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Bowrmia repandata. — One of the variety cnnvcrsaria, bi'ed from a larva found 

 fcoding on whitethorn at West Wickham. 



Hybemia progemmaria. — A black female, at rest, on an oak trunk.— S. A. 

 Davis, Seven Sisters' Road, Holloway, N., October 14th. 



Unusual time of appearance of Biston hirtaria.— This morning I found a specimen 

 of Bistiin hirtaria, which had just emerged from the chrysalis, sitting on the trunk 

 of a lime-tree ; so that the warm temperature had brought it out several months 

 before its time.— A. G. Butler, British Museum, January 5th, 1866. 



Note on Oracilaria omissella. — On July 31st, I chanced to notice in a lane a 

 Bmall plant of Artemisia, nearly every leaf of which was blistered with the mines 

 of Oracilaria omissella. I secured the leaves ; and the larv83, which were full 

 grown, spun up in a day or two, and on August 19th to 21st the moths emerged. 

 Two days before this, however, I had found, in another lane, a great abundance of 

 mines of the same species, and had secured plenty. The larvae in these, also, spun up 

 in a few days, but, with the exception of two specimens, which made their appearance 

 on October 25th, not a moth has come out ; and if the pupae are living, as I have 

 no reason to doubt, they are evidently waiting tiU next season. These are evidently 

 not successive broods, but seem to have got into confusion. — Chas. G. Bakrett, 

 Haslemere, IZth December, 1865. 



Note on Oracilaria phasianipennella. — I obtained, in the beginning of October, 

 several specimens of Oracilaria phasianipennella from a hedge, consisting of hazle 

 and bramble, with occasional patches of Artemisia. Singularly enough, every 

 specimen of phasianipennella was beaten from among the plants of Artemisia. This 

 seems a singular partiality for an insect that feeds on Polygonum hydropiper. — Id. 



Note on Oracilaria falconipennella- — Beating the thatch of a solitary cottage, 

 completely embosomed in woods, one day last September, I noticed when examining 

 the rubbish in the net, a large Oracilaria, quite unknown to me, marching up the 

 side with about the most tremendous swagger I ever noticed in a moth. Its large 

 anterior legs set wide apart, and with whitish thighs, gave it a very striking 

 appearance. This boastful attitude was, however, not assumed without a reason, 

 for the insect turned out to be no less a rarity than O. falconipennella. By hard 

 working at the same place I ultimately secured two more specimens. — Id. 



Description of the larva of Luperina coespitis. — The larva of this species is 

 described in Stainton's manual, after Freyer, but not very correctly ; Guenee's 

 description of Heliophobus popularis comes much nearer to it, there being, it appears, 

 a great resemblance between the two in the caterpillar state ; but of this I hope to 

 say more another season. 



In Scptembei', 1864, I received a number of eggs from Mr. Tony, of St. Mary 

 Church ; they were all loose, but i^robably, in a state of freedom, the moth would 

 attach them to grass, &c. 



