5208 Insects. 



Capture of a second Specimen of Platypteryx Sicula near Bristol in 1856. — On 

 the 5th of July I was fortunate enough to capture a male specimen of Platypteryx 

 sicula on the wing in Leigh Woods, being the third known British specimen. — Philip 

 H. Vaughan; July, 1856. 



Botys Terrealis (Lep.) — I have succeeded in breeding several of this insect 

 from larvae collected, last September, in N. Wales. The larva feeds on Solidago. 

 It is slender, pale green, and feeds in a loose web on the under side of the leaves. 

 When full-fed it forms a strong web-like cocoon, in which it remains during winter, 

 changing to pupa in spring, and emerging in the imago stale about the middle of 

 June.— G. A. Almond; Birkenhead, July 19, 1856. — [Intelligencer.'] 



Omission in Mr. Doubledays List of Eupithecioe. — In copying the list of Eupi- 

 theciee for the 'Zoologist' one species was accidentally omitted, viz., E. Centaureata. 

 It will come in between E. expallidata and E. succenturiata, as below: — 



27 bis. Centaureata, W. V., Haw. Wood, 679. 



— Henry Doubleday ; Epping, June 6, 1856. 



Occurrence of Limacodes Asellus near Brockenhurst. — On Saturday last I received 

 a fine unset male of this rare Lepidopterous insect ; it was taken the previous day by 

 Mr. Charles Turner, near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hants : my friend, Mr. Samuel 

 Stevens, likewise received a fine pair (male and female) from the same party. — A. F. 

 Sheppard ; Rutland House, Kingston-on-Thames, July 7, 1856. 



Occurrence of Graphiphora Ditrapezium in Dorsetshire. — In July, 1853, two fine 

 specimens of this beautiful and rare insect were taken here by myself; also one speci- 

 men in July, 1855: it has again been taken here this season by myself and Mr. F. 

 Bond. — O. P .-Cambridge ; Bloxivorth, near Polandford, Dorset. 



Late appearance of Cucullia Chamomilloe. — One of my children captured yesterday 

 a fine female of this species, which evidently, from the freshness of its appearance, 

 had but recently emerged from the pupa: this appears remarkable, as I found full-fed 

 larvae on the 29th of June, which descended on the following day ; others had been 

 taken prior to that period and some are still feeding, Mr. Heading, of Plymouth, 

 Laving taken some yesterday. — W. H. Hay ward ; Devonport, Devon, July 18, 1856. 



Captures of Lepidoptera at Pembury, Kent. — I have taken the following species 

 during the last week in June and the first in July, viz., Crambus uliginosellus, Botys 

 laneealis and Pionea stramentalis, flying together on a boggy side of a hill known as 

 the Miller's Wood ; the two latter occurred more commonly in the lowest ground, and 

 the first in an open space where the asphodel and sundew grew in great profusion 

 amongst the sedges and rushes ; the females, when on the wing, looked whiter than 

 Pascuellus, their under wings being much purer in colour ; the males appeared darker, 

 and the broad silvery basal streak was nearly divided into two by a suffused brown 

 line. Macaria notata was not rare, but one out of every three taken had an under 

 wing entirely absent, and one specimen flew tolerably well with both the under wings 

 abortive. Apatela leporina occurred on birch stems. Eupcccilia ambiguana flying 

 about birch bushes in the evening. Ceropacha fluctuosa was beaten from birches dur- 

 ing the day. Epione adversaria was scarce and much worn. Zerene albicillaria oc- 

 curred sparingly on the wing in the evening. Bucculatrix frangulella was common 

 on the Rhamnus frangula. — J. Jenner Weir; 20, Maismore Square, Old Kent Road, 

 Festival of St. James the Great, 1856. 



