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Eupithecia togata in the New Forest. — It is satisfactory to be able to record the 

 capture of this handsome " Pug " near Brockenliurst during the past season, for, 

 although it might well be expected to occur in the New Forest, I am not aware that 

 it has previously been reported from that " happy hunting-ground." On July 19th, 

 Mr. C. Gulliver gave me a living example of a " Pug " — unknown to him,^which 

 he had just taken among some fir-trees, spruce being, of course, among the number. 

 It was worn absolutely to a shadow, but proved to be an undoubted specimen of 

 -E". togata ; and, although worthless for the cabinet, it is none the less ititeresting 

 on that account. — Eustace E. Bankes, The Eectory, Corfe Castle : Dec. Zth, 1890. 



Butalis laminella in the Isle of PurbecTc. — Ever since the discovery of this 

 species in Arundel Park by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, in July, 1886 (Ent. Mo. Mag., 

 XXV, 15, 16), I have been extremely anxious to turn it up in this district, thinking 

 it more than likely that two or three specimens, which had been reported as B. 

 fusco-cenea, were in reality its smaller ally. Fortunately, my hopes have at last 

 been realized, for, in the middle of June, I met with "the genuine article" in one 

 restricted spot on our coast among some scattered plants of Helianthemum vulgare, 

 and by spending the best part of some six days or so climbing about a most uncom- 

 fortably steep and rough part of the cliff, I succeeded in taking just enough 

 presentable specimens to fill up my series. These specimens were certainly very 

 hardly earned, for, unless the sun was shining brightly (which it had a most 

 irritating knack of not doing ! ), it was quite useless to try for the insect at all ; and 

 in any case, owing to the nature of the cliff, sweeping, though extremely difBcult to 

 manage, was the only plan of attack possible, but unfortunately its effect is too 

 plainly visible in the rubbed and damaged condition of some of the specimens. — Id. 



Tinagma hetulce in East Dor set. —While the Eev. O. P. Cambridge, Mr. N. M. 

 Kichardson, and I were searching for mines of Lith. anderidce at Bloxworth, in 

 October last, we found very evident traces of where the larvae of this new I'inagma, 

 lately discovered by Dr. Wood, of Tarrington, had been at work earlier in the year, 

 a good many of the birch leaves attracting attention by the neat oval holes where 

 the full-fed larvte had cut out their cases. Mr. Cambridge also had in his cabinet, 

 under the name of T. resplendellnni, a particularly fine specimen of T. betulce, which 

 he had taken at Bloxworth, in July, 1887. Dr. Wood has very kindly examined 

 both tlie mined leaves and the moth, and his report upon them is quite satisfactory. 

 How easy it oftentimes is to meet with a recently-discovered or little-known species 

 when some one with keener perception or greater perseverance has already given one 

 the necessary " lead over " with regard to its habits ! — Id. 



Retarded emergence and a second brood of Oelechia ocellatella. — On May 7th 

 of the present year, I collected at Portland some larvae of Gelechia ocellatella, but 

 only kept for myself a few which were left over, and which I naturally expected 

 would produce the perfect insects, as on previous occasions, during the hitter half of 

 June or early days of July. Eight moths altogether were bred, the dates of their 

 appearance being: July 2nd, 13th, 17th; August 13th, 17th, 27th, 28th; Septem- 

 ber 7th. In my previous experience of this species, extending over several years, 



