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Hereford. — April \lih, Acronycta tridens S' on tree-tnmks ; 23rd, 

 hawthorn in full bloom everywhere ; Pararge megcera and Chortobius 

 pamphilus, several of each flying ; EucUdia mi, worn ; Lyccena argiolm, 

 which was flying freely in March, still out. Ova of EiicJdo'e cardamines 

 found. — T. A. Chapman, Firbank, Hereford. 



Abbott's Wood. — April 16th. — Syrichthas malvce, Sesia culiciformis ; 

 April 19th, Exckloe cardamines, Thanaos tages, and one Argynnis eu- 

 phrosyne ; April 21st, A. euplirosyne, in swarms; Chrysophanus phlceas, 

 Thecla rubi; April 26th, Adela virideUa (a few); Pararge mcgoera, two 

 or three ; Macroglossa fuciformis, Phytometra cenea, Spilosoma fuUginosa ; 

 Ajjril 28th, Venilia maculata, Panagra petraria. At about 1 1 o'clock, 

 I passed an oak-bush, round which A. viridella were hovering in pro- 

 fusion, giving it quite a fairy-like appearance ; at 12.15, when I passed 

 again, not one was to be seen, though I looked carefully for them. On 

 April 18th, I saw Hemerophila abruptaria, on a lamp in Eastbourne, 

 besides numbers of Eupithecice and Melanippe fluctuata. — W. W. Esam, 

 Eastbourne. April 28th, 1893. 



Bugeley. — The wonderful weather we have had lately, has brought 

 out insects a month or so l)efore their time. Cymatophora Jiavicornis, 

 I took on the 19th February ; Larentia nmltistrigaria, on the 12th March ; 

 Brephos p)arthenias, on 19th of March ; Hadena thalassina and Odontopera 

 bidentata, at light, on the 21st April ; Hadena glaiica, on the 22nd April ; 

 other captures have been Viminia rumicis, Cuspidia psi, Tephrosia, biundu- 

 laria, and T. punctidata ; Spilosoma menthastri, I saw on the 28th 

 April ; C. Jiavicornis, was quite scarce this year, but glauca has occurred 

 more freely than usual ; the other insects in their usual numbers. — 

 EiCHARD Freer, Rugeley, Staffordshire. 



Penarth. — I have had several imagines of Satnrnia car pint, emerge 

 in a cage in the house (kept in a cold room), also four males and one 

 female, in a cage in the garden, Avhere it has been all the winter. A few 

 Spilosoma fuUginosa, that I have had during the Avinter, have now spun 

 up. — Ct. a. Birkenhead. April 1st, 1893. 



Winchester. — I have been to Lyndhurst for two or three days, but 

 did not take much. Four Eupithecia pumilata, one E. irriguata, four E. 

 abbreviata, one black Tceniocampa stabilis, three XyUna petrificata (•which. 

 will not lay), one Amphidasys prodromaria, and a few Boarmia abietaria 

 larva?. — G. M. A. Hewett. Ajm'l 2nd, 1893. 



Cornwall. — You will no doubt be inundated with " early aj^pearances " 

 this season, bi;t I send the following for insertion if you think Avell. 

 Locality, near Torpoint, Cornwall. Ajiril 10th, saw 1 Lyciena argiolus ; 

 15th, took one, saw another ; 19th, saw 2 Argynnis euphrosyne ; 20th, 

 saw three more ; 1 Colias ednsa was seen A^iril 18th, near Kea, Truro, 

 by a friend (a collector) ; on Saturday, April 29th, I saw many A. euphro- 

 syne, and some Hesperia alveolus about three miles from Hatfield, Herts. 

 — Waldegrave. 



Tunbridge Wells. — It may interest your readers to hear, that I 

 saw a fine male specimen of Euchlo'e cardamines at Eusthall, near Tun- 

 bridge Wells, on Good Friday, 31st March, and my brother also saw 

 one on the same day, near Bayham Al^bey. This is at least three weeks 

 earlier than I have seen it before. — Arthur J. Rose, 6, Gracechurch 

 Street, London, E.G. 



YorK — Feb. 19th was the first date that I saw Hybernia Icucophas- 

 aria ; they were numerous, but not easy to take, owing, I suppose, to 



