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emerge 1 early in August, ainl the iiiiig.) swarmed into OL-tobor. 

 During tlie tirst week in Oetober I ag.iin took full-fed larvce in the same 

 lane, ami I now have pupjB, healthy and well. They have been pupa? 

 for a fortnight or thi'ee weeks and show no signs of emergcnee. I have 

 i^een it recorded that people saw larvfe of all sizes together in July, and 

 we know how species spread tliemselves out, probaljly on tlioir way 

 to twi) definite ))i'oods, but it certainly looks as if my insects had 

 nearly accomplished their aim. Also all the July larvai were pale, and 

 these autumn ones — from the same nettles — are some entirely l.dack and 

 all mainly so, with a few yellow sjtots along the sides. — (1. 31. A. 

 Hewktt, Winchester. Novcinber Hth, 1892. 



Abund.\.noe of A:MBr.YPTiLrA ACAXTiron\nTYLA.^lloferriug to this 

 species (vol. iii., p. 267), -1. acaathodadt/Ia occurred freely both at 

 Swanage and at Tenljy. In the latter locality, I turned it out of rest- 

 liarrow by day, but at Swauage I saw but few in tlie daytime. 

 iJEdiiiiiatapJioras lithodactyJa also occurred freel}^ at dusk in one s]iot at 

 Swauage. — E. C. Dobkee Fox. November 2dth, 1892. 



Autumnal emergence of Stauroplts fagi. — On the 6th of Novemljer 

 last, a male S. fagi emerged in one of my breeding cages kept in a 

 room far removed from any fire, and in Avhich insects are generally 

 behind their normal time of emerging.— F. B. Xewnua:\i, Cliurch 

 Stretton, Salop. December 5th, 1892. 



Flight of CALLuroupHA iiera.— C. hera appears to fly at dusk ; 

 at least I caught one flying freely at that time. It is cpiite willing to 

 fly in the daytime if disturlied, and seems akin to Neuieophlla planUnjiais 

 in this respect, I did not get any at light, ])ut possiljly it c<unes late 

 like Arcfia caia, and I did not try after 11 p.m. — A. Ivibinson. 

 Oetober ISth, 1892. 



I well remember seeing C. hera in great abundance on the slopes of 

 Monte San Salvatore near Lugano, one very hot August morning, three 

 years ago. It was flying freely in the brilliant sunshine over a sloping 

 isteep side of the hill, which was covered with brambles and low bushes. 

 The elevation was about 1,000 feet. I have no doubt that on a very 

 hot l)right da}^ in this country it Avould fly without being Ijeaten out. 

 I caught two or three of the specimens which were in splendid condi- 

 tion. — T. Maddison. November 21st, 1892. 



A FEW Details about Lithosia kubricollis. — I have never tried 

 to keep the larva of tliis insect. It begins to appear in the beating 

 tray in September, and is full-fed towards the end of October. It 

 feeds on the very minute lichens, mainly on the oaks and beeches. 

 The food looks just like a kind of scurf on the bark of the trunks and 

 branches < tf the trees. When full-fed it retires beneath the moss on 

 the trunks, where after nearly a month's interval the pupa may be 

 searched for. I generally wait till the end of Xovember, as it talces a 

 long time to pupate. The pupa is a light reddish-brown colour, en- 

 closed in a very flimsy white ct:)coon, hardly to be distinguished from 

 the spinning of the spiders ; it is sometimes conspicuous, but often tlie 

 pupa catches the eye first, apparently without any cocoon. It is 

 advisable to detach the moss from the top downwards, as the pupa is 

 not among the moss, but between the moss and the bark, and con- 

 sequently often drops. Not unfre(|uently, after the moss is withdi'awn, 

 the pupa is found adhering to the trunk. Sometimes it is close to the 

 ground ; sometimes high up the trunk. I keep mine through the 



