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good number. As already mentioned {Ent. Rec, xii., September 15th) 

 these fed freely on VcrbasriDii thapsux a,nd S. aqiiatira. Between August 

 10th and 20th several full-fed larva? of Aclierontia atrojins and Satitrnia 

 carpini were brought me. On August 12th I collected a lot of pup^e 

 of Xnnaijria (/ciinnipujicta, which is common here — but X. ti/pliac was 

 still in the larval state. On August 14th CroccdUx diiujuaria emerged 

 from a pupa, the larva beaten from buckthorn, though I cannot find this 

 mentioned anywhere as a food-plant. I had long been anxious to get speci- 

 mens of CticulUa iinaiihalii, so on August IGth I paid a visit to Kent in 

 search of the larvte. Three of us working hard for so)ue six or eight hours 

 only secured, however, seven specimens, and of these only four pupated 

 successfully. I hardly, however, think it so scarce as is believed, and 

 now that I have had an opportunity of studying the habits of the larva 

 I hope to be able to make a good bag on some future occasion. Larvae 

 of (\ aateris. were plentiful on the golden-rod, as well as a number of 

 Geometrid and Noctuid larva?. Imagines of Noctna najlecta appeared 

 in my cages on August 18th, and of L'irrJioedia .rerampclina on August 

 24th. A visit to Sanderstead on August 25th yielded 35 larvae of 

 Thera juniperata, and the next day I beat 2 Ccrura fnrcida hora sallow 

 near here. On September 6th a specimen of Citria ccrai/o emerged 

 from a larva beaten oft' and fed on ash. September with its shooting 

 was an entomological " blank," except that from the 17th onwards I 

 took a number of Aridalia rinndaria, evidently a second brood, although 

 I cannot find mention of this second brood having previously been 

 noticed''- — and on September 24th a visit to Chippenham Fen gave me 

 40 or 50 larvae of I'lusia c/iri/aon. The first fortnight of October I spent 

 in Scotland deer-stalking, but had no opportunity of doing any ento- 

 mological work. I saw daily, however, on my way up the hills, numbers 

 of the larvffi of Macmthi/lacia rubi, but did not collect any, as I had a 

 brood at home, reared from the egg on raspberry. Returning home on 

 October 15th 1 found a ie-w Hi/bonia aurantiaria and Opurahia dilntata 

 had emerged, and a quantity of the usual common things were to be 

 seen on ivy-blossom including 2 Orthopia iiiavilcnta {which. I have never 

 before taken here). During the next week Thera junijicrata eraerged 

 freely, to be followed in November by ('Iwiwatahia bnimata and a few C. 

 boreata, and 3 Aehcrnntia atropas, these latter of course "forced." A 

 very late Hi/bcrnia dcfoliaria emerged on December 19th, and thus 

 brought the year's work to a close. — Percy C. Reid, F.E.S., Feering 

 Bury, Kelvedon. January 19</i, 1901. 



Lepidoptera from south-west Scotland. — Not within the memory 

 of anyone living can they recall a season in which so much rain has 

 fallen in the west of Scotland as the summer of 1900. It has rained 

 almost incessantly, and it was often with very much discomfort that 

 any collecting could be accomplished. Phii/alia pcdaria and Laroitia 

 nndtistriiiaria were taken at Lennoxtown, from tree-trunks, on March 

 17th, and a few days later at Cathcartafine lot of Hjibernia iiianiinaria 

 Avas netted. On April 19th Picric rapac was captured in Pollokshields, 

 an exceptionally early date for this district. Pliaretra wmijantlndis 

 and fjib()ji/i(ira carpiiiata were boxed from birches at Garelochhead on 

 the 26th. I', napi was out but scarce, at Bishopton, on May 3rd. The 



* Partially double-biooded almost every season in the south-east Londen 

 district. — Ed. 



