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beating for larvae of ZLi)liyru^ qaercim, and Cleura lichoiaria has 

 not been seen in a locality where, in ordinary seasons, dozens might 

 be beaten. Among imagines scarcely any spring butterflies were 

 about. I only saw two (Jyaniria arijiolus, no Parar</d eyeria, a 

 very few Kuchlo'e cardamines, and Pieris napi. The light traps 

 have produced very little— only a few Nola confnsalis, Litliosia 

 aorurcida, and PeriiJca trepida (one a 2 , the first I have taken at 

 light), and usually common things have occurred, but very sparingly. 

 There were no suitable days for Micro-collecting, owing to high winds, 

 until May 25th, on which day I got a few of the commoner ones, and 

 turned up Micropteri/x anrcatdla. In the Ent. Ilecord, xiii., p. 302, I 

 recorded the finding of this species by beating it from a Scots fir among 

 heather and bracken, about 4.30 p.m., on June Gth, 1901 ; I had not 

 seen it again until the 25th inst., when I found it flitting about freely 

 between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., just over bilberry on the outskirts of a 

 mixed wood of Scots fir, spruce fir, and larch. I beat several of the 

 trees to see if they were sitting on the branches as in the previous 

 instance, but did not beat any. They seemed to come up from the 

 roots of the bilberry, and then flit about in the hot sun, occasionally 

 settling on the bilberry. I repeatedly saw them come up like this from 

 the roots. They were found spread all along the edge of the wood for 

 about a quarter-of-a-mile. — E. F. Studd, M.A., Oxton, Exeter. May 

 28th, 1904. 



Spring Lepidopteka. — I had the pleasure of breeding a male Xyssia 

 lappnnaria on April 15th, the only moth obtained from six pupa3 sent 

 to me last year. Cases of Coleaphora laricella were abundant on the 

 larches near Thorndon Park on April 17th, Antidea hadiata commenced 

 to emerge on the 19th, whilst on the 23rd, at Benfleet, fully exposed 

 on the upperside of a leaf of Statice limoninw, was a larva of Aydistis 

 hcnnetii, three-eighths of an inch in length, green, rosy laterally, head 

 almost lost in the large 1st thoracic segment. I was at Benfleet on 

 May 14th, and again found a single larva of A. hennetii. This was 

 adult, quite hidden at the base of a leaf, and closely resembled the 

 description in the Entoin., xvi., p. 27. At North Shoebury, on April 

 24th, I found a larva of Platyptilia (/(iiiodartyla in a stem of coltsfoot, 

 about two inches below the receptacle. These plume larv;e were duly 

 sent to Mr. Bacot. On May Gth ( 'dccy.c ayyyrana commenced to emerge 

 from oak-galls gathered near Thorndon Park, but by far the best thing 

 obtained from those galls was a larva of (h-yyia yunostiy)iia, which had 

 evidently hybernated in one of them. On May 22nd, near Thorndon 

 Park, Coleophora miirinipennella was flying among Luzula, and 

 Knpitliecia lariciata and TepJirosia hutortata were on the larch trunks, 

 Gracilaria onnssella emerged here on the 23rd. — F. G. Wmttle, 3, 

 Marine Avenue, Southend. May 30th, 1C04. 



Habitat of Callimorpha dominula. — The larva of ( 'alliiiuirp/ia 

 doininida always occurs here on the river-bank, or within a short 

 distance of it, feeding on comfrey. I have never seen it elsewhere in 

 spite of the fact that its foodplant grows in many of the lanes.— E. 

 BucKELL, Romsey, Hants. Jidw 4th, 1904. 



Irregular hatching of the eggs of Ennomos querginaria. — Larv;e 

 of Knnomos qtiercinaria commenced to hatch from ova on May 23rd, 

 and continued to come out in batches every few days for a fortnight. 

 All the eggs were from the same female. — Ibid. 



