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but these all emerged in August. Is the species double-brooded, or 

 where do the June specimens come from? — J. Collins, ^Varrington. 

 June 2)'^th. 



[Mr. G. V. Hart records an odd specimen and Mr. Hewett several 

 specimens of this species in this month's Record as occurring in June. 

 —Ed.] 



Agrotis agathina. — In reply to Mr. H. Tunaley (p. 69), I believe this 

 species is pretty generally distributed in the Midlands, wherever there is 

 sufficient of its foodplant, Calluna vulgaris. It occurs regularly in 

 Sherwood Forest, and about a dozen years ago I met with a few larviie 

 at Breadsall, four miles north of Derby — from these I bred two specimens, 

 which are still in my cabinet, one is the usual light southern form, and 

 the other, intermediate between it and the Perth specimens. For some 

 time I have annually collected a few of these larvae (which it is well 

 known is one of the most difficult to rear) with hardly any success, but 

 this spring all have pupated, with one or two exceptions, and I am 

 hoping to rear a good series in due course — they were exceedingly 

 common during May and had I anticipated success I could have had a 

 large number. — W. G. Sheldon. July 2isf, 1890. 



Leaf-cutter Bees. — Our plants have suffered much this year, both in 

 the garden and our little conservatory, from the "polite" attentions of 

 the leaf-cutter bees — -the species I cannot define. They selected ex- 

 clusively rose leaves and petals of geraniums of the 7;iost vivid scarlet, 

 leaving the white, pink, and salmon unmolested. The flowers upon 

 which they had operated presented a sorry appearance with the large 

 semi-circular holes cut out of them. — Joseph Anderson, Jun., 

 Chichester. 



Deilephila GALiL — ^I havc bred a few fine Deilephila galii ixom larvse 

 collected in Switzerland by the Rev. Alfred Fuller, the first emerged 

 on July loth. — -Joseph Anderson, Jun., Chichester. 



Micropteryx kaltenbachii, Stn. — About the end of April I 

 found the imago of the new Micropteryx {M. kaltenbachii) at Backbur\' ; 

 they flew into the umbrella while I was beating in the afternoon, but 

 were unfortunately not in cabinet condition. — E. W, Bowell. May 

 22?id, 1890. 



EupithecL'E on Juniper. — In reply to Miss M. Kimber (p. 109), 

 "the brown larva with darker dorsal markings" is a variety of E. 

 sobrinata. It occurs on the Surrey Downs, and is apparently undescribed 

 in our books. — -W. G. Sheldon. July 21st, 1890. 



Captures on the Island of Jethou (Channel Islands). — On 

 Wednesday, June 25th, in company with the members of the Guernsey 

 Society of Natural Science, I paid a visit to Jethou, one of the smallest 

 of the Channel Islands, lying opposite the Town of St. Peter Port in 

 Guernsey, and separated from the Island of Herm by a small but deep 

 channel. It is about a mile and a quarter in circumference, of a mound- 

 like shape, and mostly covered with grass and fern, with a few trees and 

 cultivated patches. A thick fog enveloped the island when we landed 

 about 1 2 o'clock, but it soon cleared off, and the sun was very hot. I 

 took 6 species of Diurni — viz. : — Fieris brassiccz (one), Pieris rapes (one), 

 Epiniphele janira (one), Ccenonympha pamphilus (commonly), Lyccena 

 CBgon (two) ; of Lyca;na argiolus, saw several sporting over the tops of 



