Calocampa vetusta, Carron, September 24, one; October 2, oue ; Torwood, Octo- ber 18, three ; Carron, October 2 and 22, three.
Glæa satellitia, Boyd's Planting, September 8, three, at sugar; Torwood, October 11 and 18, abundant.
Glæa Vaccinii, Torwood, abundant.
Calocampa exoleta, Can-on, October 14, one ; October 15, one ; October 17, one ; Torwood, October 18, six ; Carron, October 22 and 24, six,
Miselia Oxyacanthæ, Carron and Torwood, at sugar, October 11 — 30.
Agrotis suffusa, Carron, October 31, one, at sugar.
Orgyia antiqua, several of the chrysalis taken at Latham Moss, September 10. The perfect insect is much larger and finer than southern specimens.
The larvæ of Phragmatobia fuliginosa and Anarta Myrtilli were common at Dunoon in September, the former on ragwort, the latter on heath. Lasiocampa Quer- cus and Kubi were plentiful on heather. Several of Acronycta Rumicis were taken oflf bramble ; and one of Pygaera Bucephala off sallow. — H.T. Stainton; Lewisham.
Capture of rare Moths, near Lyndhurst in the New Forest. — The wet and stormy weather that has prevailed since July has injured most of our captures. I have failed to secure a single quite perfect specimen of Margaritia llavalis, which though usually accounted scarce, may be taken abundantly on the downs here during the month of August. But a friend of mine has taken the following moths from sugar placed upon trunks of trees near Lyudhurst, in the New Forest, which I select from the list as worthy of being recorded an account of their rarity:—
August 7. Cerigo cytherea.
26. Aparaea nictitans, abundantly.
Segetia neglecta.
30. Caradrina glareosa.
Sept. 8. Ceratopacha diluta, several.
22. Orthosia litura.
Oct. 6. Charaeas nigra.
9. Mecoptera satellitia.
Orthosia lota, several.
Orthosia macilenta.
Miselia oxyacanths, several.
Xylina Lambda, several.
The same friend also took the following in the same locality during the month of July: — Cleora bajularia, Fidonia ericetaria, Charissa obscuraria, Lobophora sexalisata, Leptogramma squamana, Lozotaenia corylana. — J.F. Dawson; Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Insects feeding on Mineral substances. By the Rev. G. Munford.
In 'The Zoologist' for last April you did me the favour to admit a communication relative to the unusual circumstance of insects feeding on mineral substances ; I had hoped that some one of your numerous readers would, ere this, have noticed my letter, but this not being the case, I beg once more to recur to the subject.
1 know indeed that it is the opinion of naturalists in general, as expressed by Pro- fessor Jones, that it is "One of the most incontrovertible facts with which we are acquainted, that the mineral kingdom does not furnish food for the support of animals."
