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favoured wood in Shropshire the same species has occurred very freely 

 this year. These insects need careful looking for on tree trunks, and I 

 believe are most generally abundant in the afternoon. — M. Kimbek, 

 Cope Hall, Newbury. June 12th, 1890. 



I had a splendid night's collecting with light last week, taking, 

 amongst other species, 4 Aplecta iincta, i Notodonta didceoides, i Asphalia 

 Jluctuosa, several Eittheinonia russula, and Macraria nofatci, etc. — A. 

 Robinson. June iSi'/i, 1890. 



I was out yesterday, and took, among other things, 3 Eupithecia 

 pygmceata. I understand Hadena adusta and H. rectilinea are appearing ; 

 I used to take both very abundantly near here. — W. Reid, Pitcaple. 

 June I'fth, 1890. 



I have been to Cuxton, but failed entirely in finding larvce of Rhodo- 

 phaa suavella ; but near Hailing Euchclia jacobcBCB was in great abund- 

 ance. I have taken many Lyaena adonis and aiexis, but the early broods 

 are nearly over. Scoria dealbata is rather commoner than usual, I took 

 sixteen fine specimens on one day. — J. Tyrer, Jeffery Street, New 

 Brompton, Kent, 



I was in Arran from Saturday to Monday last, and brought home 

 some I70 or more specimens, including Eupithecia puniilata, E. nanata, 

 and two other species of Eupithecia, Scodionct be/giaria, Coremia uniden- 

 faria, C. propugnata, and many common species, including Fidonia 

 atomaria, of which we got some very fine varieties. I also got nume- 

 rous small "fry "not named yet. I believe Arran to be one of the 

 most prolific collecting grounds in the British Isles. — A. Stew.^rt, 

 Ferguslie, Paisley. June \']th, 1890. 



I was out during April for Tephrosia crepuscuiaria, but they were 

 comparatively scarce. I took a few from larch trunks in fairly good 

 condition, but the high winds had blown a good many down and 

 destroyed them. Cidaria suffumata is in great abundance everywhere, 

 but the dark variety {piceafa), which generally occurs, I have not seen 

 this year. — J. Wylie, Perth. May 22nd, 189c. 



On the 1 8th May I was at Benfieet, and had the pleasure of taking 

 my first larva of Ehorodesma sviara^^daria. I little thought, when I 

 picked up what appeared to Be a few withered leaves, that I had picked 

 up a caterpillar, so perfectly was it concealed. Near Canvey, on the 

 25th, I found larvae oi Lasiocampa quercifolia, and a nest oi Eriogaster 

 lanestris on hawthorn ; also three nests of the latter species at South- 

 end on blackthorn, hx Shoeburyness, on the 26th, I found a nest of 

 the larvae of Bombyx caslrensis. Hyponomeuta pade/lus^ larvae are quite 

 stripping the blackthorns in this neighbourhood. — F. G. Whittle, 6, 

 Lothbury, E.C June ^th, 1890. 



Yesterday (June 24th) I took part in a very enjoyable excursion of 

 the Entomological Section of the Bristol Naturalists' Society to some 

 attractive and picturesque country in the neighbourhood of Dursley, 

 (Gloucestershire. Upon the hills Lyacna alsus reigned supreme in point 

 of numbers ; Ehecla rubi was present, though rather worn ; a fair 

 number of specimens of Nemeophila plantaginis were seen and cap- 

 tured, all in [grand condition ; Procris geryon occurred, though rather 

 sparingly, and past its best, whilst Euclidia mi and E. glyp/iica were 



' This species is swarming everywhere in the immediate neighbourhood of West- 

 combe Park. The hawthorn hedges are in many places leafle.-s from its attacks. — En. 



