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a spot not far from whoro L. purpuraria, was taken some years sinco. Mr. Allia 
has the p^irpuraria in his cabinet. I intend making a coloured drawing of my 
insect, and sending it you. It is about the only insect worth noting that I have 
taken, having had a very bad season. — W. Prkst, fi, Castlegato, York, December 
4th, 1866. 
[Mr. Prest has forwarded a drawing of his insect, and the form of the fascia is 
without doubt that of Eu. mceniata. Mr. P. also remarks that a Continental typo 
of that species which we have forwarded is specifically identical with his insect. — 
Eds.] 
An addition to Mr. BirchalVs List of " The Lepidoptera of Ireland." — I observe 
that one Irisli insect I am acquainted with is not enumerated in Mr. Birchall's 
valuable and interesting list of " The Lt-pidoptera of Ireland:" I mean Ennomos 
tiliaria. I can hardly understand how so conspicuous an insect has escaped the 
notice of so accurate an observer as that gentleman. 
In this county, which is by no means entomologically favourable, this insect 
is one of the commonest of tlie Geometrai. In the Augusts of 1864 and 1865, I 
found the pupae commonly at birch, usually spun u^j in leaves, or between blades 
of gi-ass growing in corners formed by the roots of the tree. The perfect insects 
came abundantly to light in September and the beginning of October last year. 
This year, owing to my absence during the eutu-e season, I have been unable 
to obtain either the pupa or imago. — Hon. Emily Lawless, Lyons, Hazlchatch, 
County Kildare, Ireland, Nov. lUh, 1866. 
Notes on Leptogramma Boscana and scahrana. — The Rev. E. Horton's observa- 
tions on Lept. Boscana and scahrana would lead one to suppose that he is inclined 
to believe them but one species. 
I take them both here, — the first, Boscana, very sparingly ; it is much earlier 
in its appearanuce than scubrayia, which last year was in great abundance in one 
locality near mo, and is a much later insect ; and, moreover, it is to be found all 
through the winter, concealed under leaves. I captured one only yesterday. 
Boscana, on the contrary, quickly disappears, and I have never found one after 
August. I have not yet tried my hand at breeding them, but another year I will 
make the attempt. — H. D'Orville, Alphington, near Exeter. 
Recent captures on the Qotstvolds. — The following insects wore captured and 
given to me by the Rev. H. Roberts, of Ashton Rectory, in this county, after an 
excursion to the Cotswold Hills, near Cheltenham, at the end of June of this year : 
1. Procris Geryon, taken near the celebrated Broadway Beacon, overlooking the 
Vale of Worcester. 
2. Asthena Blomeraria, taken at rest, and not uncommon, on the boles of the 
larch on the Cotswold Hills near Cheltenham 
3. Acidxi.Ua ornata, on the Cotswold Hills. 
4. Eupithecia lariciata. This was brought to me alive, and dei^osited eggs from 
which I have reared the larvaj. Mr. Roberts found this insect abundantly 
in 1861 on the Cotswold Hills ; but, being more of a botanist than an 
entomologist, he did not know what it was. — In. 
