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and variable), Cidaria silaceata, Anaitis plagiata, Herminia grisealis, and Botys 

 lancealis in greater or less numbers. Mr. Daltry too, netted a very beautiful variety 

 of Lomaspilis marginata. Of Noctuce, the little Reliodes arbuti flew very freely in 

 tbe sun, and Euclidia mi and glyphica were also common. At sugar Aplecta herbida 

 in fine condition was getting well out, though the date was rather early for it ; 

 Noctua c-nigrutn, Apamea unanimis, Thyatira batis and other common species, but 

 nothing of any rarity was taken. — G-eo. T. Porbitt, Highroyd House, Hudders- 

 field : June 9th, 1881. 



Abundance of larvce of CJiarceas graminis. — We observe from a local paper that 

 great commotion prevails in Clitheroe, and the district surrounding the famous 

 Pendle Hill, in consequence of the arrival of a large quantity of caterpillars, which 

 occupy the land from Wiswell to Mearley, near Pendle Hill, a distance of about 

 three miles. They travel together in thousands at a good speed, and devastate the 

 land over which they pass to an alarming extent. The inmates of a roadside inn are 

 kept continually at work bi'ushing them out of the house. The road is almost black 

 with tbe larvae, whose advent is considered mysterious, numbers of people continually 

 going to view them, and numbers of larva} being exhibited in shop windows. The 

 caterpillars seem also to be abundant on some of the adjoining moors. We have seen 

 specimens, and find that they are the larvse of Charceas graminis, the well known 

 " Antler " moth, which was very abundant last year in Tatton Park, Knutsford. Their 

 ravages in Sweden and our own Lake district have often been recorded. — Eds. 



Eupithecia consignala at Box Hill. — I was somewhat surprised to take at Box 

 Hill, on the 25th May, a specimen of Eupithecia consignata, which I disturbed from 

 some bushes near the Burford Bridge Inn. The specimen is a ? , and has laid a few 

 s. I am induced to send this notice, as so few localities appear to be known for 

 this species. — A. H. Jones, Shrublands, Eltham : June 10th, 1881. 



Notes on the genus Eustra in Japan. — Of the curious Family Ozanince, there is 

 only one species recorded from Japan, and in this one Mr. Bates was much interested 

 when writing his first memoir on the Geodephaga of these islands. I met with it 

 again yesterday, and a record of its habits may increase the interest regarding it. 



This little beetle hibernates under flattish stones, 14 or 18 inches in diameter, 

 choosing those for its retreat which are partially embedded in the soil, and well 

 hidden away in the shelter of shady thickets. It is never found under loose stones, 

 nor under those out in the open, exposed to the rays of the sun. Eustra is gre- 

 garious, associating in little groups of three, five, or eight, and, when the stone is 

 overturned, the insects are found close together, adhering to the surface of it, never 

 on the earth. Their mode of running and habit of life remind one of Crepidog aster 

 or one of the crepitating Carabidce ; but anatomists who study the group place 

 £hem far away from the Brachyinince. Eustra plagiata, Schmidt-Groebel, occurs in 

 Burma, and Mr. Bates, after a careful reading of the description, refers the present 

 species to it ; but I should very much like to place Japanese specimens side by side 

 with an Indian type for comparison, and will gladly send examples to any Entomo- 

 logist who could thus identify them. Can any one tell me where the type specimen 

 is ? I have written here that Eustra " hibernates," but during the last two weeks I 

 have taken many Geodephaga, including Carabus Behaani, under stones loose on 



