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the Rev. J. Hellins will permit me to forward them to him with the view of further 

 investigation. I3y-the-bye, which is the variety and which the species ? I have 

 seen stramineola flying with, and as common as, griseola. — A. B. Faen, 3, Parlia- 

 ment Street, S.W. : August IQth, 1873. 



[We believe that the yellow ' variety ' or ' form ' lias only been observed in 

 Britain, whereas the dark form is probably found all over Eiu'ope. Hence the 

 former may be considered a local condition of a widely distributed species. — Eds.] 



Leucania albipuncta at Folkestone. — On the 30tli v\t., I captured a fine example 

 of Leucania albipuncta ( $ ) at sugar, near Folkestone. — A. H. Jones, Shrublands, 

 Eltham : mh September, 1873. 



Eupithecia expalUdata and succenturiata bred. — I have bi'ed a fine series of 

 IE. expalUdata from Grolden Rod, and E. succenttiriata from quite a fresh food- 

 plant — wild chamomile. I got the larva near Fleetwood, and kept it separate, 

 thinking that I had a new pug, and this was the result. I have captured over a 

 dozen specimens as well at the same spot, and there is no ragwort where I have got 

 them. — J. B. Hodgkinson, 15, Spruig Bank, Preston : July 16th, 1873. 



JBatrachedra prceangusta. — On the 19th June, 1867, I had the pleasure of 

 forwarding cocoons and full-fed larvae of this species to Mr. Stainton, from which 

 he bred specimens of the perfect insect ; aiid, at page 152 of the ' Entomologist's 

 Annual ' for 1868, is a description of the full-fed larva from his pen. 



Mr. Boyd (late of Clapton Square) was, I believe, the first person who discovered 

 the cocoons in this country : he forwarded some to Mr. Stainton in 1854. 



At the proper time, say about the 20th of June, the cocoons are readily seen in 

 the chinks of the poplar bark ; I have counted more than 100 on a mere slip of a tree. 



Our knowledge as to the economy of the feeding larva apparently remains about 

 the same as it was in June, 1868. — Chas. Healt, 74, Napier Street, Hoxton, N. : 

 Zth September^ 1873. 



[We hear from Mr. John Sang, of Darlington, that he once bred this species 

 from a larva feeding between sallow leaves. — Eds.] 



Captures near G-lanville's Wootton. — The following are the best of my captures 

 here during the past season : — 



LepidopteeA. — Cucullia verbasci, Eupithecia ii'riguata, Eurymene dolabraria, 

 AncAylopera diminutana, Eupoecilia macidosana, and Lanipronia rubiella, in May ; 

 Lobophora sexalata, Enimelesia decolorata, and Anchylopera rainana, in June ; 

 Macaria alternata, Ennomos illustraria, Pkorodesma bajularia, Soarmia repan- 

 daria (banded variety), Teichobia Yerhuelella, and Gelechia suhocellea, in Jidy ; 

 Aventia Jlexula, and OchsenJieimeria Birdella, in August. 



Coleopteea. — Badister Jitimeralis, Stilicus fraglUs, Saprinus rotundatus, Phy- 

 tcecia cylindrica, llordellistena abdominalis and pusilla. 



Neueopteea. — Ilicromus aphidivorus, Hemerobms pellucidus, and CcBcilius 

 Data. 



