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There does not appear to me to be anythiug more remarkable in the appearance 

 and disappearance of Tanessa Aiitiopa, than of many other species. Vanessa poly- 

 chloros was formerly one of oui- commonest butterflies here ; it then suddenly dis- 

 appeared, and for ten years I did not see a single specimen, but last year it again 

 appeared in tolerable plenty. Many of the NoctucB disappear and re-appear in the 

 same way, without any apparent cause. 



There is a peculiarity in the appearance of British specimens of V. Antiopa 

 which at once distinguishes them from the continental ones, independently of the 

 difference in the colour of the border of the wings. — Henet Doubledat, Epping : 

 October 12th, 1872. 



Eulepia cribrum at Wimbledon Common.—On the 26th of Jiily, I went to 

 Wimbledon Common in the liopes of catching Vanessa polycliloros, which I had 

 Been there two days previously. On my way to the spot, I foimd a colony of 

 Zygmna trifolli, a species I have never seen in this district before. Arrived at the 

 ground, I soon took a V. polychloros, and while vainly searching for more, took several 

 JEndotricha fiammealis in very fine condition. Thus engaged, I stumbled across a 

 fair specimen of Eulepia cribrum, to my great surprise. I shall be glad to learn if 

 this insect has been taken in this locality before. A second expedition with my 

 friend, Mr. J. B. Blackburn, was a failure. On my way home, I found in a spider's 

 web a wing of Leucania coniyera, which species I believe to be new to this locality ; 

 and in the middle of August, A. puta, also new to Wandsworth, occurred on lamps. 

 —a. B. LoNGSTAFF, Southfield, Wandsworth, S.W. : Uh October, 1872. 



Sterrha sacraria at Manchester. — On the evening of September 5th last, I was 

 at the Freemasons' Hall, in Manchester, attending one of the Masonic Lodges held 

 there. After "Labour," we adjom-ned to " Eefreshment," and, on entering the 

 Banquetting Room, I saw a whitish-looking moth flying round a gas pendant ; just 

 as I took my seat it fell upou the table, on to the side of a plate opposite to me : to 

 my astonishment, it was Sterrha sacraria, a fine one. A more unlikely place for it 

 I could scarcely imagine. I attempted to box it, but before I could do so, it flew 

 up to tl^e gas, and came down wingless. — John T. Careington (late of York), 

 Manchester : October, 1872. 



Zelleria saxifrages. — This species is no longer unique as British. I saw several 

 specimens, and captured one or two, when botauising in Glen Lyon, Perthsliire, last 

 August. The specimens were flying in the afternoon among Cystopteris montana 

 and (what is more to the point) Saxifraga hypnoides, aizoides, &c., on some rocks 

 at an elevation of about 2500 feet. This is about 1100 feet higher than the locality 

 in Braemar for this species.— F. Buchanan White, Dunkeld : October, 1872. 



A slwrt account nf a four days' trip to Shprwood Forest. — On Tuesday, August 

 20th, Mr. Porritt, of Huddersfield, Mr. Mosely, of Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield, 

 and the writer of this, started for Worksop, en route for Sherwood Forest, for the 

 purpose of collecting larvae and moths. We arrived at the quiet village of Edwin- 

 stowe, where we settled oiir head quarters at the " Royal Oak." Our whole time 

 during the day was spent in searching for larvra, pupo", &c., and at night in sugaring, 

 — and a most successfid time of it we had. We met a son of Mr. Birchall, of Leeds 



