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lepidoptera, among them Doui/lasia ocneroatoinella, in plenty, flying over 

 Echium; Crauibiischri/sonitc/iellns, Enbolia iineolata, Bracliycrussataciner- 

 ella, Cemiostonia svitella, on hawthorn ; IHcrorawpha aaturnana, on 

 tansy; Paeduca rat::ebiir(iJiiana, on fences, under Scotch fir; Nyctef/retis 

 achatinella, Anerastia lotella, Bnjotroplia distinctella, Litluma liitarella, 

 Acidalia ochrata, Aporia crataeiji, and Anthrocera loniceyae, whilst Teleia 

 ftu/itivella was very plentiful on fences. I hoped to get one or two good 

 things out of the sea-buckthorn and dwarf-sallow, but the former yielded 

 only Hedyaocellana and Tortriv ii nifascia)ia, and the luttev Hyper nwecia 

 cruciana. Towards the end of the month, although the weather con- 

 tinued unfavourable, I ventured as far as the New Forest, with results 

 that most old hands would consider disappointing. I found Pewpelia 

 pahinibella on the heaths, Olindia iilmana, Hydrocanipa staipiata, Glyphip- 

 teryx tliramnella, Hyria muricata, Retinia buoliana, Crambus sylvellus, 

 Pleinota bicostella, Selidosema ericetaria, Tephroaia bistortata, Scoparia 

 hasistriyalh, Retinia pinicolana, Cedestin farinatella, Acidalia stniwinata, 

 Cleora glabraria (one in a spider's web), FAlopia prosapiaria, Elachista 

 rhynclioiiporella, G^cnphora lanibdella, and larvas of FJnnonios erosaria, 

 Cidaria puttacata, and Eupitliecia piilchellata. Tortrix viburniana and 

 T. rosana occurred in great plenty among bog-myrtle. I bred 

 Cymatophora dnplaris and (Joc/didion testudo on July 11th, from larvae 

 obtained at Eastwood in the autumn. Acentropus niveiis c&me to light 

 at Southend on August 4th, and Malacosoma castrensis 5 on the 5th. 

 Paedisca profundana, bred from aspen, on the 7th. Lita 7naculiferellawas 

 flyingfreely at Pitsea in the early evening of the 10th. Euzophpera pinyuis 

 occurred on ash-trunks at Great Wakering on the 17th. Buccidatrix 

 cristatella was flying over yarrow and broom at Coombe Wood, 

 Thundersley, on the 24th. (hthotelia xparyaniella occurred among 

 SparyimiiDii at Pitsea on the 25th ; Apaniea basilinea at light, at 

 Southend, September 9th, and Ennomos anttunnaria, September 25th 

 and 29th, four at light, all of them females. I have noticed this 

 season a rather large number of females of Eutriclm quercifulia and 

 Neiironia poptdaris settled under the electric light standards ; but I 

 suppose it is usual for the heavy females to be so found, the lighter 

 and more active males being more often taken with the net. — F. G. 

 Whittle, 7, Marine Avenue, Southend-on-Sea. December dOth, 1907. 



Resting-habit of Leptosia sinapis. — It is very curious to notice 

 how all the old Avriters (and some of the new) insist upon the 

 interesting and ghostly fact that this butterfly is never seen to rest, 

 but is continuously flitting along. I have seen this insect in large 

 numbers on the Devonshire coast, and in the woods of Northampton- 

 shire, and, on all occasions, they have not hesitated to rest on flowers. 

 I found them rather hard to take on the wing, and, in consequence, 

 waited until a flower attracted them, when an easy capture resulted. — 

 S. G. Castle Russell, M.I.E.E., F.E.S., Sunbury. December BOt/t, 

 1907. 



:i^OTES ON LIFE-HISTORIES, LARY^, &c. 



The Egglaying of Aporia crat^gi. — On July 10th, 1907, at Luz, 

 Aporia crataeyi was abundant and I observed several females dis- 

 courage the males by opening their wings and raising the abdomen ; 

 this seemed eft'ective in a very few seconds, one female repelling two 



