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September 27th this year (1910) that the first imago (a J ) appeared, 

 followed by a J and 2 on October 5th and 7th, respectively, leaving 

 still two to emerge. Is it possible that these larvae could be from a 

 second brood ? I have not found a similar record in any book, so 

 that I thought this incident might be unusual. The pupa were kept 

 in a sitting-room with a fire going during the winter months. If not 

 trespassing too freely on your valuable time, I should be greatly 

 interested to have your opinion on the matter. — C. Kennedy Reuss, 

 Emmaus, Ashtead, Surrey. October 10th, 1910. [The " Times of 

 Appearance " of this species, in A Xataral History of the Brititih Lejii- 

 doptcra, vol. iii., pp. 201-263, comprises some very interesting records 

 and deals with the points raised by Mr. Reuss. It will be seen, among 

 others, on p. 261, that Frosch (by error Frisch) gives details of a con- 

 siderable October emergence in 1894, Kricheldorft', of another in 

 September, 1899, Gauckler, in December, 1896, Alderson, in October, 

 1891, and so on. None of these observers suggest the possibility of a 

 second-brood, but give details showing that they were all cases of 

 retarded emergence. Perhaps our readers can give further particulars 

 of late emerging examples of this species. — Ed.] 



Larva of Apopestes spectrum. — Mr. Simes, at the end of his 

 highly interesting and pleasantly written " Notes on the Lepidoptera 

 of Brindisi " {Knt. thr., vol. xxii., p. 231), mentions finding some 

 large Noctuid larvae resembling those of Hadcna pi.si. I have little 

 doubt that they were the larva' of Apoiiestes t^pcctriim, Esp., a species 

 of rather southern distribution. The larva appears to feed on broom 

 and allied plants. The moth is not so handsome as the larva, and 

 resembles our ilania iiiaara more than any other British insect. A 

 figure will be found in Spuler's Schmett. Kiiropas, pi. 54, fig. 14, and 

 of the larva in the companion volume, Die liaiipen, etc., pi. 38, fig. 2. 

 There are figures in other works, but these are the only ones I have at 

 hand. — Alfred Sich, F.E.S., Corney House, Chiswick, Middlesex. 

 October 18th, 1910. 



y Notes from Wimbledon for 1910.— As a temporary resident here, 

 I have been much interested by Mr. Mill ward's list of the lepidoptera 

 of the Common [antea, vol. xix., p. 90) and Mr. Smallman's list of 

 the Geometrides (vol. xx., p. 60), and I now venture to send you a list 

 of a few species not mentioned in these papers which I have come 

 across this season. I was away all July and, on and off, the greater 

 part of June, so that I cannot be said to have " done " the Common 

 at all thoroughly. The species noted are : — 



Arctiides : SpHosonia lubricipeda, S. menthaatri, both common at 

 light and well marked. Hepialides : Hepialns hectus, H. lupidinns, 

 both taken at dusk. Drepanulides : Cilix glaucata, common at light. 

 Notodontides : Leincainpa dictaeoides, one on a fence. May 17th. 

 Notodonta droiiiedariits, a few larvai beaten from birch in September. 

 Cymatophorides : Asphalia fiavicornis, very common on lamps, and, by 

 day, on birches. Noctuides : Triaena pui, larvte common ; Leiicania 

 lithari/ijria, larvfe ; iJi/droecia micacea, on grassheads, September ; 

 Xiflophasia rurea, very common at sugar, including beautiful rich 

 dark-red forms {alopecurus .') ; L'liaraca.s (jraiiiinis, males at light ; 

 Apaniea basilinea, at sugar ; Miana furuncitla, common at dusk ; 

 Graphiphora aiujur, one at sugar, June 17th ; Xi)ctua brnnuca, coumion 

 at sugar in June; Citria flarai/o {ceraifo), on grasses, September; 



