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I am inclined to think that the apparent double-broodednesa of Argyrolepia 

 Dubrisana is only caused by a retarded development ; and the appearance of 

 Etipcecilia suhroseana every month or six weeks from May to September may be 

 from the same cause. — Chas. G. Barrett, Haslemere, 13th November, 1867. 



Curious food of Abraxas grossulariata. — In the middle of May I casually noticed i 

 a number of larvae o? Abraxas grossulariata feeding on the Orpine {Sedum telepMum). 

 That this was not caused by scarcity of their natural food was clear, since there 

 was plenty of blackthorn growing close by. Being curious to see how they would 

 turn out, I secured the larvre and fed them up on the Sedum, and had the pleasui'e 

 of breeding as ordinary a lot of imagoes as one could easily see, with, indeed, less 

 than the ordinary amount of variation. 



I found a very young larva on the same plant while collecting larvae of Hypono- 

 meuta vigintvpunctata this autumn, from which it would appear that they feed up 

 from the egg upon it. 



This selection of a food-plant seems as curious as the instance recorded by 

 Mr. Chapman, in which the larva of the same species was found on Cotyledon 

 umbilicus, on Ailsa Craig. Mr. Syme, however, tells me that some botanists 

 include the currant in the same group as the Saxifrages, to which both these plants, 

 I beheve, belong. — Id. 



Acentropus niveus and other Lepidoptera at Haslemere. — On June 10th, passing 

 a fir wood on one of the slopes of Hindhead, I dismounted to have a look for Scotosia 

 undulata. It was a fortunate thought, for I soon found it in plenty. It was not, 

 as I expected, on the tree trunks, but hiding among Vacciniimi and the bramble and 

 holly bushes, and was very restless and difficult to approach. However I secured 

 plenty, with some Hypena crassalis not over fine, and Penthina sauciana among the 

 Vaccinium. 



After travelling for some hours among the hills I arrived at Frensham Pond, 

 and went to work to find Acentropus niveus. Paraponyx stratiotalis swarmed 

 along the margin of the pond, and Hydrocampa stagnalis occurred, but for some 

 time I could find only drowned specimens of niveus. 



At last, however, I found some faggots sunk with stones in one corner of the 

 pond, leaving some of the twigs above water, and on the under-side of these twigs 

 niveus swarmed, sometimes clustered four or six in a bunch. They were very 

 sluggish, and, if knocked off a tvrig, only buzzed along the surface of the water till 

 they found another, and if accidentally immersed in moving the twigs, took no 

 notice whatever of the ducking. 



At sunset I reached a marsh about a mile from the pond, and finished up my 

 day's work by taking about fifty Eudorea pallida flying among rushes and long 

 grass. — Id. 



Note on Diadema BoUna, Linn. — As there appears to be some uncertainty as 

 to this butterfly being indigenous in South America, I wish to note a new locality 

 for it. In the Eoyal Dublin Society's Museum we have a specimen from Trinidad. 

 There is nothing remarkable in this locality, except that all the known American 



