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was occasionally captured. Many species were obtained in the larval 

 stage which were never seen as imagines, among others — F/ilodoniis 

 palpimi, Notodonta camelina^ N. dictcea, N. dictcEoides, JV. droiitedarius, 

 JV. ziczac, etc., also Siauropus fagi and Petasia cassinea, both Dicranura 

 furcula and D. bifida on young aspen, while hosts of others, as — 

 Lipai'is dispar, Dicranura vinula, Orgyia pudibunda and the different 

 PlatypterigidcB were very abundant. I also found larvee and pupje of 

 Cossns ligniperda and Zeuzera cescidi. Near Ribbesford Abraxas 

 uhnaia was abundant, but I chiefly worked this district for Coleoptera. 

 Numerous species of the Coccinella and Elator genera abounded, to- 

 gether with some peculiar vars. of species belonging to these groups, 

 and which, for some time, were supposed to be distinct species. One 

 day's collecting this year (1828) deserves more than passing notice. 

 In June, I passed a field of grass (ready for mowing), sprinkled with 

 large white daisies. On these I saw hundreds of Aporia cratcegi. 

 I did not attempt to resist the temptation, and quickly jumped over 

 the hedge, doing considerable damage to the grass. I filled my box 

 and began to fill the crown of my hat with cratcegi, when a countryman 

 at the other end of the field appeared and threatened to send me to 

 Worcester Gaol. However, I had as many as I wanted and quickly 

 made off. — J. Tyrer, Chatham, Kent. 



Note on Leucania littoralis. — Mr. Baxter [ante, p. 248) will find 

 some difficulty with littoralis. They are not cannibals unless short of 

 food, but are very often ichneumoned, and can get through a very 

 small hole; in fact, they are the worst kind of larvae for escaping I 

 know. They will not thrive unless given a lot of sand and exposed 

 to the sun, I find the best plan is to keep them in a fern case and 

 feed them on marram grass growing in a pot, if this is done nearl) 

 all will go through all right excepting those ichneumoned. — 

 G. Harker, Liverpool. 



Dates of appearance in 1890. — My experience, as to dates of 

 appearance this season, does not altogether tally with Mr. Hodgkin- 

 son's {ante, p. 160). It would appear, that a few things have occurred 

 earlier this season than they did last. This season, not a single larva 

 of Bombyx castrensis was to be seen at Shoeburyness after the 19th 

 of July, I took larvje last year on the 30th of July. On the other 

 hand Hesperia lineola occurred at Shoeburyness on the 30th of June 

 in 1889, while this season it was quite a fortnight later. Upon the 

 strength of my having taken Catopiria candidiilana at Shoeburyness 

 on the nth July last year, I promised, quite early in the season, to 

 supply a correspondent of mine with a series. After several un- 

 successful visits, I took a short series, but not until the 2nd of August. 

 — F. G. Whittle, Lothbury. December, 1890. [These must be 

 looked upon as quite exceptional. Everything appeared at an early 

 date until the middle of June, after which, scarcely any species were 

 up to date, so far as the large number of reports which have passed 

 through my hands, and my own experience, show. — Ed.] 



Flowers attractive to moths. — At this season, those of us having 

 gardens are thinking how best to lay them out to be attractive to 

 moths during the summer. Former experiences published in the 

 Record would, I am sure, be valuable to many. The following list, 

 in the order written, I have found most successful : — Rockets, Silene 



