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by dint of slieer labour I made up a good bag on the laburnnm, for I took five dozen 

 Cemiostoma lahurnella, a species I never before met with, though it is so common, and 

 in my net I found a fine CEcophoi-a fiavifrontella ,- among the nut bushes Lithocolletis 

 Dunningiella and Anchylopera ohUisana were not rare, and a fine specimen of Coleo- 

 phorafuscociliella gladdened my eyes with its neatly white-tipped antennae. On a rock 

 sat a lovely female Lampronia luzella, and under the shade of the yew Micropteryx 

 Thunhergella swarmed ; in the opeh glades there were plenty of wood-white butterflies. 

 I got within a couple of feet of a female, apparently about to lay her eggs on a sprig 

 of Lotus, when two others came and disturbed her ; I threw my net after them, and 

 captured two at once. On the grassy banks the pretty little Nemeohius Lucina was 

 flitting about, as well as E. octomarulalis with its jerking flight, and there were 

 plenty of Buccidatrix aurimaculella, Dicrorampha plumbagana, and Butalis fiis- 

 cocBiiella among the ox-eye daisy ; also P. Leivenhoehella, as usual, walking about on 

 the long gi'ass, and Laverna miscella frequent among the Helianthemum. On the 

 boles of fir was Nola cristulalis, and in the shoots the larva of Metinia BuoUana 

 was at work ; flying round a sjiindle tree in the shade was Lohesia reliquana, and 

 on the buckthorn was Bucculatrix frangulella, and quite a quantity of the larvae of 

 Scotosia vetulata ; upon opening the box I put them in, no less than eight pupae 

 were hanging by the tail. Whilst walking over some Veronica chamadrys the little 

 active Adela fihulella was noticed amongst its food-plant. A bed of cowslip pro- 

 duced jEupacUia ciliella in plenty ; the larvae of Pterophorus lithodactylus and 

 ISbulea croeealis were common on the leaves of Conyza squarrosa. Still, insects on 

 the whole were comparatively scarce, as I found it took a long day to fill a gross of 

 boxes. — J. B. HoDGKiNSON, 15, Spring Bank, Preston : June 6th, 1873. 



Note on Thalpochares parva. — In reference to Mr. Barrett's remarks at p. 20 of 

 this volume, that vei-y little is known of Micra parva in this country, I send the fol- 

 lowing notice. The specimen upon which Mr. Doubleday inserted this insect in his 

 list was caught by my late brother, Mr. C. Jordan, in my presence at Teignmouth. 

 It came to light as we were sitting by an open window facing the river : this was in 

 the latter end of July, 1844. It was not recorded at the time owing to its name 

 being doubtful ; and, indeed, the only mention of its captm-e is in Mr. Reading's 

 list of South Devon Lepidoptera. I have sent this insect to Mr. Barrett, he has 

 kindly examined it again, and pronounced it to be a genuine parva. Both ^arua and 

 paula are therefore natives of the southern parts of our island. — R. C R. JoEDAN, 

 35, Harborne Street, Edgbaston, Birmingham : June \6th, 1873. 



A few words on Vanessa Antiopa. — The occurrence towards the close of last 

 season of this species in unwonted numbers has given rise to much discussion, and 

 the disputants have separated into two parties, the one referring the phenomenon to 

 migration or importation from the continent, and the other steadily refusing to 

 acknowledge such a solution of the question, and maintaining the claim of the 

 insects to be regarded as reared in this country. 



With all respect to the opinions of those taking the latter view of the case, and 

 much as we may desire to believe it to be correct, I imagine on carefully weighing 

 all the arguments jsro and con, that the balance will incline to the former. 



The theory that the distance between the continent and our shores interposes 



