Insects. 2331 



Oncocera Cardui. Four, on thistles, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July. 



Oncocera lotella. Two, Southend, July. 



Crambus falsellus. Twelve, on a barn end, Swanscombe, July. 



Lampronia auroguttella. One, Greenhithe Wood, July. 



Pterophorus megadactylus. Four, Southend, July. — J. B. Hodghinson ; 1, liar- 

 man's Cottages, Northfleet, Kent, October 22, 1848. 



Inquiry respecting Colias Edusa. — Have any of your entomological correspondents 

 seen or heard of this insect occurring during the past summer ? As far as my recol- 

 lection serves, the present and the preceding are the only two years in which I have 

 wholly missed a sight of this richly tinted butterfly in this island, where in many sea- 

 sons it is even common amongst us. — W. Arnold Bromfeld, M.D., F.L.S.; East- 

 mount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, October 6, 1848. 



Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli at Battel.— This afternoon I received a most 

 magnificent female specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli. It had not been born more than 

 an hour. The margins and the "00" on the outer edge of the anterior wing are 

 exceedingly well marked. It was found in the church-yard, on a low tombstone, but 

 though I searched diligently among the grass I could not find the chrysalis. — J. B. 

 Ellman; Battel, October 7, 1848. 



Occurrence of Deilephila Celerio in Cumberland. — Three specimens of Deilephila 

 Celerio have been obtained in Cumberland this year ; two near Carlisle, I am informed 

 by a young friend of mine, Mr. John Graham ; and a third near Cockermouth, which 

 is now in the cabinet of my friend J. W. Harris, Esq., of Pass Castle. — /. B. Hodg- 

 kinson : Northfleet, Kent, October, 1848. 



Occurrence of Lophopteryx carmelita in Cumberland. — My friend Mr. Allis cap- 

 tured a pair of this rare Bombyx in April last; one on a birch stump, the other on 

 an old wall in a birch wood, near Barrow House, Keswick. — Id. 



Occurrence of Graphiphora pyrophila and Agrotis nebulosa in Cumberland. — My 

 father obtained three or four fine specimens of Graphiphora pyrophila in the west of 

 Cumberland, taken near Maryport on the Solway Frith. Mr. Allis has a pair in his 

 possession which were captured in the same district, and a specimen of Agrotis nebu- 

 losa (ripae) : this is the first time that the latter species has been taken in the north. — 

 Id. 



Occurrence of Ephippiphora turbidana and Phycita abietella at Carlisle. — My bro- 

 ther took above a score of Ephippiphora turbidana, last June or July, among the 

 common butterbur (Tussilago Petasites). My father took a fine specimen of Phycita 

 abietella at Newby Cross, near Carlisle, last July : he beat it out of a fir. — Id. 



Capture of Agrotis pascuea at Deal. — On a recent visit to this interesting locality 

 (last month) I was fortunate enough to take four specimens of this rare Noctua, on 

 blades of grass on the sand-hills, in the dusk of evening, evidently from their fine con- 

 dition, only just emerged from the chrysalis : this species appears rare, but widely dis- 

 tributed, having occurred to my knowledge at Lewes, Little Hampton, Ventnor, Bide- 

 ford, Swanage, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft. I tried sugar, but could not get them to 

 come to it, my only visitors being Agrotis valligera, Calocampa vetusta, and a few 

 common species. I also met with Lixus bicolor, Hypera fasciculosa, and several other 

 rarities, recorded by Mr. Dawson (Zool. 2275). — Samuel Stevens ; Vine Cottage, Blyth 

 Lane, Hammersmith, Oct. 26, 1848. 



Aberrant Economy in Tortrix viridana. — During an entomological ramble last 



