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the newly- formed pujia^ and yet there was no scarcity of their natural 

 food to account for it. Curiously enough, only yesterday, when I was 

 in the New Forest, I opened a rolled-up leaf, inside which was a fair- 

 sized Macro larva3 with its head almost touching the remaining portion 

 of a freshly-eaten Tortrix pupa, and on the very strong circumstantial 

 evidence, any jury would have l)rought in a verdict of " guilty," 

 Unfortunately, the offending larva had better remain nameless, for 

 before I was able to examine it satisfactorily, it slipjjcd off the leaf and 

 disappeared. — Eustace R. Bankes, The Kectory, Corfe Castle. Maij 20th, 

 1893. 



CoLiAS EDFSA AT Seaton. — A female Colias eclusa was captured on 

 tlie l)each here on Saturday, 27th May, and another seen on June 2nd. 

 — John N. Still, Seaton. Jmne 5th. [Our correspondent has sent us 

 a specimen. Probabl}^ as on previous occasions, we are to have this 

 species two consecutive years with us. At any rate it would appear 

 that a few of the many imagines which occurred last autumn were 

 able to liybernate. Of course, last winter Avas most favourable, and 

 gave the imagines every opportunity of undergoing the ordeal. — Ed.] 



Nyssia hispidaria at Reading. — On March 5th I took a fine <? 

 N. hisjndarta at rest near here, which is a welcome addition to our 

 list. — A. H. Hamm, 24, Hatherby Road, Reading. 



Prior Emergence of Male Lepidoptera. — The relative time of 

 emergence of the male and female insect has been discussed of late. I 

 noticed recently a striking example of males coming ou^ first in the 

 case of some bred Epione adoenaria. Fifteen ^ s emer^'cd between 

 March 24th and 30th, and between the latter date and April 10th some 

 twelve imagines put in an ajapearance, all of which were J s, except 

 one other male on April 1st. My attention was called to the point 

 l)ecause. wishing to continue the race, I was looking each day for a 

 female to pair.— W. S. Riding, Honiton. Ajm'I 18th, 1893. 



NOTES OF THE SEASON. 



Kings Lynn. — Despite the prevalence of cold easterly or N.E. winds 

 and very cold frosty nights, I find several species emerging earlier than 

 usual. For more than a week we have had a frost nearly every night, 

 but the days have been sunny and fairly warm. On the 4th of this 

 montli I noticed Tephrosia punctulata (2 specimens) at rest on alder 

 trunks, nearly a month earlier than I have ever met with them here. 

 Brephos pnrthenias was out on March 5th, and on the 12th was very 

 plentiful, and continued on the wing during the month. So far my 

 best take has been a series of Stenanoptycha pygnueana among the 

 spruce fir, but in consequence of N.E. winds, this species was much 

 more difficult to get this year than last. The superabundance of 

 Aphides on birch has well nigh caused me to give up collecting the 

 species of Micropteryx found here. For the time of the year I never 

 saw Aphides so plentiful, and as the winged females are now appearing, 

 I fear that unless Ave soon get rain, these insects are likely to continue 

 a source of annoyance to the collector of lepidoptera. — E. A. Atmore. 

 April 10th, 1893. 



Swamea. — Mothing started pretty early here this year. I took my 

 first sallow frecpienters on March 6th, Tceniocampa mnnda and populeti, 

 the latter being new to this district, ride list in February number of 

 Ent. Record. I have also added to the same list, Larentia mtdtistrigaria. 



