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1 succeeded in doing. Some laid on what I take to be the small whin, 

 and some on some species of grass growing by the side of the patch. — 

 J. H. Burnett, 235, St. Ann's Road, S. Tottenham. July 2bth, 1898. 



Notes on various species of Lepidoptera. — When at Capel 

 Curig, on June 2nd and 3rd, I took Lasiocampa qnercus var. cul- 

 lunae (?) feeding on heather, on the mountain slopes. They were from 



2 to 2^ inches long. On reaching home, heather not being obtainable, 

 I tried'them on plum, which they ate readily, and are still (August 4th) 

 feeding upon it. One has spun up, and the others seem to be getting 

 full-fed and restless. Adscita statices : These were flying fairly freely 

 at Barmouth on June 10th. Clisiocampa ueustria: Barmouth, on 

 June 10th, feeding in a web. 1 also took, at Barmouth, KnmjcJiia 

 odomaculalis (not common but widely distributed), and M. artemis 

 (aurinia) in damp meadows. 



When at Lincoln (July 9th) I took several Boarmia roboraria 

 on oak trunks. Newman gives this as confined to the southern 

 counties. The eggs are beautifully marked with hexagonal patterns, 

 and hatched out in about a week, but the majority refused to feed. 

 Phorodesma baiidaria also taken at Lincoln on July 9th ; it flies at 

 dusk, and the $ s assemble freely to the $ s. The pupaj of Thecla 

 iv-alhum were found on wych elm, they are i)laced on the underside of 

 a leaf, near the footstalk, and closely resemble the elm buds. — Douglas 

 H. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts. August Uh, 1898. 



Relaxing green Geometrid moths. — I should be much obliged 

 if any of your readers could tell me a good way of relaxing the green 

 Geometrids, i.e., the genera, Pscwlatci-jma, Gcovietra, I'horodcmia, 

 Noiivria, ludis and Hemithea. My usual method of relaxing, and one 

 which I have generally found successful with other insects, is to damp 

 the cork on one side of an ordinary zinc collecting-box, and to pin the 

 insects on the opposite side, keeping a piece of albo-carbou or naphtha- 

 line in a small muslin bag in the box. I am afraid, however, that the 

 damp atmosphere might interfere with the green colour of the insects 

 referred to, and if anyone can recommend a successful method of 

 treating these genera, I shall be much obliged. — H. Ainslie Hill, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.S., 9, Addison Mansions, Kensington, W. Juhj imi,, 1898. 



Aphomia sociella. — The batch of Aidwinia sociella referred to, 

 ante, p. 183, produced in all 121 imagines, the last two emergences, 

 one large and one small female, taking place on July 6th, 1898. — 

 J. W. Tutt. 



T.ENI0CAMPA OPIMA IN THE LONDON DISTRICT. lu Spitc of tllC 



ground upon which Taeniocampa (>})iina occurs, in this district being 

 much trodden over, the species still survives. Last spring I captured 

 a few imagines, and was successful also in rearing a brood, after 

 repeated failm-es, extending over several years. I treated the larvie 

 apparently in exactly the same manner as hitherto, but, for some 

 reason, they lived. — A ^Y. Mera, Forest Gate, E. 



The sallows at Bishop's Wood. — Only one night's woi'k was 

 possible last spring, owing to bad weather. This was on April 15th, 

 when for an hour or two moths were very plentiful. The sky cleared 

 and — so did the moths. Three of us obtained 18 FacJmobia lennnjrapha, 

 T. populeti was fairly plentiful, but many species were worn ; T. i/nt/iica 

 was scarce, T. ineerta almost absent, and T. pulrendenta the only really 

 common species.— (Rev.) C. D. Ash, B.A., F.E.S., Skipwith Vicarage, 

 Selby. 



