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list of lepidoptera includes the more interesting of those taken or bred 

 during the past season. Eiipithccia vuhjata, a pupa found under sallow 

 bark, April 16th, yielded a moth, May 18th ; Malarowvm rmtremU, 

 May 13th, a brood of larvag found on carrot near Havengore ; LAtho- 

 colleth iijiinicolella, May 14th, Southend ; Mflanippr Itastata, May 

 20th-27th, a series bred from ova obtained at Eastwood, June 25th, 

 1899, showing considerable variation in size and shape of the broken 

 black band which starts from the middle of the costa ; Kphippijihora 

 /ijiw/iana, ]\Iay 24th, Southend ; Neineobiiis litriiia, May 27th, a 

 solitary specimen at Eastwood ; Eiipithccia aaahmlata, May 31st-June 

 20th, a series bred from larva found on hops; Hpiloi^nma mendU-a, 

 emerged June 31st ; I'cnthina sonii-ctdana, netted at Eastwood, June 

 9th ; Drepanafalcatan'a, netted at Fiastwood, June 10th ; Scsia ci/idpi- 

 formia, a series bred between June llth-25th, a long-tailed parasite 

 has been identified by Mr. Morley as Marrocrntriift niarninatns ; Pasycera 

 oUvievella, June 11th, bred from larva found when searching for Soiia 

 eipiipiformis in oak stumps ; Nephopterijx rlienclla, June 12th, bred 

 from poplars ; Chncrocainpa porcdlus, emerged June 13th- 1 4th, larv« 

 on lialiuDi cerntn at Benfleet, July 17th, 1899 ; Teleia proxinuila and 

 Ritpitlu'cia scahiosata , emerged June 14th ; Lare.rna atrella, emerged 

 June 15th ; Earias chlarana, emerged June 17th, larva on osier at 

 Shoeburyness ; Armirulcpia siibhamiKnuiiana, Crauihus sylrdlus, CocJi- 

 lidiun limacodi's, June 17th, at Eastwood ; Antitlieda saliedl a, emerged 

 June 21st ; Hi/pmiion-id rrnriana, emerged June 22nd ; Elaclmta 

 sciipi, flying over and settling on i-eeds at Pitsea, June 23rd; Bactra 

 lanceolana, a fine large form with broad pale costal streak, flying over 

 reeds at Pitsea; (Tranniicsia triifrmiiiiiica, & vdriahle series bred from 

 ova, June 23rd ; EiipocrUia snhroscana, bred June 28th from golden- 

 rod gathered at Eastwood in September; Marafonanha pitacodartyla, 

 larviB, pup*, and imagines among rest-harrow at Benfleet, July 1st ; 

 ('. iii'rro)udla, one specimen only among rest-harrow at Benfleet; 

 Ortliiitaenia striana, July Ist-llth, at Benfleet, two taken. I have at 

 various times taken odd specimens of this species, but always <? s. 

 Wilkinson says (7i;i7.7'()/tr/Vr.s, p. 2()3),'" 2 is extremely rare in cabinets." 

 Hadena trifoUi, a long series bred between July 2nd- August iHth from 

 larv^e found on Suat'da iiiaritinia at Great Wakering. The last to 

 emerge in this long typical series happens to be an example of the ab. 

 hidixiiiirtii of Brifis/i yoctnar, kc, vol. iii., p. 83. Spilonota rosaccaUDia, 

 Southend, July 3rd; Cnlrop/ioia alcipmipennella, Benfleet. July 3rd; 

 CaU>ptria niirnufraniiiiana, July 4th, between Leigh and Benfleet ; 

 Biitalis fmcocnprca, swept near Hadleigh ; Elac/n'sta atricdtnrUa, 

 Blabojdiancs fi'muiiiuila, Penthina sellana, July 5th, at Benfleet ; P. 

 iiiopdla, July 8th, bred from Inida critJnnoide.'i gathere.l near Haven- 

 gore ; Catojitria citrana, July 9th, rather connnon on the slopes near 

 here, one specimen taken had not been able to disengage its head 

 from the pupa-case; Loniaxpilh nuiniinata, bred, variable of course; 

 lloimiensoiiia hiitacidla, emerged July 10th ; Mdnnan/ia (jalatca, July 

 11th, a few ochreous $s near Leigh; Coloip/mnt ni;iricd!n. emerged 

 July 12th; T. atirann, July loth, near Southend; Eiipii/wria jjionilata, 

 bred; Eiipoecilia hi/briddlatia, July IGth, near Shoeburyness ; Spilodrs 

 palealis, a beautiful and variable series of 38 specimens between July 

 16th-August IGth, only one specimen shows a commencing sub- 

 marginal blackish band near the apex of hindwings ; !Sciaphi(a chri/s- 



