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mon, and two 'I'aenincaiiijm (/racilis ab. rosfo and several Xi/lnccoiipa 

 areola occurred. Lobup/iora carpi nata was also much more abundant 

 thaii usual, and a few L. viretata were beaten out of holly, an addition 

 to the local list. Last week I took Hadena (jlanea in a gully on the 

 mountain near here. Hypsipctes impluviata common, and H. niberata 

 are now coming out among alder. — T. Greer, Lissan. June litli, 1904. 



Query AS to the time of appearance of Stexoptilia zophodactylus. 

 — Barrett states {Lep. Brit, /.x/c.s, ix., p. HIH) that this species is "on 

 the wing at the end of June and in July,- and has a second generation 

 in August and September.'" He further adds that the larvte occur in 

 •' May and June, and a second generation in the latter part of July and 

 beginning of August, on [^njthraea ceutatiriion, K. pnUliella, and (hlora 

 perfoliata, the second generation feeding on the flowers and seeds, but 

 the earlier gnawing the leaves." Is there an atom of evidence as to the 

 double- broodedness of this species'? Every scrap of published evidence 

 so far as we have been able to collect it, tends, on the contrary, to 

 prove that the insect is distinctly single-brooded. We are not even 

 able to find a single record of an imago being captui-ed until .July, and 

 then only in early seasons ; the records are nearly all for August and 

 September. We should be glad if any of our readers can throw light 

 on this suggested double-broodedness, especially as far as relates to 

 the alleged larval habits of the assumed earlv brood. — J. \\'. 'Pitt. 

 ■ Jane 18i//, 1904. 



Phryxus livornica in Surrey. — It may be of interest to your 

 readers for me to record that I received a specimen of /'. linnntira on 

 May 21st. It was taken at rest on a rose-tree, and brought to me by 

 a village youngster, and is only very slightly rubbed. — Harold E. 

 Winser, Kent House, Cranleigh, Surrey. .Inne dtli, 1904. 



Phryxus livornu'a .vr Bournemouth. — I captured three hne speci- 

 mens of P/ni/.nis linnitica in our gardens here last week, and have 

 heard of several more captures of this rare species. — W. McRae, 5, 

 Norfolk Terrace, Bournemouth. June Srd, 1904. 



Hadena (tLauca abundant .vr Rugeley. — The season here looks 

 promising, Hadena i/lauca has been much commoner than usual. 

 Ematurjia atatitaria is in clouds on the heaths. — Richard Freer. M.I)., 

 Rugeley, Staffs. June it/i, 1904. 



Cyaniris argiolus at Blackheath. — It ahvays appears worth while 

 to record the occurrence of this species within the London district, and 

 I therefore note that I saw a ruale, apparently in good condition , in 

 one of the gardens facing the heath this morning al)Out 11. HO a.m. — 

 J. W. Tutt. June oth, 1904. 



Pieris rap a; attacked by a sparrow. — On the glorious morning 

 of June 5th, about 11.80 p.m., as I was walking over Blackheath, I 

 saw a sparrow make directly for a specimen of f'ierix rapae. As soon 

 as the shadow of the sparrow fell across the butterfly it dropped 

 suddenly for about a couple of yards in a straight line, and then took a 

 very zigzag course into a near garden, where I lost sight of it. 1 think 

 1 have before recorded that, at Lausanne, in August. 1899, Dr. Chap- 

 man and 1 watched three sparrows make ineffectual attempts to capture 

 a hne specimen of 1hi/as puinlura, the butterfly getting safely away. — 

 Ibid. 



Sparrow att-uking a beetle. — On the morning of May 80th, as I 

 was walking up the road to \\'estcombe Park railway station, at about 

 7.45 a.m., I saw a beetle about an inch in length crawling rapidly 



