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Talcpporia pseudo-homlycella is common at Aldeburgh, but its flight 

 was almost over before I arrived. Diplodoma marginepunctella, So- 

 phronia parenthesella, CEcophoi'a lamhdella, and Anarsia spartiella 

 were found on the heathy land just inside the marshes, besides many- 

 commoner species of little interest. 



Among the various sea plants some good Coleophorce turned up, 

 especially C. apicella, anmclatella, tripoliella, and troglodytella, as well 

 as Buccidafrix maritima on the aster. JElachista atricomella, Juticomella, 

 stabilella, cygnipennella^ and dispimctella crept up the stems of short 

 grass one calm evening, and one or two species of LitJiocoUetis were 

 secured in sheltered spots. 



I feel sure the locality is extremely productive, and in a good 

 season would yield many of the above species abundantly, besides 

 several rare Macros which have been taken here in past years, and 

 ought to be taken again, notably, Bomhyx castrensis, Spliinx pinastri, 

 and Deilephila gain. The salt dykes to the south, extending in countless 

 ramifications for five miles in length by half a mile in breadth, and 

 well supplied with local marine plants, should yield Oeometra smarag- 

 daria and Psynhe reticella. But owing to the total lack of shelter, 

 calm weather is indispensable. Inland the country is beautifully 

 diversified with open common and frequent copses of Scotch fir and 

 beech, which I did not attempt to investigate, but have no doubt 

 produce a rich and varied insect fauna. 



Kibworth Rectory, Leicester : 

 August, 1892. 



NOTES ON A PROBABLY HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED FORM OF THE 

 LARVA OF PLUSIA GAMMA. 



BY GEO. T. PORRITT, F.L.8. 



In the middle of July last, Mr. Charles AVhitehead, of Maidstone, 

 sent me, on the suggestion of Mr. Stainton, three larvae for identifica- 

 tion. The note accompanying the larvae stated they were abundant, 

 feeding on clover, nettle, thistle, &c., and that as Plusia gamma had 

 been abundant earlier in the year, Mr. Whitehead thought they must 

 be a form of the larva of that insect, although so totally unlike the 

 ordinary well-known form. On opening the box I saw at once that 

 Mr. Whitehead was right in supposing them to be a Plusia, but as I 

 had no recollection of seeing any gamma larvsB at all like them in ap- 

 pearance, I doubted the correctness of assigning them to it. 



Three days later, on July 18th, I received five more of the larvae 



