Insects. 2403 



Agrotis aquilina. Two, July 29 to August 11, at sugar. 



Agrotis nigricans. Five, July 29 to August 11, at sugar. 



Agrotis suffusa. Seven, August to November, at sugar. 



Agrotis obelisea. One, July 29, at sugar. 



Agrotis cinerea. Two, May 13 and 22, at sugar. 



Caradrina blanda. Nine, July 7 to August 3, at sugar and on wing. 



Noctua hebraica. One, September 9, at sugar. 



Calocampa vetusta. Four, September 9 to October 11, at sugar. 



Calocampa exoleta. One, November 18. 



Thyatira batis. Twelve, May 13 till end of June, and two beautiful specimens in 

 August, at sugar and on wing. 



Thyatira derasa. Twelve, July 1 to 1 8, at sugar. 



Xylophasia sublustris. Ten, July 1 to 18, at sugar. 



Xylophasia hepatica. Twelve, June, at sugar. 



Hadena contigua. One, June 28, at sugar. 



Dianthcecia carpophaga. Five, June 2 to 28, on flowers. 



Dianthacia conspersa. One, June 28, at rest on wall. 



Neuria saponaria. Nine, June 9 to 23, at sugar and on flowers. 



Aplecta nebulosa. Twelve, June 1 to 30, at sugar. 



Aplecta herbida. Twelve, June 10 to 30, at sugar. 



Polia serena. Five, June 27 to July 2, at rest on walls, &c. 



Apatela leporina. One, July 11, at sugar. 



Bryophila glandifera. Five, July 21 to 29, on walls. 



Cymatophora viminalis. Twelve, July 1 to 19, at sugar. 



Cosmia affinis. Five, July 3 to 11, at sugar. 



Cosmia diffinis. One, July 12, at sugar. 



Xantholeuca croceago. One, October 26, at sugar. 



Xanthia rujina. Nine, October 11 to November 16, at sugar. 



Xanthia silago Four, October 11 to November 16, at sugar. 



Xanthia cerago. Nine, October 11 to November 16, at sugar. 



Toxocampa pastinum. Four, June 10 to 27, on wing. 



Catocala nupta. Two, July 12 and August 28, at sugar. 



Catocala sponsa. July 20, at sugar. 



Catocala promissa. Seven, July 4 to August 1, at sugar. 



Hylophila prasinana. Two, June, on wing. 



Hylophila quercana. One, July, beaten from an oak. 



In addition to the above I captured a great many commoner species not worth 

 publishing. — H. Cooke; 183, Western Road, Brighton, March 1, 1849. 



Note on Melitcea Dia. — I regret to say that the capture of the specimens to which 

 I alluded in a late number (Zool. 2364) is not corroborated as having occurred in 

 Britain. I now suspect that a fraud has been intended. — Edward Neivman. 



Note on JSpisema cceruleocephala. — For several years past I have found the cater- 

 pillars of the figure-of-eight moth abundantly on the common laurel in the garden, 

 and have fed them exclusively with the leaves of that shrub. When the perfect in- 

 sects appeared the food of the caterpillar became the poison of the moth ; they were 

 stifled with the bruised leaves of the same plant which had been their food in the 

 larva state. — R. C. Douglas ; Forebridge, Stafford, March 5, 1849. 



