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of Z. i?-i/olii, in a small marshy field of very rank growth (for informa- 

 tion concerning which I am indebted to Mr. Tug.vell), Mr. Abbott and 

 myself secured some of the most remarkable blotched varieties I have 

 ever seen, and some remarkable for their large size. Of micros I can 

 say but little, not having worked the same up, but took a few Stenia 

 puncialis on the sugar on the Downs (last year on one evening this 

 species swarmed). Botys flavalis occurred in its usual plenty, and 

 during August (working only very occasionally) a few B. asinalis were 

 netted or boxed off the sugared Eiipatorium heads, the foodplant, 

 madder, occurring in some plenty on some banks bordering the marsh. 

 Agdistis bennetii were also freely flying on the marsh, over the sea- 

 lavender, a very unpleasantly damp locality to work — which, however, 

 has to be done for Noiia;:^}-ia ge/ninipancia which has occurred again 

 freely, but is more restricted in its habitat even than last year — Mr. 

 Al)bott and I had one good morning's work, cutting the reeds, which I 

 find this year backward and very small, thus compelling the larva in 

 almost every instance to leave the reed in which it has fed, even in the 

 last stage, and pupate in quite fresh stems ; and, as vvell-grown reeds 

 were scarce, this caused rather a run upon pupating-accommodation, 

 accounting for my finding as many as four pupae and one larva in an 

 apparently healthy reed. This adds much to the difficulty of finding 

 the insect. 



Should the autumn prove equal to the summer and be a little more 

 favourable to outdoor work, I think the season will prove to have been 

 a not unfavourable one. 



Of captures of rarities I hope to be able to record more as the season 

 progresses, so far my only good species is Triphana subsequa, one at 

 sugared thistles on the Downs, July glh, and this owing to the growth 

 of our knowledge of the species can, I am afraid, no longer be regarded 

 a rarity. — Albert J. Hodges. August i^th, 1891. 



Hepialus velleda in Cambs. — \Vhilst at Wicken, Mr. McLachlan, 

 F.R.S., sent me a wmgo^ IP. velleda found in an outhouse in the village. 

 —J. W. TuTT, Westcombe Hill, S.E. 



Mortality among larv.« of Chelonia caja. — I, too, have been 

 rearing caJa larvae — in fact, I do so every year in the hope of obtaining 

 varieties. My experience this year is identically that of Messrs. Milton 

 and Quail, see Enf. Record^ vol. ii., p. 118. Half of my larvae died 

 — certainly not through either unhealthy food or overcrowding. This 

 is remarkable, as the number of imagines should correspond to the 

 number of caterpillars — they are so easy to rear. — J. Arkle, Chester. 



Capture of Hesperia lineola in Cambridgeshire. — Whilst col- 

 lecting on the edge of Burwell Sedge Fen on August 2nd, a skipper 

 flew across my path, which, on being netted, proved to be Hesperia 

 lineola. There is no doubt that this species is widely distributed in 

 England, and will probably prove as common as its congener, PP. linea. 

 — J. W. TuTT. August, 1 89 1. 



The FAtJN.A. of South London.— I have read with much interest 

 the notes (vol. i., p. 349, and ii., p. 68) by Messrs. Turner and Cansdale. 

 Having collected here since 1874, I may make a few additions to the 

 list. Tiie following I have taken myself in Sydenham (several seem to 

 iia.ve disappeared within the last few years) : — Ar^ynnis euphrosvne, 

 Vanessa polychloros, Pararge megcera, Epinephele janira, PPaliasprasi- 



