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Abundance of the larva of Agrotis aoatiiina, etc. — Three 

 mild evenings, May 2ud, ;{rd and 7tli, were devoted to larva-huntiiiL;-, 

 and showed Aifnitis oiiatlnna to be abundant, and those of ScoiUunn 

 hchiiaria more i)lentiful than usual, but no Ltiaiphotia strifinla, although 

 it is possible the latter had pupated. Will some entoniolofi^ist who 

 obtains the larvie of S. bebiiaiin tell me the best method (jf <i;ettinp; 

 them ? I fancy one misses a great many in sweepiuf,', as they fail 

 from the food-plant so quickly when alarmed. — ImD. 



Diantiicbcia conspersa in the Inroads. — I wish to record the 

 capture of three specimens of Dianthoevia (-(mxiicrxa at Onlton Broad, 

 last month, at lifi:ht. I believe this insect has never l)cfore l)een 

 recorded from Suffolk. — E. C. Bedwell, " Holmedale," Carlton 

 Colville, Lowestoft. Jidij 7th, 1898. 



Lepidoitera in the Norfolk Broads. — I am just back from a 

 fortnight on the Norfolk Broads, where 1 enjoyed a fair amount of 

 success eutomologically. Lencania brevilinea and ('alamia phraf/mi- 

 tidis were common and came freely to light, as did a few" Xudaria 

 senex. Lifhosia muscerda was fairly numerous at dusk and light. 

 Helntropha jibrosa was common, as were Caenohia rufa, Tapinosfola 

 fulva, Cidarin festata, and Acidalia iinmutata. Di/schorisfd upsilon 

 came freely to sugar on some willows at Waxham. Zijgdoiii lonirerae 

 and X.Jilipcnduiae flew freely in the sunshine, while Miann furun- 

 c'lla, M. literom, Aijrotis tritici and A. nigricans were common at 

 ragwort. I failed, however, to take either A. vestigialis; or A. cur- 

 soria, and only bagged solitary specimens of Celaena haworf.hii, 

 Xonagrin ncurica and Senia idvae, with a few specimens of Leurania 

 littoralis and L. straminea. Three Macrogaster arundinis (cas- 

 taneae) came to light on August 11th. I purposely omit the exact 

 locality, but it was a very considerable distance from Ranworth ; so 

 if these were descendants of Mr. Barrett's importation in 1875, the 

 insect is evidently now widely and firmly established. I am sorry to 

 say I quite failed to obtain larva; or puptu of Xonngria cannne, and as 

 I was a week too late to catch j\Ir. Bowles at Horning, 1 missed an 

 opportunity of trying to ])ersuade this gentleman to give me the 

 benefit of his experience in this matter. Of course there were numbers 

 of the commoner s])ecies which were taken in addition to the above. — 

 Percy C. Reid, F.E.S., Feering Bury, Kelvedon. August 22nd. 181)8. 



Larva of Tethea subtusa and collecting notes from York. — 

 I only tried the sallows once this year, viz., at Bishop's "Wood, 8elby. 

 The night was not a good one, and Pachnobia hucographa, T. 

 opima, T. populeti and 7'. munda were the best species seen. Later, 

 1 visited the same wood and found 7'. populeti larvte very scarce, and 

 Tethva subtusa, for once, much more common. It is astonishing how 

 rajjidly 7'. suldusa larvic grow. On May 28tli, the top shoots of the 

 poplars (the trees only being in brown leaf) were s]nm up. and c(m- 

 taincd tiny larvte, not a (juarter of an inch long. The larvii} at this 

 stage ditfer from those of 'i. popideti, in having numerous black sjmts 

 on the dorsum, which are absent in the later skins. From this size, 

 the larva only takes three weeks to complete its full growth, as on 

 June lOth, I found .several travelling down the trees to i)upate, whilst 

 others were spun up in leaves, quite full-fed. I beat out a few 

 Zephyr us quercus larv;e on June 11th and IGth, but, excepting this 

 species and I'higalia hispidaria, insects were scarce. — S. Walker, 

 Queen Anne's Road, York. 



