THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
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Amphypira py ramided and tragopog- 
onis. Common. 
Mania typica. Common. Larva on 
"Willow Herb. 
M. maura. Frequent. Larva on 
Dock. 
Toxocampa pastinum. Hot frequent. 
Stilbia anomala. Not common. On 
the coast. 
Euclidia Mi. Commonly met with. 
E. glyphica. Barer than the above. 
Phytometra ccnea. Frequent on 
Downs. 
I have now enumerated about one 
hundred and fifty eight species of 
Noctuce and I have no doubt but that 
the list might be greatly enlarged by 
some other Entomologist of more ex- 
tended experience than mine, — espec- 
ially in the genera Acronycta, Leu- 
cania, Noctna, and Hadena. How- 
ever, as it is, there is a large propor- 
tion enumerated, and as the district 
is of no great extent I feel perfectly 
satisfied. I should strongly advise 
young Entomologists who search for 
Noctuce to visit and well work the 
Silene injlata flowers ; I have taken 
more species at them than at Sugar, 
Ivy, and Sallows put together. 
To be continued 
Emigration of Insects continued . — 
The following is an extract from my 
Journal and as it bears somewhat on 
this subject it may not be altogether 
uninteresting. 
“5th. Oct. 1862. — In the Bay of 
Biscay. Observed several small birds 
flying about the ship, among them a 
pair of Bobins, whose appearance I 
fancy is rather unusual, as I am not 
aware they are migratory birds ; they 
were tolerably tame, though not tame 
enough to be caught, and amused 
themselves by hopping about the ham- 
mock nettings, and occasionally fly- 
ing up and snapping at flies ; one of 
them had a very exciting chase after 
a Plusia gamma, which it secured 
and devoured with considerable gusto 
probably not having tasted such a 
delicate morsel for several days. 
The quarter gallery appeai’ed to be 
their favourite place of resort, so I 
sprinkled some crumbs for them, as 
they seemed to be in a very famished 
condition. The other birds were Bed- 
starts, Tit-larks, and Chaffinches. 
How the moths came into the ship is 
a mystery, I have noticed several 
species amongst them. I have taken 
a fine specimen of Ecopula fer rug alis, 
two ofP. gamma, a Stenopteryx hy- 
bridalis and a Pterophorus. Now 
could these have flown on board, and 
secreted themselves while the ship 
was anchored off Portland ? and if so, 
how is it I never observed any of 
them flying about the ship at that 
place ? it is evident they could not 
have gained admittance either in the 
larva or pupa state, and it is almost 
equally impossible they could have 
flown across the Bay, from the shores 
of France or Northern Spain. It 
seems strange they subsisted for five 
days without food” 
It is worthy of remark that the 
wind varied from East to South East 
during our passage across the Bay, 
