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I think this method of recording is more useful than the date alone, 

 without any remarks. I know gentlemen who are very particular 

 about having the exact day on which their insects were captured 

 recorded on the label. To my way of thinking I should consider the 

 exact hour at which they were caught was of far more importance, a 

 record of this kind would be one little piece of information regarding 

 the insect's life-history ; and if there were added to this a note saying 

 whether the species was at rest or flying naturally, one would have a 

 certain part of its life-history in a nut shell. — \Vm, Reid. yuly, 1892. 



MiCROPTERYX SANGIELLA AND CALEDONIELLA. — I sent a box tO my 



friend, Mr. C. G. Barrett, with some Micropteryx to look over, and he 

 returned them, to my satisfaction, with two new species added to rny 

 collection, viz., 7 satigii and i caledoniella : the former is a fine distinct 

 species. — J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Notes on Midlothian Lrpidoptera. — Biipalus piniaria, L. — Very 

 common in the wood in June, as many as 20 or 30 females having been 

 found at one time clinging to grass stems within the area of a yard or 

 two. Taken also by Mr. Evans, Mr. Wilson, and Dr. Northcote. 

 Eupithecia helveticaria, Bdv. — I took some six specimens of this insect 

 on the bog in June, 1888, where it has also been captured by Dr. 

 Northcote. Mr. Wilson found the larvae on juniper by Balerno Burn, 

 September 5th, 1858. Mentioned by Low and Logan m. Proc. Roy. 

 Phys. Soc, vol. i., p. 259. Dianthcecia cucubali, Fues. — Three dozen 

 larvae taken from flowers of the ragged robin {Lychnis flos-cuciili) on 

 Balerno Bog, August 4th, 1884. Taken also by Mr. Wilson. Eupi- 

 thecia pygma'ata, Hb. — One imago captured on rushes at Balerno Burn, 

 July 2nd, 1854, and another at hedge of Harelaw Farm, July 12th, 

 1858. Mr. Wilson speaks of this insect as E. palustraria. Anar/a 

 cordigera, Tlmb. — I have only been fortunate enough to capture one 

 specimen of this very pretty little insect, which rose from the heather 

 on the noi th side of the road that bisects the bog. Ellopia prosa- 

 piaria, 'L.^fasciaria, Schiff. — This insect may be commonly found early 

 in July just emerged from the pupa, either on the ground at the roots 

 of the pine trees in the wood, or on the bark of these about half a foot 

 above the grass. Caught also by Mr. Evans, Mr. Wilson and Dr. 

 Northcote. Scodiona belgiaria, Hb. — 1 have only taken a single speci- 

 men of this insect, a male, that had fallen into the small Burn which 

 crosses the bog, July, 1887. Mr. Evans captured a female on Currie 

 Moor in July, 1880, and a single specimen, var. flavillacearia, fell to 

 the lot of Mr. Wilson, July 13th, 1865. — E. W. Carlier {Annals of 

 Scot. Nat. Hist., pp. 42-48). 



Notes on Saturnia pavonia. — On looking over my diary for 1891, 

 I noticed some interesting facts about S. pavonia. I had a dozen 

 cocoons, from 1890 Wicken Fen larvie, the foodplant of which, on the 

 Fens is Meadow-sweet {Spircea ul//iaria). The peculiarity about these 

 Fen cocoons is now well known, ^ some being quite a silvery white 

 colour, but there is no appreciable difference between the Fen imagines 

 and those from the New Forest. From these cocoons five 3 's and 

 one ? emerged between 7 and 8 a.m., and four $ 's emerged about 



' Recent experiments has lijone a long way to prove that this is not peculiar to 

 " Fen " larvjc, but is probably due to a starvation diet before pupation, vide Eiit. 

 Rec, ii., pp. 299, 300 ; EiU. Kcc, iii., p. 9. — En. 



