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THE entomologist’s RECORD. 
thaumus {linea). Fairly common. H. sylvanus. Locally common in 
woods and on bushy hillsides. It seems much to be desired, that 
someone would undertake to collate the various forms and varieties from 
various parts of the kingdom. A cabinet intended to contain British 
insects has been placed in the Museum here. Only the Rhopalocera 
have yet been arranged, but I should be very glad to show these to any 
entomologist who will let me know beforehand by letter. — E. VV. Bowell, 
Hereford. 
Hybernation of the larv^ of Noctua sobrina. — With regard 
to the question as to whether N. sobrma passes the winter in the egg or 
the larval state, the following entry in my 1874 note book may be of 
interest, viz\ — Ova laid August 13th and 14th, hatched September ist, 
and the larvae from these hybernated very small, although I failed to rear 
them, probably because I could not obtain their proper food. In the 
following year (1875) ^ larvae sent me from Scotland, June 
8th, from these the moths were bred, July 14th, and subsequently. On 
August 30th I had a batch of ova hatch, and the larvae again hybernated 
as before. These two notes, I think, conclusively show that the larvae 
of JV. sobrina like so many other species of that genus hatch in the 
autumn and feed up in the spring. It is a nocturnal feeder. — C. P'enn, 
Eversden House, Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, Kent. 
The Foodplant of Catoptria citrana. — I believe the larvae of 
Catoptria citrana feeds on the flower heads of Achillea 7 nillefolium 
(yarrow) in June. It is double brooded, the'imago appearing the last week 
in May, and again in August at Deal, and the moth occurs among the 
same plant in July and August. These, also, are the Folkestone dates 
which would probably be a little modified by the difference of locality 
although it is a well-known fact that many species appear earlier in the 
north than in the south. — C. Fenn, Lee, Kent. 
I have always taken Catoptria citra?ia among “yarrow” and “rest- 
harrow” {Ononis) and was always under the impression that the latter 
was its foodplant, but, as I have never bred it, I cannot say for certain. 
I take them flying in June and beginning of July, at Tuddenham, which 
appears to be a month earlier than the Folkestone date. — W. Farren, 
Cambridge. [The species occurs at Deal at the end of May and 
beginning of August, but it was most abundant at Tuddenham on July 
1 8th this year. Mr. Austin of Folkestone, has bred the species from 
yarrow. — Ed.] 
Hybernating Iodis vernaria. — I have bred Jodis vernaria right 
through the winter. They seem easy. I forgot I had them until the 
clematis had been well out for a fortnight when I found them sitting 
quite peacefully on the dead stems in the pot. They are exactly like 
the dead stems and drop at a touch — quite rigid. In the spring they 
change from brown to green, and still drop rigid — beautifully protective. 
Mr. Owen Wilson’s picture is a good one of the full grown larvae, 
though he failed to get his through the winter. — G. M. A. Hewett, 
Winchester College. 
Hadena rectilinea. — Owing to the late spring I have done very 
little in collecting this season yet, although I have bred a good many 
species. I took a female Hade?ia rectilinea last July on a tree trunk, 
she was nearly laid out ; however, I got over a score of ova which duly 
hatched and fed up to the end of October, they then went down. 
