec. The pupa of P. 
festucae, obtained on our first visit, now produced an imago. Taken 
on the whole it was a very successful visit, and we returned well 
satisfied—H. M. Epsusren, F.E.8., Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. 
August 28th, 1900. 
Leprpoptera 1s Juny anp Aveusr. —During J uly larvee were exceed- 
ingly abundant at Chingford and Tottenham, especially Porthesia similis, 
Leucoma salicis and Malacosoma neustria. A nice series of Dicycla oo 
was bred from larve beaten from an oak at Chingford, whilst Zephyrus 
betulae was very common in Epping Forest this season (one collector 
took over 80 laryee by beating in three visits). From August 11th to 
August 27th I was at Folkestone. One of the most noteworthy 
insects that has appeared there this season is Papilio machaon, of which 
I saw two specimens, and Austin had caught one. My other captures 
among the Rhopalocera were—(Gonepteryx  ciuaa Melanargia galathea, 
Pianie rapae, P. napi, P. brassicae, Colias edusa, C. var. helice, C. 
hyale, Argynints aylaia (worn), Aylais urticae, Vanessa ie and Pyrameis 
atalanta were common, the larve of the latter almost everywhere ; 
P. cardui also was abundant, it is some years since I saw it as 
abundant at Folkestone as it was this year. Mpinephele tithonus 
(worn), J“, jantra (one with almost white hindwings), Mnodia hyper- 
anthus (worn), Pararge megaera, Hipparchia  semele, Thymelicus 
thaumas, Pamphila sylvanus, P. comma, Polyommatus icarus, C. minima 
(second brood), Cyaniris argiolus (second brood), Polyommatus bellargus 
(second brood), P. astrarche (second brood), one an aberration with 
the underside white with suffused black dots, Plebetus aegon (three 
worn, at Dover), Polyommatus corydon, several underside aberrations, 
one orange female aberration, one blue female, one female with spotless 
underside, and Chrysophanus phlaeas. Noctuids were plentiful at dusk, 
and the number of species too numerous to mention in detail. Larvee of 
Macroglossa stellatarum were abundant on the yellow bedstraw, and the 
larvee of Choerocampa porcellus were fairly common on the cliffs and 
readily found with a lantern at dusk as they crawled up the bedstraw to 
feed on the top shoots ; of some three dozen larve captured, five only were 
of the green form. Larve of Sphinw “igustri have been rare this year; I 
took tw 0 larvee of Acherontia atropos in a potato field facing the cliffs, but 
although I searched the whole field I obtained no more. On August 
11th, 12th and 13th I observed that Plausia ganma was in countless 
numbers on ey ery flower, a sight never to be forgotten. They swarmed 
at dusk round privet blossom, in the Marine gardens, where they 
fought furiously to get at the bloom. By the end of the week they had 
almost entirely disappeared and only a few stragelers were observed 
during the rest of my holiday.—C. P. Picxrrr, The Ravenscrofts, 
Columbia Road, Hackney Road, London, N.E. Seneenber drd, 1900. 
PaRTIAL DOUBLE-BROODEDNESS or ANGERONA pRuNARIa.—Do- day, I 
found a female A. prunaria that had emerged in a breeding-cage. It 
was from a larva that had fed up rapidly during the summer, some 150 
larvee of the same brood being at the time of its emergence in the same 
cage, just preparing to hybernate.—Ipm. 
AUTUMNAL LEPIDOPTERA aT Marker Drayron.—Sugar has been 
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