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plentifully. A fine series each of Phoxopteryx uncana, P. sieulana, P. hiarcuana, 

 P. inornatana, and Phlceodes immundana were obtained, with a few specimens of P. 

 diminutana and P. Mitterpacheriana, but only a single specimen of Catoptria Ju- 

 liana. Cramhus hamellns and C. latistrius turned up in plenty, and Ephestia pas- 

 snlella swarmed on the premises of the Eing's Lynn Dock Company. Larvse of 

 Geometra papilionaria were found on the young shoots of birch in the spring, and 

 a larva, also from bii-ch, produced a fine specimen of Phycis betulella. 



In conclusion, although I was fortunate enough to take a few good species in 

 considerable numbers this season, the fact still remains that many species which, as 

 a rule, are of annual occurrence here, have been either absent or comparatively scarce. 

 — Edwaed a. Atmoee, 8, Union Street, King's Lynn : October, 1882. 



Notes on the larva of Lemmatophila phryganella. — While searching for Tortrix 

 larvse in Canaston Wood last July, I found larvae of Lemmatophila phryganella 

 rather commonly, and as the notices of this species in our books are rather brief, I 

 think that details may be interesting. 



It seems to prefer woods, though often found in the open country, and I found 

 that the larvae were principally confined to oak bushes situated under oak trees in 

 the woods, so that they had plenty of shade. 



The larva, when full grown, is about the size of that of Peronea hastiana, and 

 not unlike it, moderately active, nearly cylindrical, but with the second segment 

 smaller than the head. Colour semi-transparent yellowish-white, with a delicate 

 powdery-looking efHorescence. This shows more especially at each division of the 

 segments where there is a fold of the skin. Head chestnut or dark brown, with the 

 margin and jaws darker, dorsal plate freckled with brown, anal plate hardly visible, 

 spots invisible, but hairs rather long and delicate. Anterior-legs whitish, the third 

 pair having each a very singular, shining, semi-transparent tubercle on the outer 

 side, which gives the larva the appearance of having two long bladdery legs. Pro- 

 fessor Zeller (Isis, 1846) says that this peculiarity is confined to male larvse. It may 

 be so, but I certainly did not notice its absence in any of my larvae. 



Feeding between leaves of oak united flatly together, eating the inner surface 

 of each leaf in patches, deserting its habitation without apparent cause, and joining 

 together other leaves, and partially gnawing them in the same manner, causing the 

 disfigured leaves to be very conspicuous. When full-fed, it lines a portion of the 

 space between two leaves with shining whitish silk, making a tolerably commodious 

 habitation or cocoon, and there becomes a chestnut-brown pupa, at about the end 

 of July. 



My first (a male) appeared on September 30th, tbc rest (both sexes) from time to 

 time through October. Before November, all had emerged ; as the latter is the montli 

 in which this species principally fiies, I presume that they were slightly forced, not, of 

 course, by heat — since the species waits for cool weather — but by the indoor pro- 

 tection from wet and wind. 



I see that Professor Zeller also gives October as the time of emergence. He 

 also describes the $ larvte as having the head and dorsal plate black, the $ brown. 

 This distinction must have been, I presume, in young larvse. I did not observe it. 

 — Chas. Gr. Babkett, Pembroke : IGth November, 1882. 



