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Asthena candidata, Strenia chithrata, Eiipithecia castigata, E. phimbeolaia, 

 Melanthia ocei/afa, Coremia ferrugata, and Cidaria corylata were well out. 

 Phoxopteryx dhninutana, too, occurred with Argyrotoxa conzvayana, 

 Capua favi/laceana, and lots of Cnephasia miisculana. No '1'ineina 

 worth mentioning were in evidence, except Nemophora schzvarziella^ 

 Incurvaria mascuiella, and equally common species. May 28th found 

 me at Deal, but an evening on the sandhills produced nothing better 

 than a few AspUates citraria, Eiibolia lineolata (virgafa), Phibalapteryx 

 lignata (one only), with Gelechia desertella well out, and G. dijjinis just 

 appearing. Among the Noctu/e only Apamea basilinea and Leucania 

 comma put in an appearance. May 29th at Kingsdown and St. Mar- 

 garet's Bay produced the best results of the week — -among the smaller fry 

 of course — the only larger species at all visible being Melanthia ocellata, 

 Alclanippe galiata, Eupithecia centaureata and Camptogramma bilineata, 

 (a very early date) ; but among the smaller things were an abundance of 

 DichrorJiampha plumba)ia and D. plumbagana, and Pterophorus micro- 

 dactylus (among Eupatorium cannabifmm). Other species noticed were 

 Argyrolepia subbaiimaimia?ia, Chrosis tesserana, XantJiosetia haf?iana, 

 Eupcrciha dtcbiiana, E. atricapitana, Crambus prcetellus^ an abundance 

 of Glyphipteryx fischeriella, a few Adela fibuklla and several Pyrausta 

 punicealis. Friday was a blank — wet and comparatively cold, and I 

 spent the day " setting "^but on Saturday I worked along the coast 

 from Deal to Dover and found all Thursday's species again, with 

 Scoparia dubitalis var. ingratella already out, an occasional Pkylometra 

 lenea, Gracillaria tringipetuiella^ etc., and one Lyccena alsus. Before 

 closing this note, I should like to place on record the great abundance 

 of Pieiis bf-assicce and P. rapce. They appear in large numbers every- 

 where throughout Kent. I counted above 100 between Wye and 

 Ashford railway stations on Sunday morning. They were equally 

 numerous all the way up, and are especially abundant in the S.E. 

 (London) district. — -J. W. Tutt. June 2nd, 1890. 



I captured a fine Stauropui fui^i (female) on a beech trunk near 

 Reading, on May 27th. It had apparently just emerged from pupa. 

 Another was taken in the same woods the day previous. — (Mrs.) E. 

 Bazett, Springfield, Reading. June 2,fd, 1890. 



Last week I bred a fine ^ Cerura bicuspis from a pupa found here 

 last winter. — T. A. Chapman, Hereford. Alay 28///, iSgo. 



Habits of Tortrix forsterana (adjunctana).— Referring to my 

 previous note on this species {ante^ pp. 45, 46), I would add, that when 

 the larva is nearly full fed, it leaves its old home, rolls up one or more ivy 

 leaves, and pupates in the fresh green leaves of the ivy, or any other 

 plant. Any one, therefore, who collected the old conspicuous bunches 

 (in which the larvae feed before they are full fed) for pupre, would, I am 

 afraid, get but a small number of pupae for their pains. Probably this 

 habit of wandering from its food to pupate has been the means of other 

 plants being designated as its food. I have pupse in leaves of Tussi/ago 

 farfara, mint, Virginian creeper, honeysuckle, rose, eic. — J. W . Tutt. 

 iVlay, iS f/i, 1890. 



I have taken the larvae of Tortrix forsterana for many years on 

 ivy in the garden here ; but never remember seeing it more plentiful 

 than this ; it is simply swarming on all the ivy we have, which is 



