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thaumus (linea). Fairly common. H. sylvanus. Locally common in 

 woods and on bushy hillsides. It seems much to be desired, that 

 someone would undertake to collate the various forms and va' ieties from 

 various parts of the kingdom. A cabinet intended to contain British 

 insects has been placed in the Museum here. Only the Rhopalocera 

 have yet been arranged, but I should be very glad to show these to any 

 entomologist who will let me know beforehand by letter. — E. \V. Bowell, 

 Hereford. 



Hybeknation of the larv^ of Noctqa sobrina. — -With regard 

 to the question as to whether N. sobnna passes the winter in the egg or 

 the larval state, the following entry m my 1874 note book may be of 

 interest, viz: — Ova laid August 13th and 14th, hatched September ist, 

 and the larvae from these hybernaled very small, although I failed to rear 

 them, probably because I could not obtain their proper food. In the 

 following year (1875) I ^^^ ^^^^ f^*^ larvse sent me from Scotland, June 

 8th, from these the moths were bred, July 14th, and subsequently. On 

 August 30th I had a batch of ova hatch, and the larvse again hybernated 

 as before. These two notes, I think, conclusively show that the larvae 

 of N. sobrifia like so many other species of that genus hatch in the 

 autumn and feed up in the spring. It is a nocturnal feeder. — C. Fenn, 

 Eversden House, Burnt Ash Hill, L-e, Kent. 



The Foodplant of Catoptria citrana. — I believe the larvae of 

 Catoptria citrana feeds on the flower heads of Achillea millefiiliiim 

 () arrow) in June. It is double brooded, the imago appearing the last week 

 in May, and again in August at Deal, and the moth occurs among the 

 same plant in July and August. These, also, are the Folkestone dates 

 which would probably be a little modified by the difference of locality 

 although it is a well-known fact that many species appear earlier in the 

 north than in the south.— C. Fenn, Lee, Kent. 



I have always taken Catoptria citrana among "yarrow" and "rest- 

 harrow" {Ononis) and was always under the impression that the latter 

 was its foodj)lant, but, as I have never bred it, I cannot say for certain. 

 I take them flying in June and beginning of July, at Tuddenham, which 

 appears to be a month earlier than the Folkestone da e. — W. Farren, 

 Cambridge. [The species occurs at Deal at the end of May and 

 beginning of August, but it was most abundant at Tuddenham on July 

 18th this vear. Mr. Austin of Folkestone, has bred the species from 

 yarrow. — Ed.] 



Hyp.ernating Iodis vernaria. — I have bred lodis vernaria right 

 through the winter. They seem easy. I forgot I had them until the 

 clematis had been well out for a fortnight when I found them sitting 

 quite peacefully on the dead stems in the pot. They are exactly like 

 the dead stems and drop at a touch — quite rigid. In the spring they 

 change from brown to green, and still drop rigid — beautifully protective. 

 Mr "Owen Wilson's picture is a good one of the full grown larvte, 

 though he failed to get his through the winter. — G. M. A. Hewett, 

 Winchester College. 



Hadena rectilinea. — Owing to the late spring I have done very 

 little in collecting this season yet, although I have bred a good many 

 species, I took a female Hadena rectilinea last July on a tree trunk, 

 she was nearly laid out ; however, I got over a score of ova which duly 

 hatched and fed up to the end of October, they then went down, 



