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common in the department of the Somme at Aveluy, occmTing also 

 at Mailley-Maillet, and Coigneux. If Mr. Butt Ekins has not already 

 determined the species of his captm^e and cares to send it to me for 

 inspection I shall be happy to identify the same ; or I will send him, 

 with pleasure, a specimen of the French levana, first brood. — 

 H. Eowland-Brown ; Oxhey Grove, Harrow- Weald, August 18th, 

 1913. 



Geometea veenaria in Scotland. — While collecting at dusk 

 I netted a specimen of Geometra vernaria, and was surprised to 

 find on referring to ' Moths of the British Isles ' that this species 

 is practically unknown up here. I shall be glad to know if there is 

 any other instance of one of this species having been captured in 

 Argyllshire or as far north as this. — James N. Sloon ; Blairbeg, 

 Blaiimore, Argyllshire. 



I^ITHOSIA LUTARELLA PYGMJilOLA IN NORPOLK. — While collecting 



recently on the sandhills at Winterton, Norfolk, I took four speci- 

 mens of Lithosia lutarella var. pygmceola, one at sugar on a bunch of 

 marram heads, the others at rest on the marram grass. Two were 

 taken on August 11th and two on August 14th. The weather at the 

 time was unfavourable for collecting, the wind blowing steadily from 

 the north-east, so that I had no opportunity of judging how plentiful 

 pygmcBola really is in what I imagine to be a hitherto unknown 

 locahty. — Francis H. Lyon ; 89, Clarence Gate Gardens, London, N.W. 



Cyaniris argiolus ova on Portugal Laurel. — On May 27th 

 I noticed Cyaniris argiolus ovipositing on Portugal Laurel. I found 

 two ova at the base of the terminal buds of two flowering sprays. 

 Larvae from these hatched out on June 5th, and are feeding up well. 

 There is plenty of holly in the garden. — (Eev.) C. A. Sladen ; Alton 

 Barnes Eectory, Pewsey, Wilts, June 24th, 1913. 



Ccenocalpe vittata (Phibalapteryx lignata). — On June 16th 

 and 17th I caught a few specimens of P. lignata locally, from which 

 I obtained a small batch of ova. I placed the ova on Galium verum 

 and the larvae commenced to emerge on June 28th. The first 

 opportunity I had of counting the larvie I found thirty-seven about 

 half-grown ; they fed up very well, showing a preference for the buds 

 and flowers of the bedstraw. The first of the larvte pupated on 

 July 18th, and the remainder during the next five or six days ; they 

 spun up amongst the food plant mainly, while a few made slight 

 cocoons on the surface of the sand. The moths — nineteen males and 

 eighteen females— emerged upon the following dates : July 31st, 

 eight; August 1st, eleven; August 2nd, ten; August 3rd, four; 

 August 4th, four = nineteen males, eighteen females ; all fine speci- 

 mens except two (slightly crippled). I have a good lot of ova from 

 a pairing and hope to carry on a further brood. Perhaps I should 

 add in conclusion, these have been reared in my greenhouse. — W. A. 

 Tyeeman ; Chesterfield Koad, Ainsdale, Southport, August 5th, 1913. 



CoLiAS EDUSA IN IsLE OF WiGHT.- — On August 14th I captured 

 two male specimens of G. edusa at Whitecliffe Bay, near St. Helens, 

 Isle of Wight. Is this part of a summer brood or a summer immi- 



