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Weymouth.— \ have not found insects at all scarce on such evenings 

 as I have been out. Unfortunately the weather has been anything but 

 pleasant, but insects have been plentiful. — A. Forsyih, Weymouth. 

 June <)f/i, 1890. 



Birtningham. — The season here has been quite a fortnight earlier 

 than usual. Brephos notha was on the wing from the ist to the 4th of 

 April, whereas last year it was not out till after April 13th. Lyccena 

 argioltis has been unaccountably scarce ; last season I could have taken 

 it in hundreds, this year I could not get a dozen, but holly blossom was 

 scarce last year and may have influenced the number of the species this 

 year. — H. Tunai.ey, Birmingham. June 1S//1, 1890. 



IVifichester. — Eight pupse of Lasiocampa qiiercifolia in stock is very 

 comforting, the more so, as, before I began to collect, I found 6 in ore 

 day and gave them to boys, and have seen but one since till this year. 

 In each case I found one by accident, and then two more on the same 

 bush. The first three were larvae, the second three comprised i larva 

 and 2 pupae. The larvae sit in the day on the stems inside the bush. 

 Orthosia upsilon larvae are fairly abundant under the bark of the willows, 

 although a large number are ichneumoned. Hadena getiisice larvae are 

 feeding well on chickvveed, and Jlpione advenaria on sallow. Asphalia 

 Havicornis larvce sometimes spin two leaves together, and sometimes fold 

 one leaf Mine are pupating between the leaves although a few spin the 

 leaf to the earth. The same remark applies to the way Toxocampa 

 pasti)ium spins up. Some spin up high among the purple vetch, some 

 spin the vetch to the ground, others make a cocoon on the ground. 

 I took 8 specimens of Apamea imanimis drying their wings on palings 

 about 8 a.m. When fresh they appear of a richer brown than afterwards. 

 I have taken Pericallia syringaria feeding on the low growing honey- 

 suckle in the woods, I found them when after Limenitis sibyl/a. — G. M. 

 A. Hewett, The College, Winchester. June 21st, 1890. 



Howth. — The red valerian has been very attractive to Noctil« 

 in my garden at Howth, lately. I have taken at its flowers 

 Plusia gamma, P. iota, P. pulchrina, P. festuccE. (I took but one 

 specimen of the latter, on the 18th, an early date I believe), Chierocampa 

 elpenor, Dianthcecia capsophila, hadena dentina, Grammesia trigrammica, 

 Xylophasia riirea, Habrostola triplasia (some nearly black), and very 

 many others. Great numbers of common moths have come to sugar 

 including Thyatira batis, T. derasa, and I/adena thalassina. A couple 

 of Acidalia fnarginepunctata were found on the 21st, at rest on the rocks, 

 while A. stibsericeaia was on the wing. I had the good fortune to capture 

 3 fairly good Luperina luteago var. barrettii and a few D. capsophila. — 

 G. V. Hart, Dublin. June 27//^, 1890. 



Darlington. — The weather is very bad for collecting. We arc getting 

 continuous rain. Thanks to the " Hints " in the Record, I got Sesia 

 culitiporniii at Richmond (Yorks) on June 28th. On Friday last I beat 

 some forty Caradrina cubicularis from a haystack (the specimens appear 

 to l)e covered with a small red spider). I took some larvae of Bombyx 

 calhaue about three-parts grown, and an imago of the same species on 

 June 25th. — W. MiLBURN, Darlington. June 29///, 1890. 



Notes of the Season (Coleoptera). — The following are a few 

 notes on my captures at Brockenhurst and Chattenden this season. 



