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THE entomologist’s RECORD. 
[I remember occasional instances of C. porcdlus at sugar. One almost 
identical with that mentioned above happened to Mr. Ovenden many 
years ago when I was with him. — Ed.] 
St. Annt's-on-Sea. — We have done pretty well this season on the 
sallows, Tceniocajjipa gracilis^ T. opima and T. gothica with T. rubricosa 
putting in an appearance, T. gracilis being by far the commonest. 
Orgyia fascelma are not nearly so abundant this year as last, but still 
we have managed to secure a few larvae. We have also got a fairish 
amount of Leucania littoralis larvae off the sandhills and they are just 
beginning to turn. — H. Baxter, St. Anne’s-on-Sea. 
York. — Sallows yielded plenty of specimens, mostly of the common 
tribe, when nights were favourable ; but I was prevented owing to the 
wet and cold windy nights which prevailed during the blooming season, 
trying them sufficiently often to take Tceniocampa leucographa. This 
species was however taken at Bishop’s Wood, near Selby, and, judging 
by my previous experience when I took a large number one season, the 
species is not uncommon there. Aniiclea badiata I found, on one of the 
sallowing nights, flying round the rose bushes in the greatest profusion. — 
S. Walker, 75 , Union Terrace, York. 
Ca?7ibri'ige^ etc. — I found the early part of this season decidedly bad, 
and things very late, they are coming out much better now, and seem 
tolerably plentiful. A day at Tuddenham (“The Breck Sands”) in 
April produced larvae of a Gelechia in Cerastium arvense^ probably G. 
fraternella^ and other larvae in flowers of broom, from which I have to-day 
bred one Tortrix xylosteana (I expected G. 7}iulinella)^ cases of Coleophora 
lixella and C. onos77iella (the latter of which have been coming out the 
last week), and one imago, Gelechia velocella. C. alcyoTtipcTiella is now 
coming out from cases occurring plentifully near the town, and C. 
troglodytella from the Fens. I was at Wicken one day in the middle of 
June and collected some larvae of Gelechia 77iorosa from yellow “loose- 
strife,” and PeroTtea shepherdana in “ meadow sweet,” and took a series 
of Eupoecilia vectisa7ia (? Ed.) and odd specimens of Phoxopteryx paluda7ia^ 
Chauliodus illigerella^ Stig77i07iota orobaTta^ etc. I saw Mr. Houghton 
(the local collector) who told me MeliaTta fla77i77iea had been pretty 
plentiful, Nascia cilialis and Vwimia veTiosa just coming out. The larvae 
of Plusia orichalcea were very late, I took a few and the last one spun 
up July I St, a full fortnight later than in other years, and three weeks 
later than last year, which, by the way, was the earliest year I have 
known them. Two nights in the Fens, July 4 th and 5 th, proved 
good for “light” and produced Macrogasier castaTiece ( arimdhiis ) 
slightly worn, but more plentiful than I have ever seen them, about 
fifty or sixty in the two nights. Leucania pudorina came freely to “ sugar,” 
three L. straminea at honeydew on alder leaves, Xylophasia rurea and 
var. alopecurus at “sugar,” one Triphoena subsegua in a heap of rubbish, 
and other odd things such as Hepialus hectus^ Core77iia quadtifasciaria^ 
Her77iinia cribralis^ Rivula sericealis, etc. One thing I have found in 
the Fen fresh this year which has pleased me much, viz : — Stratlwiopoda 
pedella which occurs plentifully on three alder trees only, although I 
tried all over the Fen where alder grows. — W. Farren, Cambridge. 
Swansea. — So far as this season goes, insects seem to be scarce, I 
have taken some Boarmia co7iso7iaria, but mostly c? c?> the $ 2 being 
about one in ten. Oddly enough, the majority of these were taken on birch 
