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then put it into a cold frame if possible, or simply leave it outside 

 covered with a sheet of glass, and do not disturb them again until either 

 (1) some plant the larviB will eat is obtainable, or (2) the roots potted 

 off in the autumn are beginning to grow again. Then take the box 

 either into a greenhouse or a warm room, and any surviving larva) will 

 soon be found feeding again. A. ashworthii, like most of its congeners, 

 is easy to rear by forcing, and the only time I have had eggs I 

 adopted that method, rearing about 50 per cent. By keeping in glass 

 jars in a warm place — mine wore put on the kitchen mantelpiece — a 

 great part of the larv;e will feed up without any dilficulty, and will 

 emerge in November or December, a time when moths arc, as a rule, 

 " as welcome as flowers that bloom in the spring." — L. S. Brady, 17, 

 Filey Street, Sheffield. Octobrr 2,1st, 1895. 



How TO SUCCEED IN REARING AcHERONTIA ATROPOS. As 801116 



collectors seem to have difficulty in getting moths of this species from 

 the pupa, even when this stage has been attained successfully, I may 

 be pardoned for giving a few simple details as to my treatment. After 

 the lapse of a fortnight or three weeks, allowing time for the larvae to 

 pupate, the pupa3 should be taken out, placed in cocoa-nut fibre, 

 and deposited in the breeding cage, which may be a large flower-pot. 

 Some emergences may take place in November ; if not the moths will 

 remain in pupa till June or July, unless forcing be adopted. The un- 

 emerged pupje should now be placed in tins and well covered with cocoa- 

 nut fibre, the slight amount of moisture necessary for the ultimate perfect 

 development of the imagines being retained — as in no other way — by 

 the tins. In the latter part of May the pupie should again be removed 

 to the breeding cage, and laid in moss, which may be gently syringed, 

 especially if the weather be hot, and we may then shortly expect the 

 moths. I noticed that the favourite time for emerging was between 

 7 and 9 o'clock in the evening, and after they had been treated to a 

 shower-bath. — Joseph Anderson, Jun., Alve Villa, Chichester. 



:]^OTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Catocala sponsa AT HASTINGS. — I have to record a second appearance 

 of G. sponsa in the Hastings district, having taken a specimen at 

 sugar on August 8th, at 10 p.m., during a heavy shower. — W. W. 

 EsAM, Eagle House, St. Leonards. September 2Hth, 1895. 



Captures at Hythe. — During September and part of October, I 

 captured a female Ktigoiiia autumnaria ("on a street lamp) ; also 

 Aporophyla australis, Xanthia gilvago, Folia flaiicincta, Xyltna 

 ornitlwpus (1), X. semibrunnea and Pohjgonia c-albnm (1). — W. 

 Dannatt, F.Z.S., Ivy Dene, Westcombe Park, S.E. October 5th, 1895. 



Colias edusa at Chichester. — Colias edasa made its first 

 appearance this year in this locality, so far as my own knowledge 

 is concerned, on July 23rd, when I saw a male flying in the garden. 

 Two males were taken in a field of clover, not far from the house, on 

 July 30th. I hoped that these gave promise of an " edusa year." 

 Soon afterwards, however, the weather unfortunately changecl, and 

 thunderstorms with heavy rain occurred, so that the " advance 

 guard" of immigrants failed to establish any succeeding broods. 

 Nevertheless, on August 8th, five more specimens were taken in the 

 clover field, which we visited almost daily. No more were seen till 



