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Graphiphora ravida. One, on sugar, August, Northfleet.
Mythimna conigera. Three, on sugar, July, Northfleet.
Xylophasia characterea. Three, on sugar, June, Northfleet.
Hadena genistæ. One, on an old stump, May, Swanscombe Wood.
Mamestra nigricans. Five, on sugar, August, Northfleet.

Miselia conspersa. Three, at rest on trunks, May.

Polia tincta. Three, on Dartford fence, June.
Polia dysodea. Five, on flowers in our garden, June.
Polia serena. Six, on flowers in our garden, June.
Apatela aceris. Three, at rest on trunks, June.

Erastria fuscula. Two, beat out of oaks, June, Swanscombe Wood.
Biston prodromarius. One, March, on a trunk, Swanscombe Wood.
Hemithea vernaria. Three, June, beat out of bushes, Northfleet.
Cleora bajularia. One, June, beat out of a bush, Greenhithe Wood.
Alcis roboraria. Six, May and June, Greenhithe Wood.

Boarmia extersaria. Four, May and June, Greenhithe Wood.

Phibalapteryx vitalbata. One, September, beat out of a bush in the chalk-pits,

Northfleet.

Eupithecia V-ata. Two, May, beat out of a bush in the chalk-pits, Northfleet. Eupithecia piperata. One, July, Southend, Essex.

Bapta bimaculata. One, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Emmelesia bifasciata. Two, in the chalk-pits, Northfleet, August.
Emmelesia rusticata. Eight, on an elm bush, Northfleet, July.
Ptychopoda ornata. One, chalk-pits, Northfleet, August.

Acidalia pallidaria. Thirty, among rushes, July, Southend, Essex.
Drepana hamula. Two, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Polypogon barbalis. Twelve, Swanscombe Wood, May and June.

Agrotera flamealis. Eighteen, among broom, Swanscombe Wood, August.
Simaethis lutosa. One, Swanscombe Wood, September.

Pyrausta porphyralis. Fifteen, chalk-pits, Northfleet, on wild marjoram, July.
Margaritia ochrealis. One, Southend, July.

Margaritia cinctalis. One, Southend, July.

Nola monachalis. Five, on trunks, Swanscombe Wood, May and July.
Nola strigulalis. Two, on trunks, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Lozotania roborana. One, beat out of an oak, Swanscombe Wood.

Ditula æthiopana. One, beat out of an oak, Swanscombe Wood, August.
Antithesia cupriana, n. sp. One, Swanscombe Wood, July.

specimens prior to mine: to him I am indebted for the name.

Mr. Weir took five

Spinolota fenella. Twelve, on wormwood, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Pseudotomia artemisia. Twelve, on wormwood, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Pseudotomia fraternana. One, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Pseudotomia costipunctana. One, Bean Wood, May.

Anchylopera obtusana. Six, Bean Wood, May.
Anchylopera diminutana. One, Swanscombe, June.
? arcuana. Six, Greenhithe Wood, June.
Carpocapsa splendana. Two, Greenhithe Wood, July.
Carpocapsa Rheediella. One, Greenhithe Wood, May.

Calipteryx citrana. Thirty, July, Southend.

Adela fasciella. Twelve, on marsh mallow, Southend, July.

Adela Latreillella. One, May, Greenhithe Wood.

Sericoris marmoretana, Three, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Eupæcilia maculosana. Twelve, Swanscombe Wood, end of May.
Eupæcilia permistana. Three, Swanscombe Wood, end of May.
Eupæcilia dubitana. Two, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Phtheochroa rugosana.

Four, chalk-pits, Northfleet, May.

Depressaria apicella. One, on broom, Swanscombe Wood, September.

Anacampsis maculella. Six, on trunks, Swanscombe Wood, July and August. Anacampsis tricolorella. Six, on trunks, Swanscombe Wood, July and August.

Anacampsis punctella. One, on a trunk, Swanscombe Wood.

Anacampsis alacella (lentiginosella). One, out of an oak, July.

Anacampsis alternella. One, trunk of an oak, May.
Anacampsis affinis. One, Swanscombe, June.

Anacampsis quadripuncta. Three, chalk-pits, Northfleet, May.
Anacampsis lactella. One, Greenhithe Wood, June.
Anacampsis atra. One, chalk-pits, Northfleet, June.

Anacampsis subocellea (Bentley). This species was in abundance on wild marjoram. In July one evening I fortunately set a dozen specimens.

I cannot find any of our

southern entomologists that know the species at all. I give my name on the authority of Mr. Weir, that gentleman having seen a specimen in Mr. Shepherd's collection. I have seen subocellea in Mr. Desvignes' cabinet, which is certainly a very different species.

Cleodora silacella. One, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Acompsia tinctella. Two, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Acompsia unitella. Eight, Swanscombe, May.

Acompsia cinerella. One, in broom, Swanscombe, August.

Argyrosetia Brockella. One, Greenhithe Wood, July.

Argyromiges lautella. One, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Argyromiges omissella. Three, chalk-pits, on wormwood, Northfleet, July.
Argyromiges pomonella. Six, chalk-pits, on wormwood, Northfleet, July.
Argyromiges tristrigella. Twelve, on oaks, Swanscombe Wood, September.
Argyromiges Frolichiella. One, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Argyromiges corylifoliella. Eight, chalk-pits, on whitethorn, May.
Argyromiges spinolella. One, Swanscombe.

Microsetia Stephensella (Douglas). One, Swanscombe, May.

Callisto fusco-cuprella. Four, Swanscombe, May.

Astyages gryphipennella. Two, Swanscombe, May.

Porrectaria lineola. Six, on wormwood, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Aphelosetia triatomea. Three, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Batia Panzerella. Six, Swanscombe Wood, May.

Batia flavifrontella. Two, Swanscombe Wood, June.

Eudorea pallida. Two, below Gravesend, July.

Eudorea resinea. Three, Greenhithe Woods, July.

Phycita nebulella. Nine, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.

Phycita Evelykella (Doubleday). Eight, among blackthorn, Southend, July.

Oncocera Cardui. Four, on thistles, chalk-pits, Northfleet, July.
Oncocera lotella. Two, Southend, July.

Crambus falsellus. Twelve, on a barn end, Swanscombe, July.
Lampronia auroguttella. One, Greenhithe Wood, July.

Pterophorus megadactylus. Four, Southend, July.-J. B. Hodgkinson; 1, Harman's Cottages, Northfleet, Kent, October 22, 1848.

Inquiry respecting Colias Edusa.-Have any of your entomological correspondents seen or heard of this insect occurring during the past summer? As far as my recollection serves, the present and the preceding are the only two years in which I have wholly missed a sight of this richly tinted butterfly in this island, where in many seasons it is even common amongst us.-W. Arnold Bromfield, M.D., F.L.S.; Eastmount, Ryde, Isle of Wight, October 6, 1848.

Occurrence of Sphinx Convolvuli at Battel.—This afternoon I received a most magnificent female specimen of Sphinx Convolvuli. It had not been born more than an hour. The margins and the "OO" on the outer edge of the anterior wing are exceedingly well marked. It was found in the church-yard, on a low tombstone, but though I searched diligently among the grass I could not find the chrysalis.—J. B. Ellman; Battel, October 7, 1848.

Occurrence of Deilephila Celerio in Cumberland.-Three specimens of Deilephila Celerio have been obtained in Cumberland this year; two near Carlisle, I am informed by a young friend of mine, Mr. John Graham; and a third near Cockermouth, which is now in the cabinet of my friend J. W. Harris, Esq., of Pass Castle.-J. B. Hodgkinson: Northfleet, Kent, October, 1848.

Occurrence of Lophopteryx carmelita in Cumberland.-My friend Mr. Allis captured a pair of this rare Bombyx in April last; one on a birch stump, the other on an old wall in a birch wood, near Barrow House, Keswick.—Id.

Occurrence of Graphiphora pyrophila and Agrotis nebulosa in Cumberland.—My father obtained three or four fine specimens of Graphiphora pyrophila in the west of Cumberland, taken near Maryport on the Solway Frith. Mr. Allis has a pair in his possession which were captured in the same district, and a specimen of Agrotis nebulosa (ripæ): this is the first time that the latter species has been taken in the north.— Id.

Occurrence of Ephippiphora turbidana and Phycita abietella at Carlisle.—My brother took above a score of Ephippiphora turbidana, last June or July, among the common butterbur (Tussilago Petasites). My father took a fine specimen of Phycita abietella at Newby Cross, near Carlisle, last July: he beat it out of a fir.-Id.

Capture of Agrotis pascuea at Deal.—On a recent visit to this interesting locality (last month) I was fortunate enough to take four specimens of this rare Noctua, on blades of grass on the sand-hills, in the dusk of evening, evidently from their fine condition, only just emerged from the chrysalis: this species appears rare, but widely distributed, having occurred to my knowledge at Lewes, Little Hampton, Ventnor, Bideford, Swanage, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft. I tried sugar, but could not get them to come to it, my only visitors being Agrotis valligera, Calocampa vetusta, and a few common species. I also met with Lixus bicolor, Hypera fasciculosa, and several other rarities, recorded by Mr. Dawson (Zool. 2275).—Samuel Stevens; Vine Cottage, Blyth Lane, Hammersmith, Oct. 26, 1848.

Aberrant Economy in Tortrix viridana.—During an entomological ramble last

June, my attention was arrested by the leafless and lifeless appearance of a venerable oak, which in spring I had observed covered with luxuriant foliage. It stood alone, and was not within fifty yards of any other tree. Curious to know the cause of this unexpected change, I went to examine it, and found the trunk completely covered with a fine transparent web; and on closer inspection observed the crevices which time had formed in the bark filled (I might say) with small pupæ. In hopes of supplying some desiderata I carried off vast numbers of them, but to my surprise they all turned out to be examples of Tortrix viridana. I say surprise, because I never found these pupæ otherwise than rolled up in a living oak leaf. Here then is the interesting part,—leaves were wanted for food, and as these larvæ are not adapted for progressive motion, a migration to other trees, in this case, was all but impracticable; they must therefore make the most of their present supply, and it became necessary to eat what, under other circumstances, would have formed a protection for the pupæ; and they sought this protection in the crannies of the bark, as more nearly resembling their usual retreat than any other that was attainable, for there was not a vestige of leaf left on the tree. And even this economy did not appear to have afforded them a sufficiency of food, for most of them were one-third less than the usual size, and their colour a more sickly green. Nature is in general too sure a guide for me to suppose that the foliage was all destroyed by this species, though they must have been very numerous; the probability is that other larvæ, and of larger size, had considerable share in the devastation: but, be that as it may, it was the expedient which instinct hit upon to supply a deficiency which they could not have anticipated, that excited my admiration; and it adds another link to the chain which connects instinct with reason.-W. Turner, M.A.; Uppingham, November 8, 1848.

Economy of Melanoleuca dodecea.-In May last I captured several of this rare and pretty ermine, at Darenth Wood, Kent, and as the history of them appears not to be known I venture to supply that deficiency. The moths make their appearance at the end of May, in woods, and lanes near woods, on Lithospermum officinale, and may be seen on the tops of that plant: time of day or weather appear seldom to make them quit their station: during heavy rains they only shift to some lower leaf, appearing again on the tops as the rain ceases. They are very sluggish in their habits; but on the least movement of the plant, in capturing them, they fall to the ground, where they remain for a long time in a torpid state. They keep in good condition four or five weeks. The caterpillar is bright yellow, with a broad white band down the back, and one down the belly; down the centre of each is a black line, but broken at each segment of the body; two rows of black patches along the sides, with a black dot between each; some fine white hairs scattered about the body: when young they spin a fine web on the under-side of the leaf, feeding on the soft part and leaving the upper part untouched: when they get nearly full fed they leave off spinning webs, but still keep feeding on the under-side of the leaf: like the moths, on the least movement of the plant, they fall to the ground: in caterpillar from five to six weeks in August and September: like the larvæ of the Tortricidæ, they travel backwarks or forwards: when full fed they spin a strong white web among leaves and rubbish.-H. J. Harding; 1, York Street, Church Street, Shoreditch, November, 1848.

E. NEWMAN, PRINTER, 9, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE STREET.

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