244 [April, 



Tortrix cinnamomeana, Tr. — Not common, but occasionally met 

 with. 



FentTiina corticana,'H.h. (picana, Froel.). — This very pretty species 

 ■was Bot scarce among birch in June and July; hefuletana,!!-^^., taking 

 its place in August. 



Fenthina capreana, Hb. — Mr. Atmore found some larvae in May, 

 from which he reared a lovely series. I vp^as not so fortunate, but 

 Bpecimens of the moth occurred all through July in widely separated 

 places. They seem to rest high up in the large sallow bushes, and 

 often fall to the ground with hardly a flutter when disturbed. They 

 are a little more active after sunset, and probably fly at night. 



Fenthina aellana, Hb. — A very few specimens occurred in the dry 

 open places frequented by Eupcecilia anthemidana, near Thetford. 



FTiloeodes Demarniana, P. E. — This species, which used to be taken 

 in the London district, has apparently been rare for many years. I 

 took two or three at West Wick ham thirty years ago, and had never 

 seen a living specimen since. Mr. Atmore and his brother have taken 

 single specimens in several recent years, but in the past summer it 

 must have been more common, for between Mr. Atmore, my son, and 

 myself, more than a dozen were secured. It appears to rest on the 

 branches of well-grown birch trees, and to prefer the higher branches, 

 so that it is difficult to disturb, and, consequently, more difficult to 

 capture, requiring one to beat the branches, another to capture the 

 moth. 



Sericoris hifasciana, Hw.- — Occasionally among firs near Lynn and 

 near Thetford ; in the latter locality I saw it sitting upon the loose 

 brown scales which form the blossom of the fir — Finns sylvestris, — 

 evidently just emerged and in great beauty. From a lot of shoots 

 and blossoms of fir very kindly sent me from Bournemouth by Mr. 

 McHae, I reared a most beautiful series of this species, most of them 

 of the lovely pink colour, which is not always observable in captured 

 specimens. They appeared from the middle of June to quite the end 

 of July, by which time Fetinia sylvestrana was emerging from the 

 same lot of fir blossoms. 



Sericoris micana, Proel. (olivana, Tr.). — I was very glad indeed to 

 renew my acquaintance with this pretty species in a marshy spot in 

 one of the river valleys. It was flying about a patch of Spiraea 

 ulmaria and other marsh plants, restricting itself — quite unnecessarily 

 — to a very few yards of the marsh. The few females observed seemed 

 to hide among tall grass under the sallow bushes. 



