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imagines of ludi.s lacteariu, Ilinwia thijuiiaria, Zonosoina porata, Z. 

 }iii)ictana, Astfwna liiteata, A. candidata, A. bloineri (4), Eapisteria 

 obliterata (6 or 7), Andalia scutulata, A. bisetata, A. rusticata, A. 

 intcrjectaria, A. virgulan'a, A. eniutaria, A. imitaria, A. averaata, A. 

 onari/inata, Tiiiiandra amataria, Cabera j/usaria, C exantbeuiata, Bapta 

 te)iierata, and Halia vauaria ; Acidalia marfihiepunctata was generally 

 to be found at rest either on a stone wall or on a stony bank ; Lyrfdia 

 adiistata, Ldiiui^pili-s nianjiitata, Larentia itlicata, J,, viridaria, Kuimdesia 

 dccolorata, J'lupitheria subnotata, E. vulgata, E. lariciata, E. rcrtaiuju- 

 lata, E. sobrinata, Thera rariata, T. jirtuata, Hijpsipetc.s clutata, 

 Mclantliia ocdlata, Melanippc unanijulata, M. sociata, M. iiiontanata, M. 

 i/aliata, 2J. fiuctuata (a large and a small race), Antidea dnuata (1), 

 A. rubidata, A. badiata, Coreinia ferrui/ata, (_'. unidentaria, Cainpto- 

 ;iraiinita bilineata, Phibalapterijx vitalbata, Cidaria picata, C. cort/lata, 

 C. runsata, ('. immanata, C. prunata, C. fulvata, C. pyraliata, Eubolia 

 cervinata, hi. )iicnsuraria, E. bipunctaria, and Anaitis plar/iata. The 

 moorland yielded plenty of Panayra petraria, Eniattiri/a atuiimria, also 

 Xuiiieria puUcraria (4), and hosts of Eubidia /lalioiibaria. — E. A. 

 EoGEES, Kalret House, Buckeridge Road, Teignmouth, Devon. 

 December 19f//, 1902. 



Notes on partial doublebroodedness in Abraxas grossulariata. — 

 In June this year I bred a number of Abra.vas i/rossulariata with a view 

 of obtaining aberrations and turned out a quantity of rejected imagines 

 among the currant-bushes in my garden. About the beginning of 

 September I noticed the bushes were nearly denuded of their leaves, 

 and, on closer examination, found that an unusual number of the larvfe 

 had fed up and were about ready to pupate. I removed about 200 of 

 them to a breeding-cage, and, in a few days, they spun up and pupated. 

 I then forced the pupa3 which commenced to emerge on November 1st, 

 and continued to do so until about the 20th. The specimens were not quite 

 so large as those of the normal brood, and presented nothing unusual in 

 the range of variation. I have located a number of pup^e m the garden 

 and am interested in observing their fate when left in their natural 

 surroundings, and think it probable they will survive the winter. The 

 greater number of the iarv* on the trees went into hybernation, but I 

 never noticed so many feed up as I did this year. — B. H. Crabtree, 

 F.E.S., The Acacias, Levenshulme. Deccmbir 5t/i, 1902. 



Rearing Petasia nubeculosa. — I have now a nice number of pupie 

 of Petat^ia nubeculosa that I have reared from ova deposited by a ? 

 received last April from Rannoch. This appears to be one of the 

 easiest larva; possible to rear on a birch diet, with a little oak given 

 occasionally, provided that, in their later stages, the larva? are well 

 syringed each morning with a fine-nozzled syringe. This practice 

 holds good also for all the Prominents, and efiectually does away with 

 all cannibalism. — John F. Musham, Blenheim House, South Park, 

 Lincoln. December l^th, 1902. 



Hydrilla palustris in Lincolnshire. — On June 21 st last, Mr. 

 Arnold and myself paid a two days' visit to the Lincolnshire coast sand- 

 hills, with the intention of securing a few specimens oiMaiuestra alhircdou, 

 and other early local species. Pyraineis cardui, freshly arrived, were 

 seen during the afternoon, but their swift flight made it almost 

 impossible to net them. The bag for the two evenings (searching the 

 lyme-grass with a light and sugaring on the land side of the hills) 



