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Smerinthus popnli accidentally on some poplar, which I was taking 

 home for otlicr livrvic, and 1 also Ibnnd ci.i^ht c;^^g's of N. oce/lafus on a 

 willow bush ou tiic banks of the canal. These are all Uourishini^- now 

 in the larval state, with the exception of two .S'. ocvlUdm, wiiich 

 died after their tirst and second moults respectively. These eji^gs (both 

 ^'. popull and S. ocdlatus) were all laid sintfly ou the uuder-surface of 

 the leaves. Sugaring produced nothing much, but what did come (viz., 

 the following) were generally in excellent condition : — Apatcla accris 

 (1), Agrotis exclamationis (abundant), Xi/lophdsia )aoHO(/li/pha 

 (common), A', hejjatica (1), lladcna otcracea (2), (h'(imni.csia Iri- 

 ijrammica (several), Leucania conuua {]), Miana sb-i(/ilis (a few), 

 and one Kiqjithecia rcctamjulata. I also observed the following 

 species ou the wing at dusk: — Ijoarniia re/pandata, Cabera pusaria 

 and Melanippe montmiata (both the latter much worn), Cidaria 

 truncata (russata) (also worn), llumia luteolata (cratacijalit,), 

 I'lusia (/amvia (very common), I'hulorcd amhigualis, Scopala olivalis 

 imd Aglossa pinguinalis. Ou palings: Knpithecia oblongata fcen- 

 taureata) ; and at gas lamps : SpUosoma lubricipeda and Melanippe 

 Jluctuata (the latter worn), and one Hryophila jjer/a at rest on a shop 

 window. I'ieris brassicae and I', rapae were common everywhere. 

 I found larvic of Orggia antiqua, l.eucoma sidiciH and I'ortlieaia 

 similis (aurijina), and some others which I have been unable as yet 

 to determine, but owing to the dii?iculty of obtaiuiug ])roper food- 

 plants in Kensington, I did not do any systematic larva-hunting. A 

 l)upa found on the banks of the canal produced F.bnlra croccalis. — 

 11. ^ViNSLiE lIiLL, F.Z.S., F.E.S., i», Addison Mansions, Kensington, 

 W. AuguM 4th, 1898. [Erratum.— On p. 182, line 2'4, for " Heme 

 Bay " read '■ Hythe."— H. A. H.] 



Leucoma salicis in the London district. — 1 hardly know 

 whether the occurrence of Leucoma salicis in the suburbs is worth 

 recording. I found a freshly emerged $ and empty pupa-case on 

 a wall by a poplar, this morning. I have not seen it here before 

 nor heard of its occurrence. — Harry H. May, Redlands, Hillbury 

 Road, Upper Tooting. Ai/gust VMh, 1898. 



A FOOD-PLANT OF Calloi'iirys rubi. — I fouud two full-fcd hu'VOi 

 nf Calloplirgs rubi feeding on berries of buckthoru, at Brockenhurst, 

 whilst searching for larvie of (joncptergx rhanini. — H. Wood, Old 

 Grammar School House, Ashford, Kent, .hdg 'MHh, 18!»8. 



AuuNDANCE OF NoNAGRiA CANN.^. — 1 luivc just returned from 

 Horning, where I have obtained the finest lot of pui)ce of Nonagria 

 cannae that I have ever seen. — E. A. Bowles, M.A., F.E.S., Myddcl- 

 tou House, Waltham Cross, Herts. August 5f/i, ]8i»8. 



Abundance of Tiiy.melious lineola at Leiqii. — Ou August 1st 

 I went to licigli, Essex, and found Thgmelicus lineola very common, 

 though it appeared to have been out some time. The males were more 

 numerous than the females, the latter being in ])etter condition than 

 the former. I'ieris rapae, Ivpinephele Janira and I'., tif/ionus 

 were common in the same locality, with a few F.uholia liniitata (nicn- 

 suraria). — H. Ainslie Hill, F.Z.S., F.E.S., 9, Addison Mansions, 

 Kensington, W. August oth, IS^^S. 



Notes on egglayino of Fskkdoteui'na ruriNATA. — AVhilst in 

 Epi)iug Forest, yesterday, I captured a fair number of Pseudoterpna 

 pruinata (cytisaria), and having disturbed two, which both 

 ]jrovcd to be $ s, it occurred to mc that 1 might find some ova. This 



