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tritici sparingly. The insects of the year were undoubtedly Clmocampa 

 ncn^tria and Foecilocampa poindi. I found larvjB of Aprotis atjathiua 

 plentiful in spring, and tubbing them out as advised by Mr. Ash, in the 

 Eecord (ix., p. 96), I bred anice series. I also bred, thanks to the kindness 

 of Dr. Riding and Mr. Bacot, a long series of Tephrosia hybrids — 

 histortata crossed with crepuscnlaria var. delamerensis — but, unfortu- 

 nately, all were 3 s, so I was unable to perpetuate the brood. Mr. Ash 

 kindly sent me some larva of Aplecta ocadta. Two or three of them 

 were precocious, and fed up rapidly, and one emerged in my study on 

 October 30th. Two or three more were then in pupa, but the rest are, 

 I believe, hybernating, having disappeared in the cocoa-fibre. I fed, 

 and am feeding, them on knot-grass, I have tried one or two days' 

 pupa-digging, but the results have been practically nil. This is never 

 a good locality for digging, but I never found pupje so scarce before, 

 not even common Taeniocampids turning up at favourite trees. I 

 took two Hi/penodes costaestri[/alis here at sugar in autumn, a new 

 insect to me. A visit to Sidmouth on August 4th, after Thymelkus 

 actacon, was a failure, only a few worn specimens being seen. I got, 

 however, a nice example of the second brood of Lexicophasia sinapis, 

 and a good series of A[elana)yia (jalathea, including one very fair J of 

 a rich cream colour. Zi/i/aenajilipendulae was out in swarms, lots of 

 ^ Lasiocampa quercm flying about, and we saw one Colias ediisa, and 

 a butterfly which we could not determine, though we got close to it, 

 but failed to catch it. I get both Chcimatohia horeata and C. hrumata 

 here. The S' s are quite distinct, and very easily distinguished at a 

 glance by anyone who knows both species. The ? s are, no doubt, 

 more difKcult, but, I believe, the ? of C. horeata always has more 

 ample and also more rounded wings. The ? s of C. hrtmmta certainly 

 vary much inter se in size and shape, but I do not think they ever quite 

 come up to C. horeata in wing development. Owing possibly to the 

 very mild weather, I have Hadena pisi emerging now from pupae kept 

 in my study, and bred in November Noctua ruhi, Pachnobia rubricosa, 

 and several male and female Larentia vmltistrir/aria ; the two latter 

 species from ova of females taken here last spring. — E. F. Studd, 

 M.A., B.C.L., F.E.S., Oxton, Exeter. 



Rannoch. — I spent the first ten days of May, 1897, at Rannoch 

 with Mr. Eeid. Unfortunately, the weather was unfavourable for 

 successful day work. It was surprising to watch how eagerly Anarta 

 melanopa took advantage of every little gleam of sunshine ; every time 

 the sun's rays fell on our bait we were sure to find a few specimens. 

 We had a lot of weary waiting, and some days did not get a glimpse of 

 the sun at all. However, we utilised the time in searching for pupae of 

 Psodos trepidaria, and in finding which I was fairly successful. It does 

 not appear to be generally known that this insect, like Retinia resinana, 

 appears only every alternate year in the perfect state. I should like 

 to know if it has the same habit in other countries. We found no 

 trace of Pachnobia alpina ; Anarta cordir/era darted about here and 

 there — usually there, when I tried to net them. They inhabited lower 

 regions than A. melanopa, and were not so local. Fidonia carbonaria 

 were not uncommon in similar places, but they had seen the light of 

 other days, and I only managed to get a few really fine specimens. 

 Sugar was an utter failure, only a solitary Hadena adnata turned up. 

 Larv83 of F. hruuneata (pinetaria) were common and easy to rear. 

 Aplecta occulta and A, tincta were also to be had rather freely in the 



