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poll/don, Mnmesira persicuriae, Apamea (lldijmti, Miaua slrigilis, 

 Agrotin exdamationis, A. nigricans, Triphdenn prounha, Noctna 

 xanthographa, N. f estiva, Polia flavirincta, Brotolomia meticuJosa, 

 Eujilexia Incipara, Hadeiia fri/olii*^, IT. oleracea*^, Plnsiic chrysitiSy 

 P. gamma, Avifdii/iifra trttgopogonis, Naenia typica (*-*larVce only). 

 JJropteryx samimcata, Pnmia aataegata, CrocaUis elinguaria, Biston 

 liiitaria, Amjdiidasys hetularia. fJemerophila ahrnptaria, Boarmia 

 gemmaria, Hdlia wavaria. Abraxas grossulariata,Eupitheciaohloyigata 

 (ceutatireata), MeJanippe fluctuata, Gamptogramma bilineata, Scotosia 

 duhitata, Gonophora derasa, Pyralis costalis, Hydrocampa nym- 

 phaeata^, Botys nerticalis, Ehnlea samhucalis, Pionea forficalis, 

 Aciptilia pentadactyJa, Hyponomeuta padella, Harpella geoffrella, 

 Gracilaria anrognltella. — IIubert Phillips, M.R.C.S., F.E.8., 83 

 Shirland Gardens, Paddington, S.W. 



Partial double brood of Pericallia syringaria. — On July 15th, 

 1896, I captured a 5 Pericallia syringaria, which laid 60 ova. The 

 young larv;T3 hybernated in the usual way, and, on March 1st, I took 

 about twenty of them from the tree (privet) where they had passed the 

 winter, and fed them up in a kitchen, whei'e there was always a good 

 fire. The first larva spun up on April 11th, and emerged on the 29th, 

 the last spun up on July 10th, and emerged on the 28th. I bred from 

 some of the early ones, and when the ova hatched (May 25th) I 

 sleeved them on lilac. Thinking I should get a double brood, I 

 watched them closely, and was very surprised to find that some fed up 

 fast, and Avere getting full fed, while others did not seem to grow at 

 all. On July 25th, I had this insect in all stages — larvae, pupje, and 

 imago, from the 1896 batch of ova ; and ova, larvje, and imago 

 from the second brood. — L. W. Newman, Meadow View, Bexley, Kent. 



Notes of ISdl. —Sclby. — The spring collecting of 1897, wliieh 

 promised well, was completely spoiled by the inclement weather at 

 the end of March, which completely destroyed the sallow bloom, and 

 also interfered with larva collecting. Spring larvre were scarcer than 

 usual, and, owing to cold nights, difficult to get, Agrotis agathina and 

 Scodiona helgiaria especially yielding poor results. From the middle 

 of June until August, the season was a good one — moths swarmed at 

 sugar, in a way I have not seen for years. Flowers also were attrac- 

 tive. The moth of the season was A. exclainationi><, which swarmed 

 in considerable variety. Two species also turned up, new to my local 

 list, Hadena dissimilis and Plusia fcstucae. In August, Cirrhacdia 

 A'crampelina occurred rather more plentifully than last year. I also took 

 at sugar a $ Aplecta occulta, from which I obtained ova, and have 

 reared a partial second brood. Since August the season has been 

 hopelessly bad, and neither moths nor larvie to be obtained, except in 

 very small numbers. I did not see a single Scopclasoina satdlitia, 

 AncJwcelis rufina or Brotalomia mcticulom, and only two Polia Jlavicincta, 

 and even of Orr/iodia lignla [spadicca) and Anclinrclis litura, there 

 were rarely more than four or five on a single night. Mi-tclia o.ry- 

 acaitt! Y' was '^ucrally to be found, but not a specimen of the ab. 

 capucina (usually plentiful) turned up. Mines of Lithocollctis .sorbi 

 were decidedly scarce, and the only common Lithocollctis mines were 

 those of spinolclla, alnifoliclla and spinicolclla. — (Rev.) C. D. Ash, 

 M.A,, Skipworth Vicarage, Selby. 



Portland. — On the few occasions that I went to Portland in 1897, 



