884 MR. T. J. BOLD ON LEPIDOPPEEA. 



Bryophila perla. — Imago on lichen covered walls, at Newbig- 

 gen-by-the-Sea. July and August. 



Nonagria elymi. — About fifty specimens of this formerly rare 

 insect were captured on the coast at South Shields, in July, by 

 different members of the "Entomological Club," flying at dusk, 

 or at rest on the sand reed, in the stems of which plant the 

 larva feeds. 



Gortynafiavago.- — Pupa in the stems of thistles. August and 

 September. South Shields, &c. 



Axylia putris. — Newbiggen-by-the-Sea. July. Flying at 

 dusk over nettles. 



CharcBas graminis. — On the flowers of ragwort by day. New- 

 biggen-by-the-Sea. August. 



Mamestra albicolon. — On the coast at South Shields. May 

 and June. Very scarce this year. 



Apamea unanimis. — Larvae (hybernated). Jesmond Dene. 

 April. 



Miana arcuosa. — Eather plentiful at Newbiggen-by-the-Sea, 

 in July. 



Agrotis valligera, cursoria, and tritici. — Not so numerous as 

 usual on the coast, near South Shields. Larvae probably de- 

 stroyed by the frosts in May and June. 



Noctua glareosa. At sugar. Thornley Wood. August. 



Taniocampa gothica, rubricosa, instabilis, gracilis, mimda, and 

 cruda. — Very scarce, at sallow blossoms in April, on account of 

 the frost. 



Orthosia upsilon. — Bred from larva found in Jesmond Dene, 

 on willow, in June. 



0. lota, and macilenta. — Also bred, and at sugar. Thornley. 

 September. 



Anchocelis rufina, pistacina, and litura, — Rather plentiful at 

 sugar. Thornley. September and October. 



