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by the palm of nij hand. There was noticing else on the tree but a host of 

 Soronia punctalissima, and two or three Rhagium inquisitor, wliieh strolled about 

 in their usual lordly manner, but did not seem to touch the sap. 



Under chips in tlie Dall sawpit I got half a dozen Eros aurora. Decaying 

 logs were plentiful ; but as a rule there was nothing in them. The one exception 

 was a birch log, fi'om which I got a dozen pupai of Trichiits fascial us ; they are very 

 easily injured, however, for they lie, as a rule, up against the bark, which can 

 scarcely be removed without bruising them. So only eight specimen liatched out, 

 one of which was hopelessly crippled. I also bronglit home a number of Lamellicorn 

 larvae from the same log, which may or may not belong to the same species, and 

 which may or may not come to maturity. 



Elaleridce were very scarce ; but I got a single E. nijriuus from a fir log in the 

 Black Wood. The only Telephori of any note at all were T. fujuratus, which was 

 common, and T. obscurus, of which I took three. Four Rhijncolus chloropus were 

 hiding under the bark of a fir stump. Lonyicoriiia were represented (in addition 

 to Rhagium inquisitor) by Asemum striatum, of which I took a specimen on a 

 recently-felled log while Mr. Donisthorpo caught another flying, and by a single 

 Rhagium indagator ; but I tiiink that I was too early for the latter species. Chrg- 

 somelido! were almost entirely absent.— Theodoke Wood, The Vicarage, Lyford 

 Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. : July 30th, 1903. 



Xglophasia jjolyodon {grey var.) in the Isle of Wight. — Ou August 1st of this 

 year I took a specimen of this rare variety at sugar in the grounds. The large 

 white patch at the anal angle of the fore-wings is very finely developed, and the 

 markings are very dark and distinct.— Gr. Rendel, Broadlands, Sandown, Isle of 

 Wight : August, 19U3. 



Catocala fraxini in the Isle of Wight. — In November, 1900, a terribly worn 

 specimen of this scarce moth was taken in the town here by a friend of mine. It 

 is now in my cabinet. ^Id. 



Scarcity of Colias Edusa in 1903. — •The scarcity this year of C. Edusa, L., 

 may well be cited in evidence of this species being a colonist in England. During 

 the period of its usual appearing, the prevalent winds have been adverse to its 

 coming here from France. At Seaton I have seen no more than a solitary male 

 once this summer ; this was on the morning of August 4th, when a south-westerly 

 breeze had been blowing for about a day. — A. K. Eaton, Woodlands, Seaton, Devon : 

 September 10th, 1903. 



Note OH Eupithecice (see Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2, vol. xiv, p. 199).— At Mortehoe 

 T. pulchellata is met with as frequently in the imago as in the larva state. Not so 

 T. iinariata, of which the larvae are common, but I have never come across the 

 perfect insect. T. castigata is pretty frequently, T. absynthiata rarely, beaten out 

 of hedges ; both are very common here in the larva state. — Gr. B. Longstaep, 

 Twitchen, Mortehoe, R. S. O. : August 2Stk, 1903. 



