11 ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC. 



Z. Filipendulap, aud the common silkworm moth ; also larvae 

 of B. Qiiercus, and pupae of A. Atropos, S. Ligiistri and 

 Bucephala. — H. W. Grensted ; 3, Brewer Street, Maidstone, 



Captures in 1869. — I beg to enclose notes of a few of the 

 more local Lepidoptera I have taken during 1869. 



Chcerocampa Porcellus. Wallasey, July. 



Sphecia Bembeciforrais. Wallasey, July 22. One speci- 

 men by beating. 



Psilura Monacha, Hawkhurst, Kent, July 30. At light. 



Bryophila Glandifera. St. Leonard's -on -Sea, August. 

 Common. 



Acronycta Alni. Hawkhurst, Kent, August 7. Larva 

 feeding on hawthorn. 



Leucania Littoralis. Wallasey, July. Not so common as 

 in 1868. 



Maraestra Albicolon. Wallasey, June. Very abundant at 

 sugar. 



Grammesia Trilinea [var. Bilinea). Wallasey, June. Three 

 specimens ; also var. Semifusca. 



Agrolis Saucia. St. Leonard's-on-Sea, October 4 and llj'; 

 common at sugar. Staley Brushes, Cheshire, Sept. 29 ; one 

 at sugar. | 



Agrotis Praecox. Wallasey, July. One specimen. 



Taeniocampa Opima. Wallasey, April 21. Three at sallows. 



T. Populeti. Wallasey, June 11. At sugar. (Proof of 

 lateness of season). 



Aplecta Occulta. St. Leonard's-on-Sea, August. One at 

 rest. 



Epunda Lichenea. Wallasey, April. Larvae on chick- 

 weed. 



Selenia lUustraria. Hawkhurst, August. At light. 



Acidalia Subsericeata. Wallasey, June. Common. 



A. Piomutata. St. Leonard's-on-Sea, August. A ^ew. 



A. Emarginata. Hawkhurst, August. Not uncommon at 

 dusk. 



Macaria Notata. St. Leonard's-on-Sea, August. One. 



Oporabia Filigranimaria. Staley Brushes, September. 



Emmclcsia Decolorata. Wallasey, July. Common. 



Eupithecia Indigata. Delamere Forest, Cheshire, July 3. 

 In fir-woods (rather worn). 



