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A. E. GIBBS-LEPIDOPTERA IN 1904. 
specimen of C. forjicellus, also at light at Bushey. During the 
past season he secured in the same way six specimens of Pcecilo- 
campa populi , one of which strangely was a female, and five 
specimens of Asteroscopus sphinx. 
From Tring Mr. A. T. Goodson reports the same unsatisfactory 
state of things. He, however, adds six species to the Tring list, 
one of which now appears for the first time as a Hertfordshire 
insect. These six are Ino geryon , previously reported to us from 
Hitchin only ; Notodonta dictceoides , larva on birch; Melanthia 
bicolorata , flying at the reservoirs; Cidaria sit er at a, one of the 
additions to our list; Eubolia cervinata ; and Scopula ferrugalis , 
noted previously only at Sandridge and Cheshunt, which was taken 
on November 10th on the window of the taxidermist’s room at 
the Museum. The larvae of Chesias spartiata was also taken on 
broom at Hastoe. 
Mr. W. C. Boyd reports the recurrence of Myelophila cribrella at 
'Waltham Cross. He also found Camptogramma fluviata sitting on 
some palings. This moth was first observed in the county by 
Mr. Goodson at Tring in 1902. 
Mr. A. H. Foster, of The Grange, Hitchin, says : “I have found 
this season a very poor one for most things, but a few insects have 
occurred abundantly which are not usually at all common, and 
I have met with more things new to me than in any other season 
I can remember, perhaps because I have tried to find them more.” 
The following are the most noteworthy of Mr. Foster’s captures 
Luperina cespitis , Caradrina alsines (a fine variety), Cirrhoedia 
xerampelina , Hadena genista, Xylina semibrunnea , Ennomos fuscan- 
taria , Eupithecia succentauriata , E. subfulvata, E. subumbrata 
(scabiosata), E. subnotata, E. exiguata (many), Lobophora viretata , 
Thera obeliscata , Melanippe rivata, Anticlea cucullata ( sinuata ), 
Scotosia certata , S. vetulata , and S. rhamnata. 
It will he remembered that in my last report I discussed the 
possibility of the purple emperor butterfly still surviving in some 
of our larger oak woods. Although I am not yet able to produce 
a Hertfordshire specimen of Apatura iris for inspection, I am 
glad to he able to state that Mr. Foster has obtained some further 
evidence of its occurrence in the county. Mr. Samuel Lucas, of 
Tilehouse, Hitchin, has informed our correspondent that he dis¬ 
tinctly remembers a specimen being taken many years ago in 
Stagenhoe Lane. The specimen found its way into the collection 
of Mr. Lucas’s cousin, at Wratton Cottage, Hitchin, hut that 
collection no longer exists. Stagenhoe Lane, it is interesting to 
note, is along the top edge of Hitch Wood, a locality which 
Mr. Foster mentioned last year as being still a possible haunt 
of the insect. I sincerely hope that iris is still a native of our 
shire, and that we may, before long, he able to show a genuine 
Hertfordshire specimen in the County Museum. 
