54 
Wimbledon. — Entom., 1874, p. 226, 227. 
Entom. Annual, 1857, p. 114; 1865, p. 109. 
Coombe Wood. — Entom. Annual , 1857, p. 114; 1865, p. 109. 
Noel Humphries Moths, vol. i., p. 28. 
Stainton, vol. i., p. 188. 
Doncaster. — Entom., 1874, p. 226-227. 
Stainton, vol. i., p. 138. 
Noel Humphries, vol. i., p. 28. 
Tooting. — Entom. Ann,. 1866, p. 153. 
Isle of Wight .—A most unsatisfactory record, from egg August 15th, 
ditto 152. 
Epping.—Noel Humphries, vol. i., p. 28. 
Stainton, vol. i., p. 153. 
York. — Entom., 1889, p. 106. 
Wyre Forest. — Entom. 1896, p. 338 ; 1897, p. 327. 
Ipswich. —Wood. Mera. 
Meyrick gives Hants to Cornwall, Essex to Norfolk, Leicester to 
Stafford, York. 
To this list one would be pleased to add. 1 have no doubt that 
Meyrick is more or less right, and one would wish to know more about 
the records which the grouping includes. 
One thing is certain. The species has various centres so far as 
our present knowledge tells us. But I am myself inclined to think 
that it would be found in many other localities, if only its habits were 
better known. 
1 myself only know two of the localities specified, doubtless some 
of you know others. The Brentwood habitat is a large extent of scrub, 
oak, birch, etc., surrounded by woods. Some years ago a portion of 
this was destroyed by fire, but the range of species proves to have been 
too extensive to allow of extermination. The usual methods of capture 
are beating the larv®, and “assembling” the males. Both methods 
are uncertain, unless the insect be much more abundant than it has 
been of late years. During the years of my residence at Brentwood, I 
could always be sure of finding specimens, and I have been inclined to 
think that under like favourable conditions I could find them now. 
I had an opportunity, thanks to Mr. Bacot, of trying to assemble 
the insect in its Ipswich locality in, I think, 1890, but without any 
success. The females had come to me by post, and were nearly if not 
quite dead, which perhaps accounts for my failure. 
The tabulation of dates presents some difficulties, on account of 
the intrusion of artificial data amongst natural. Perhaps, however, if 
I arrange the conditions separately, I may make the points clearer. 
