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time, while waiting for anoma/d to appear, in searching for the larvae 

 of Anarta myrtiUi^ which were fairly abundant on the higher shoots 

 of the heather, as were also those of Eupithecia iianata on the flowers 

 of Erica cinerea. — Chas. F. Thornewill, The Soho, Burton-on-Trent. 

 August 2bth, 1 89 1. 



Hatching of Stauropus fagi. — The hatching process of 6". fagi 

 is most interesting. The eggs, when first laid, are a creamy white, 

 but a day or two before the larvae hatch they assume the colour of a 

 plum with the bloom on ; presently a minute black spot appears, it 

 gets larger, and with a glass you can see the head of the insect eating 

 round the shell till the hole is large enough, when out bursts the head 

 and two pairs of long prolegs like those of an ant, and with this it wriggles 

 about till one segment after another comes out, and it then looks far 

 more like an ant than anything else ; these legs are for ever on the uiovf, 

 and the head rocks from side to side. First it eats its eggshell, then 

 sleeps, and walks about in search of food. For two days it appears 

 only to eat the hairs on the leaves on the brown stipules of the stems ; 

 the third day it attacks the leaves. This is all I can describe, at 

 present^ of their life-history. — E. Bazett, Springfield, Reading. 



Orthot^lia sparganiella. — I have found O. sparganiella in some 

 abundance this season. This interesting Tineina is just about in the 

 pupal state. Those searching for it should carefully examine plants 

 of Sparganium tamosum growing by the sides of ditches ; the infested 

 plants will be known by the central leaves being withered. The plants 

 should be cut off low down and carefully opened, a plant generally 

 contains a single pupa, but sometimes two and even three will reward 

 the collector's search. The pup^e should be laid on damp sand in a 

 flower-pot, and slightly covered with fine chopped moss, the pot 

 covered with a piece of muslin, and placed out of doors in the shade. — 

 J. Mason, Clevedon Court Lodge, Somerset. July i^^h, 1891. 



Cuspidia leporina at Wanstead. — On August 21st, I took a full- 

 fed larva of Acronycta {Cuspidia) leporina off aspen; it has now 

 changed to a pupa in the wood of the breeding cage. — W. G. 

 Mackmurdo, Wanstead. 



Strange Foodplant of Acronycta (Cuspidia) aceris. — A. 

 {Cuspidia) aceris feeding on oak, was new to me.— T. D. A. Chap- 

 man, Firbank, Hereford. 



Plusia moneta and Apamea ophiogramma at Norwich. — About 

 the third week in July, my little girl (aged six) found a moth hanging 

 under a shelf in the house. It was duly boxed, and given to me on my 

 return home. It was a species quite new to me, and a search throu-;li 

 Newman's British Moths failed to determine its identity. I took it to 

 Mr. Atmore of Lynn, who at once pronounced it to be a specimen of 

 Plusia fHoneta. It is a very fine and perfect specimen ; I should say 

 but just emerged on the day it was taken. I have taken four specimens 

 of Apamea ophiogramma in my garden this season, none of them, 

 however, in "cabinet" condition. — M. A. Pitman, ii, Park Lane, 

 Norwich. 



Trichoptilus paludum on Thorne Moor. — On July 18th, I took 

 a specimen of this species on Thorne Moor. I believe this is the most 

 northerly locality yet recorded for the species in Britain. — G. T. 

 Porritt, Greenfield House, Huddersfield. September lofh, 1S91. 



