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joy caught one which proves to be Agrotis saucia. From its appearance it may 
perhaps have hibernated, but it is not much damaged. — Charles G. Barrett, Jun., 
Pembroke : July 12th, 1880. 
Noctua c-nigrum in June. — On the 27th June, at mid-day, I saw, on a walk in 
the garden, a living Noctua which I did not at first recognise, it being in very bad 
condition ; and I was about to leave it, when it occurred to me that it w r as N. c-nigrum , 
and so, on account of the singularity of its appearance at this season, I killed it and 
set it out. I can come to no other conclusion than that it is an example that has 
hibernated, the usual time of the species coming out being late in J uly and in 
August ; the worn wings show it has survived hard climatic conditions, but its en- 
feebled state seemed to be the result of an immediately previous encounter with a 
bird or other enemy. — J. W. Douglas, 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : 14 th July, 
1880. 
1 lapta taminata and Sesia niyopceformis in Lancashire. — Mr. Anthony Mason 
of Grange-over-Sands sent me a specimen of B. taminata to know if he must catch 
more of it, as it was a new “ carpet ” to him, and Mr. Henry Murray, of Carnforth, 
took S.myopceformis sitting among the dust on the road close to the Grange Station, 
he remarked that he had killed hundreds of flies and ichneumons thinking they were 
clear-wings ; there are some old apple trees, now wild, growing close by : I am not 
aware of the occurrence of either of those species before in Lancashire. — J. B. 
Hodgkinson, 15, Spring Bank, Preston : June 13 th, 1880. 
Stigmonota scopariana . — Seven days ago I made a special journey to look for 
the larva of this species. I had tried the supposed plants that I bred scopariana 
from, but nothing seemed to agree satisfactorily. After reading the hints about its 
occurrence in rough fields of broom and Genista, I put on my studying cap, and re- 
membered bringing a handful of Genista tinctoria flowers from a rough field when 
passing through last July, and I put them in a pot to feed Depressaria atomella 
upon. This was my last hope of getting any results. I w'as down on my knees 
poking about among the plant until I was stiff all over, and lying down at full stretch 
I spied a yellow Tortrix larva creeping up the stem, I got it carefully on my net, got 
out my glass and was satisfied that I had learned the secret, and picked a few more 
unexpanded buds growing next to the one I got the larva off : out comes my glass and 
there were holes eaten at the base of the flowers, and snugly inside was another larva 
which had drawn a leaf up to the stem for shelter — they don’t seem at all to eat the 
leaves ; the larva is dark yellow, slightly hairy, and the dorsal vessel shows as a 
transparent dull brown streak along it ; the body is speckled with very minute black 
spots, the head is of a light horny colour. The larva is moderately active and fat ; 
the pupa is yellow r , enclosed in a silken cocoon made up on the covering of the pot ; 
two have changed thus, and three among some of the light soil at the bottom, drawing 
it over the silken enclosure. I hope to breed these, as I am leaving the district this 
year ; I was fortunately there at the moment, as they made up in a day or two after- 
wards. — I d. : July 15 th, 1880. 
Note on Cidaria salicata. — In June, 1879, I had some eggs of salicata given 
me by Mr. Threlfall, they hatched in due course, fed up well, went to pupa, 8 moths 
emerged in August, 1879, 3 in May, 1880, and 4 more up to July 5th, 1880 . — Id. 
