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form of C. pascuellus occurred, C. uliyinosellus on the marsh, and 

 at dusk C.pinellus was not uncommon round the pine wood on the 

 Trencrom road. Two larvae of Lanocam]ia querciis, taken July 80th, 

 at Prussia Cove, both produced ichneumons, but I was very surprised at 

 finding such late larvte in so southern a locality. Males of the species 

 were already common. My time v/as up on August 2nd, but on my 

 way back to London I paid a flying visit to Starcross, travelling the 

 night before, and my people catching me up again at Exeter. I made 

 the most of the time, beating hedges without intermission from 7.30 

 a.m. until 2 p.m., when I had to run for my train. I had feared, with 

 things so backward, CalliDiorpha hera would not be out, but was plea- 

 santly surprised. Working along the Teignmouth road and neigh- 

 bouring hedges, 1 soon dislodged a fine female, which allowed itself to 

 be quietly boxed. Some hours later, a male, probably disturbed by my 

 beating-stick, flew past me from behind and was duly netted. It now 

 began to rain, and I thought I had finished with C. hera, but in the last 

 few minutes a lovely female ab.Z/<«esce«.s was spotted sittingat the bottom 

 of a hedge, in a corner by a gate. All three specimens were in almost 

 " bald " condition, and for such an early date, I was more than satisfied 

 with my morning's work. The 0. /t^ ra were by no means all my bag. 

 Melanippe unanyulata was pretty common and in lovely condition, M. 

 rivata, also, in moderate numbers, and now and again a fine CidaHa 

 fncata. The latter seemed scarcely out, judging from the condition of 

 the few I took. All these three species gave me batches of ova.* Zono- 

 zoma porata, a curiously-marked Coreniia ferrugata, and several other 

 Geometrids swelled my captures, and among a number of " plumes " five 

 Platyptilia ochroclactyla and tv,'0 Marastymrcha phaeodactyla were the best. 

 I wound up by boxing half a dozen beautiful Bri/ophila ynuralis off the 

 walls of Starcross Station before the train arrived which took me to 

 Exeter. Here, after a hurried and much needed meal, I picked up 

 the London express, well pleased with having snatched this extra 

 morning's collecting, instead of spending the whole day in the train. — 

 Russell E. James, 18, Onslow Gardens, N. 



Early Emergence of Dasychira pudibunda. — I obtained some 80 

 eggs of this species last May, and reared them from the resulting 

 larvffi to the pupal state. From one of these I had a perfect insect 

 emerge this morning, and as I find by Newman's British Moths that 

 they are not due until May, I thought it might be of interest to your 

 readers. — C. Newberv, 32, Annandale Road, East Greenwich. 

 March Srd, 1908. 



• We believe that detailed desciiptiona of the ova of Melanippe unangulata 

 and Cidaria picata ore badly needed. — Ed. 



W^ ARI ATION. 



Recently described aberrations op British Species of 

 Lepidoptera, — Apropos of Mr. Raynor's uncertainty as to the form 

 of Abraxas ipossulariata described as eh. flavofasciata by Huene {antea, 

 p. 9) and his consequent unfortunate creation of a synonym, lacticolor 

 (lot: cit.), Mr. Tutt has requested me to give a brief note on Huene's 

 aberrations {Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1901, pp. 809-819) for the use of English 

 readers. 



