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Messrs. Porter and Russell, of Hull, another visit was paid to the 

 wood, when the success of the preceding night was practically repeated, 

 Pachnohia leucixji-aplia still coming in great numbers and in tine condi- 

 tion. A few hours at Sandburn Wood on May 27th, produced Km-hlo'e 

 cardaiiiiiu'S, Xisoxiaili's tai/cs, Jiroit/iis si'lou', ( 'liri/sop/iaiiiis pldai'iis, 

 MacrotJii/lacia nibi, abundant, Satiintia jKironia, I'liinj incur ilohihraria, 

 Oilontopcra hidciitata, I'anaura pctraria, common, Hi/psiprtca iinpluriata, 

 Tcphrosia piiiirfidtita, T. rrrpiiscidaria [hiinu'idar'ta), Kitpif/icria i)idiijata, 

 larvfe of Axplndia jlavimrtiix, ('Iftwcrls. rinn'nalix, mid Hi/psiprtn^ rliitata. 

 On May 2Sth, at J>ishop Wood 1 found Ceriint fiirnda at rest, and 

 larvsB of Taniiocanipa pitpidcti and Tctlioa subtiisa commonly on the 

 poplars. — ^8. Walker, Queen Anne's Road, York. June 1st, 1901. 



A few Kriocrunia purpurcUa were taken in a wood near here on 

 April 21st and Incurmria pectinea on April 28th. In the same wood 

 on May oth a larva of (reoinctva papUuDiaria was found on birch, and 

 Dt'pressaria assiiin'lella was Hying freely at dusk among broom ; whilst at 

 the same place, on May 2iJth, riio.roj'tcri/.r xicidaiia was netted. Two or 

 three A', hrizella have appeared from Statirr, plenty of thrift, however, 

 grows among the Staticc. Gregarious larvte are abundant here, those of 

 Malac(is<))iia castrcnsis in greater abundance than ever. — F. Ci. Whittle, 

 8, Marine Avenue, Southend. .Imtr oth, 1901. 



Since the second week in May the season has been especially good 

 for sugar. Macaria notata has again been plentiful, and Z(i}i(i>>oiiia 

 punctaria and Z. pendidaria more so than usual, neither being common 

 here. Z. pendularia usually sits on a birch-stem anywhere under 

 5 feet from the ground, and I found the best plan on a hot day was to 

 tap the stems sharply with a stick and net them as they flew off, which 

 they did instantly ; they will hardly ever allow you to box them sitting, 

 except towards evening when it gets cold or on a very cold day ; they 

 often rise even before you strike the stem. When ('idaria coriflata 

 began to appear, the difHculty of catching them was increased as, 

 though the colour and flight are very different, it was difficult to keep 

 the eye from following the C cori/lata, which sometimes rose three or 

 four at a time. I also bred two or three from larvte last August, but 

 one cannot get many ova from captive ?.s, only one ? giving a small 

 batch. Abraxas sylvata is not so numerous this year as last. 1 have 

 from last year's pupa; bred Lciocauijia dictacoides and Acyowjrta Icporiua. 

 — F. C. Woodforde, F.E.S., ^Market Drayton. .Time llt/i, 1901. 



COLIAS HYALE IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. On 



June 5th I had sent me from IJrackley a specimen of ('alias hifale, 

 taken on the above date whilst flying along a railway bank. The 

 insect is in perfect condition, and does not wear at all the appearance 

 of an immigrant, or hybernated specimen. (_'. In/ale was not rare at 

 Brackley last year. On -Tune 9th my brother saw the same species in 

 a clover field at St. Leonards, IJucks, but having no net with him 

 failed to secure it. — A. T. Goodson, Triiig. 



Note on HYBERNATiN(i Xylina semibhtnnea. — It may interest you 

 to hear that a 5 Xi/liiia snnibntunea I took last November lived till 

 the second week in June, the ^ dying about six weeks earlier. 1 had 

 them in a breeding-cage till early spring, when I sleeved them on a 

 small ash growing in a pot, I never saw them in cop. nor have I seen 

 any ova or larvse from them. I took a ? at sallow but she had 

 deposited all her ova except five, which were infertile. — E. H. Thornhill, 

 Boxworth, Cambs. Jane 2nd, 1901. 



