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flooded with mud every third year. The following is a list of the 

 Lepidoptera taken on the island. Khopalocera : — I'ieris brassicae 

 (common), P. rapae (common), P. napi (common), A(/lai>i urticae 

 (common), Pi/rauwis atalanta (fairly common), P. canhii (not common), 

 Chri/.sophaiiUN jildaeas (not common). SpHiNomES : — SiiiermthiiH 

 ocellattis (not common — 3 imagines, 4 larvte), -S. popuU (not common). 

 Cheloniides : — Spilosoiiia Iiibrici/Ji'da (common), S. iiienthastri (common), 

 S. urticae (single specimen), Arctia raja, (common as a larva), Dciopeia 

 jndchiila (single specimen), Lipaiis saliris (single specimen), Onijjia 

 antiqiia (common). Notodontides : — Divranura rimda (single speci- 

 men). Geometrides :—liiiiiila crataegata (common), Abra.ra>i (/rosau- 

 lariata (not common), Hemeropliila abruptaria (not common), Cauipto- 

 t/raiiinia bilmcata (single specimen), Boaniiia rcpaudata (not common), 

 B. ;/ei}int.aria (fairly common), Melanipjie sociata (common), M, 

 Jiiutuata (common), didaria ronjlata (not common), Kupitliecia cen- 

 taureata (not common), A', subnotata (common), Pduiya comitata 

 (common). Noctuides : — Arroni/rta inei/aeepliala (larv;e only, and not 

 common), Lcurania conii/era (fairly common), L. jiallens (common), 

 L. iinpura (common), L. (■(nniiia (not common), Hi/droecia niicacea 

 (not common), Xylopliasia lithd.ri/h'a (common). A', polyodon (very 

 ■common), Gaitt/na jiaraiji} (took 15 in 1892 — ^never before or since), 

 Mamestra brassicae (very common), Lnperina testacea (fairly common), 

 Apaiiiea basilinea (not common), A. didi/iiia (common), Caradrina 

 cubicnlaris (not common), Peridruma sujfusa (common), Agrotis exclaina- 

 tionis (very common), A. nbiricanx (very comnion), Tri/phaena promiba 

 (common), T. fimbria (single specimen), Noctua xantliographa (common), 

 Cosiiiia trapezina (not common), PIdoiiophora meticidosa (not common), 

 Plnsia (/amiiia (very common), Hadeiia trifolii (very common), H. 

 oleracea (very common), Hecatera serena (single specimen). Hepia- 

 LiDES : — Hepialus Jniinuli (common), /i. lupuUnus (common), H. 

 sylvinns (not comnion). Mr. Tutt wondered what <^'idaria conjlata fed 

 upon in the Isle of Dogs, but said that ( 'aiiijttoijravniia biUneata generally 

 occurs wherever there is any garden herbage. Arctia caia ab. flaves- 

 ■CENS. — Mr. Clark exhibited bred specimens of Arctia caia Sih.flacescois, 

 from larvte taken near Hackney Marsh. Astynomus ^dilis at Lea 

 Bridge. — Mr. Clark also exhibited two specimens oi Astyuanrm aedilis, 

 taken at Lea Bridge. Biston hirtaria in March. — Dr. Sequeira 

 reported B. hirtaria as abundant in North London. He had taken 

 seven specimens in less than half-an-hour on the 21st March. 



April 20th, 1897. — Spring moths.— Mr. Dadd exhibited represen- 

 tatives of the genus I aenidcam pa, which had been captured at Oxshott 

 at the end of March and on April 1st. The exhibits included a very 

 fine series of Taeniocainpa iiiiuiosa. Cidaria psittacata. — Dr. Sequeira 

 exhibited some very tine specimens of C. psittacata, including many 

 banded individuals from the New Forest. Larva-beating. — Mr. 

 Dadd reported that he had beaten for larvae at Oxshotc, on April 1 9th. 

 The pines gave four species, including T/wra cariata and Klloplu 

 fasciaria. He had also found imagines of Teplirosia bisturtata, on 

 fences, and beaten imagines of Panulis jiiniperda from a pine-tree. 



Cambridge Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 Abdominal chambers in Chrysiridia madagascerensis. — At the meet- 

 ing held on April 30th, Dr. Sharp called attention to a peculiar struc- 

 ture which he detected some years ago in Clni/siridia madagascerensis, 



