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taken at rest have always been on the stone walls, which they closely 

 resemble in colour, as remarked by the Rev. C. F. Thornewill and Mr. 

 Farren. Chi has not only been plentiful, but has been out a longer 

 time than usual. My first capture this season was on August 24th, and 

 it is not yet over ; I got one at ivy two nights ago. Has any one 

 remarked that in Ireland tree trunks are almost useless as a collecting 

 medium ? I have never been able to get anything excepting Ellopia 

 fasciaria, Dhirficea fagelia, and one or two species of Scoparia, all on 

 spruce fir; no other trees seem to be of the slightest use. Perhaps 

 it may be they are usually covered with ivy or moss. — P. H. Russ. 

 November 10 th, 1892. 



JNew Forest a?id Sydenham. — My own experience of this season is 

 that it has been far better than the last five years, both here and in 

 the New Forest. The first insects to turn up were H. rupicapraria and 

 Anisopteryx cescularia (Feb. 24th), followed by Hybernia leucophcearia 

 (March i6th), and all the usual spring insects. At the sallows I got 

 nothing, except one Tceniocampa populeti (April 7th). Cymatophora 

 ridens began to emerge from pupae, in which they had been four 

 winters, on April ist. During April and May a large number of 

 Ephyra orbiaihirta, Eiirymene dolobraria, Liihosia ritbricollis, Bisulcia 

 ligustri, Eupa'cilia ambigua?ia, and Lobophora sexalisata emerged from 

 pupffi, all from the New Forest last year. From May 14th to i6th I was 

 in the New Forest, and obtained a few larvae of Boarmia abietaria, but 

 they were very scarce. Sugar was quite useless in May at Sydenham. 

 In the New Forest from June ist to 12th, Tephrosia extersaria and 

 Eurymene dolobraria were much more abundant than usual, Staiiropus 

 fcigi {i), Notodonia trepida (2), Cerura furciila (i), and several of the 

 usual Forest insects ; ZygcEfia meliloii, however, being very scarce. A 

 day after Eiilepia cribrum only produced a few worn males ; perhaps 

 the hot weather in May brought them out much earlier than usual. In 

 August I returned to the New Forest. Apatura iris was fairly plentiful, 

 and I bred a few from larvce which I took in June, they were rather 

 small ; I have bred them several years, but the specimens have been 

 always small, although I have sleeved them in large sleeves. Colias 

 edusa was common, but only one var. he/ice. Sugar produced Caiocala 

 spOJisa, promissa, Noctua rhomboidea (2), Triphczna subseqiia, Cerigo 

 malura, and any number of common things. At light the best insect 

 was Aventia flexula (4). Larvse beating was the most paying work. 

 Cuspidia alni (6), Stauropus fagi, Moma orion (32), Ciispidia leporina 

 (41), Notodonia trepida (5), N dictcBoides (n), Enno/nos erosaria (5), 

 while Eury?nene dolobraria, Demas coryli, Lithosia helveola, Notodonta 

 dodoncea, N. chaonia, and other common species were abundant. — 

 R. S. Sellon, Sydenham. September 19///, 1892. 



Jskof Man. — On the 8th November I had brought to me a beautiful 

 specimen of 6". convohmli, which was captured by Mr. C. Bacon in his 

 grounds at Seafield, Santon, the latter end of September. It is in 

 very good preservation, and measures almost five inches across the 

 wings from tip to tip. The taking of S. co?ivoIvuli in the island is 

 generally recorded every year, and as a rule the specimens are found 

 close to the coast. — H. Shortridge Clarke, 2, Osborne Terrace, 

 Douglas, Isle of Man. November i^th, 1892. 



Highgate. — Few people, I imagine, even naturalists themselves, were 



