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and suitable, towards the end of October, very few insects came to 

 light — a few Hiniera iwnnaria, one Thera finiiata (very nnusual), and 

 two Axtcroscojnis sphinx, in perfect condition, on October 2Hth and 29th, 

 both evidently only just emerged, and both, as usual, males. — -W. S. 

 EiDiNG, M.D., F.E.S., Buckerell Lodge, E. Devon. 



Presthun/. — I started my moth trap on October 14th, and took 

 half a dozen AsU'roscnini.s sp/iin.r (this insect does not come until after 

 midnight), a few Cidaria iiiiata, Himera pennaria and Anchdrdis 

 pistucina. The larvse of Uropten/.v sainhucaria were common on ivy. 

 As the result of pupa-digging, I obtained, among many others, three 

 Ci/iiiatoji/iora ocularis, Siiu'ri)it/iiis tilidc, three Pot'cilocauipo populi, four 

 S. j)opuli, and two S. occUatiis. I have reared second broods of 

 Aciilalia aversata and A. bisctata on knotgrass. — (Major) R. B. 

 Robertson, The Priory, Prestbury, Gloucestershire. 



7u»//'.s Li/un. — At the end of June and beginning of July, I was 

 at Bournemouth, whence I visited the New Forest, and found 

 occupation in renewing my series of Dnjas papJda, An/i/tinis ndiiip,' and 

 Limenitis sibylla. The latter was, as usual, in plenty. I saw, but did 

 not capture, a beautiful black aberration of this species. My best 

 captures among the smaller fry were : Tortii.c pireana, Plujcis ahidella, 

 Sti(/))>o)iota toniferana, Kphippiphoratetrafionana, K. si/piatana, Gdechia 

 alareUa, and G. leucateJIa. Tortrix cratacfiana was not uncommon in 

 the Forest among oaks, and I saw Oxiiptihis tencrii abundant, on one 

 occasion, amongst a small patch of Teuciiuin scorodonia. ('rainhn-t 

 ulii/inosdliis occurred plentifully in a bog at Bournemouth, and 

 Q'lcojdiora lambde'la amongst old furze bushes. The commonest 

 KupitJtecia was pninilata. Xemoria I'iridata occurred here and 

 there amongst heather, with an occasional EiitUemonia rmmla, and 

 Eubolia palimbaria was quite a pest. The local Retinia sijlvtstrana 

 and Sericoris bifasciana were abundant amongst fir trees, the former 

 attached to Pinus strobiis, and Bntalis iproidipeiniis was in abundance 

 On the heaths. Plebeiiis aefjon did not appear in its usual numbers, 

 but KndotricJia jiammealis swarmed on heathy ground. Acidalia 

 subserieeata was not uncommon, but mostly worn, and the same 

 remark applies to Pempdia palumbdia. A few Acidalia inornata were 

 secured, also A. straminata and A. eniutaria. At the end of June, and 

 beginning of July, Goneptenj.v rhamni was still on the wing, and at the 

 same time a few full-grown larvas were taken from the buckthorn. — 

 E. A. Atmore, F.E.S., High Street, King's Lynn. 



Doncaster. — To me, the most interesting item of the year 1897, was 

 finding FAipoecilia rcctisana near here, this and Wicken being, I 

 believe, the only inland localities known in Britain for this species. 

 Another remarkable feature of the year was the great abundance of the 

 larvffi of P/ii/cis bctideUa ; many birches were quite disfigured by them. 

 During the autumn I worked for larvie of leaf-mining species with 

 very poor results, except in the case of LithocnUetis cerasicoldla. This 

 species was very abundant, a cherry leaf with five or six mines being 

 not uncommon. — H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 9, Priory Place, 

 Doncaster. 



Information wanted. — I am thinking of going to Bosnia for next 

 summer, and should be much obliged for any information about the 

 butterflies of Bosnia, Herzegovina, or Dalmatia, or the addresses of 

 any entomologists living there. I am especially anxious to take 



