3334 Insects. 



Captures of Lepidoptera in the New Forest, Hampshire. — The following is a list of 

 a few of the rarer insects I have captured in the New Forest during the last two years. 

 Pieris Crataegi Sphinx Convolvuli (Enistis quadra 



Nemeobius Lucina Acherontia Atropos Triphaenap fimbria 



Argynnis Aglaia Sesia Bombyliformis interjecta 



A black variety of Argyn- Notodonta Dromedarius Apamea nictitans 

 nis Paphia Ziczac Apatela leporina 



Cynthia Cardui Leiocampa dictasoides Catocala promissa 



Apatura Iris Stauropus Fagi sponsa 



Limenitis Sibylla Drymonia dodonea Acronycta Alni 



Hipparchia Semele chaonia tridens 



Galathea Peridea trepida 



— Dighy Compton ; Manor House, Lyndhurst, New Forest. 



Captures of Lepidoptera at Sutton Park, Warwickshire. — In addition to the more 

 common Lepidoptera, the following have been taken here during the preceding season. 

 Achatia Piniperda, one, end of March, asleep on rails. 

 JEchmia Haworthella, one, May 1. 

 Micropteryx Allionella, plentiful, beginning of June. 



Chserocampa Porcellus, one, middle of June. Several others taken by the Bir- 

 mingham collectors. 



Crambus Margaritellus, abundant, beginning of July. 

 Acronycta Alni, one, larva, September 10. 

 Colias Edusa, one, in a clover-field, September 12. 

 Agrolis saucia, one, at sugar, October 23. 



„ „ var. majuscula, one, at sugar, October 24. 



— Thomas M. Simkiss ; Oscott College, Birmingham, November 20, 1851. 



Search for Pupae of Lepidoptera at the Roots of Trees. — Pcecilocampa Populi. — It 

 may be interesting to some of the entomological readers of the * Zoologist ' to learn 

 that I have this year succeeded in taking this uncommon insect, by digging for the 

 pupa. I have, as yet, found it at the roots of ash only, not of poplar. It is difficult 

 to detect, from lying nearly at the surface of the ground, among the roots of the grass, 

 and the cocoon being earthy-coloured, renders it still more likely to escape notice. A 

 very fine female made its appearance on the 26th of October, and was followed, two 

 days after, by two males, and, on the 5th of November, by another female. I can re- 

 commend to entomologists the plan of searching for pupae, during the winter months, 

 at the roots of trees, under moss, bark, &c, as, irrespective of its being the only occu- 

 pation which the season of the year will admit of, it often repays the careful searcher 

 with many of the rarer kinds. Among many hundreds of pupae taken by me in this 

 way during the early months of the present year, the following may be mentioned as 

 worthy of notice : — 

 Chaerocampa porcellus Clostera curtula Taeniocampa Populeti 



Sphinx Convolvuli reclusa miniosa 



Srnerinthus Tiliae Apamea unanimis Hadena satura 



Lithosia rubricollis Trachea Piniperda adusta 



Phragmatobia mendica Taeniocampa munda Boarmia Abietaria (July) 



— Joseph Green; Vicarage, Lower Guiting, Gloucestershire, November 13, 1851. 



Emmelesia Blomeri taken at Goblin Coombe, Somersetshire. — On the 22nd of July, 

 last year, I took two specimens of Emmelesia Blomeri, whilst beating, in Goblin 



