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T. Podana in great variety, some of the forms being different from any I had 

 preyiously noticed ; T. rosana in plenty, amongst them some very dark specimens ; 

 T. vihurnana also in numbers ; the males of this species, ■whether caught or bred, 

 are somewhat smaller and darker than my Scotch specimens. I note that the 

 females with long, narrow, and pointed fore-wings are rarely seen on the wing, 

 although they can be obtained in plenty from larvae ; some of my specimens have 

 the fore-wings much reticulated. Of T. riheana and T. Jieparana a few only 

 emerged, whilst Sericoris lacunana and S. urticana were well represented. A few 

 Phoxopteryx sicuJana were also bred. 



Besides the larvge which produced the Tortrices jiist enumerated, I found those 

 of a Noctua. These, from their early habit of feeding between leaves, I at first put 

 in my boxes as larvse of a Tortrix, but as they became larger they left their leafy 

 abode, and disclosed their true nature, emerging from pupae next spring as Tcsnio- 

 campa gracilis. 



Cases of Coleophora viminetella were common, but from those collected few 

 moths or ichneumons emerged ; the cases of this species on M. gale are narrower, 

 somewhat truncate at the apex, less serrated and brighter coloured than those on 

 sallow. 



Clepsis rusticana is sometimes rather common here among M. gale, and doubt- 

 less its larva feeds on that plant, but I have not yet bred the species. — Edward A. 

 Atmoeb, 3, Haylett Terrace, Exton's Eoad, King's Lynn : December \lth, 1883. 



Note on Cramlns furcatelhis. — I read with interest the article on this species. 

 I may perhaps go a little further back than many of the Entomologists of the 

 present day. 1 found it in plenty in 1847 near Killin, on a range of hills stretching 

 towards Ben Lawers. It used to be in profusion on Helvellyn, also on Scawfell 

 more sparingly ; it requires a good altitude ; even Stye Head is hardly high enough ; 

 but a few hundred yards further upwards brings you to head quarters ; it also 

 occurs on Skiddaw. I have a number of larvse now hibernated that will, no doubt, 

 produce this species the first week in July nest ; some were very small early in 

 October, one I saw was about five-eighths of an inch in length ; I did not wish to 

 disturb them, they were lying snugly ensconced at the roots of a club-moss that 

 grows where furcatellus occurs. The larvae are of a pale whitish-yellow, with very 

 few hairs on the body, the head very small, shining, and in colour pale ash, no spots 

 visible on the larva ; in fact, to sum it up, a bit of horse-radish best describes it. 

 Mrs. Eraser very kindly sent me the larva, of which some day I hope to give a 

 better account. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 15, Spring Bank, Preston : December 3rd, 1883. 



Captures of Coleoptera, Sfc, in the Hastings District in 1883. — Notwithstanding 

 the extreme scarcity of insects, I have done pretty well this year, probably owing to 

 my having had more time on my hands than formerly. As is generally the case in bad 

 years &,feio species have been commoner than usual. In July the $ of Lampyris was 

 abundant at light. I have already recorded the abundance of Athous difformis. The 

 Guestling sandpit has yielded me two specimens of Leptinus testaceus, Pristonychus 

 somewhat commonly, two or three Coenopsis, several PUnthus, Orobitis in plenty, 

 one or two Ilyobates nigricollis, nnd many commoner things. I have another speci- 



