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well near this, but, as usual, could not find another. This species 

 always occurs singly with me. Larvae of Notodo7ita trepida crawling 

 down oak trees to pupate, middle and end of July. Those of N. 

 trimaciila, beaten from oak at the end of August, full-fed. N. droiiie- 

 darius and, of course, N. camelina, fell frequently enough by beating 

 birch. Dicra7iura fiircula on sallows, A. {Ciispidia) leporina on birch, 

 Tethea subtusa on aspen. Catocala promissa larvae found in chinks of 

 bark of oak, they are hard to find, being so much like the lichen cover- 

 ing the tree. When taken it tumbles about exactly like the larvae of 

 Ciicullia verbasci. Chcerocampa elpenor, Macroglossa bombyliformis, 

 Demas coryli, Asphalia flavicornis and Geometra papilionaria were very 

 abundant in the larval state. Other larvae too numerous to mention 

 occurred. I have just now found one larva of Antidea cucullata on 

 Galiutii mollugo, and hope to get more. — W. Holland. September xith. 



St. Anne's-on-Sea. — I have noticed that some insects are very early 

 and others very late. Agrotis cursoria appeared on July 30th, the 

 earliest date I have ever seen it. Depressaria naiiatella, Peroiiea asper- 

 sana and some other August moths were all out in July. Oa the ist, 

 on the banks of the Wyre, I took Eupxcilia vectisana, and two-thirds 

 were worn, although supposed to come out in August, and Sericoris 

 littorana was not to be seen at all. I had a splendid day on the ist, 

 we went to Poultin, the old capital of the Fylde, and then into a lane 

 — a new one to me — and worked our way to Cleorlevs and the banks of 

 the Wyre, and took Gelechia midinella. G. instabiliella were plentiful, 

 G, mouffetella and several odd Gelechice, of which I do not yet know 

 the names. Eupxcilia vedisana, Sericoris conchana, S. lacunana, S. 

 urticana, Sdaphila subjedana, Harpipteryx harpella., H. nemorella, 

 Depressaria cosiosa, D. litu ' e.lla, Swammerdanda pyrella, Ebidea crocealis, 

 Mydrocainpa siag}ia/is, Botys fuscalis, Litliocolletis ididcoleUa, three sorts 

 of Coleophora, but I cannot name them. Cidaria fidvata, Larentia 

 didyinata, Coreinia unidentafa, C. ferru^ata, Meldnippe sodata, M. 

 vwntanata, Hypsipetes elutata, Abraxas grossulariata, CE le/nafophortts 

 lithodactylus, Hesperia silvanus, Liparis dirysoirhoia, etc., but very few 

 butterflies, only one Satyrus tithonu<:, a few Fieris napi and P. brasdcce. 

 It was a dull day, so perhaps that may account for it a little. I also got 

 a few larvae of Diaiithaeda lucubali in seed pods of red campion, and 

 saw some larvae ot Eriogaster lanestris in quite an early stage (black) ; 

 they evidently are very late. In the Christmas holidays I collected a 

 number of thistle stems, with larvae of Ephippiphora scutulana in them, 

 but have only succeeded in getting about a dozen out. — T. Baxter, St. 

 Anne's-on-Sea. August A^th, 1891. 



Tunbridge WeUs. — I do not think any entomological reports have 

 ever appeared from this beautifully wooded district, so send you a few 

 notes of what I have taken this season at sugar and liglit. On the 

 whole, I consider this season has been a fairly good one for sugar, 

 certainly for quantity if not quality. The following insects I took at 

 sugar and light in woods round this town : — Sphitix dgustri, Zeuzera 

 cesculi (2), Hepialus hectus, H. hipulinus, H. sylvinus, and H. hiimidi 

 (common), Lithosia complanula (several), Euthemonia russula ( $ very 

 common on Broadwater Forest at end of July), Clielonia caja and C. 

 villica (common), Ardia fuUginosa, A. lubridpeda and A. menthadri 

 (very common). Liparis inonadia (i (J on gas lamp), Uropteryx 



