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proved to be ichneumoned, and died, after feeding on sallow for a 

 few days. — W. H. Blaber; Beckworth, Lindfield, Sussex. 



AcRONYCTA RUMicis DouBLE-BROODED. — On July 20th last I 

 found a larva of this insect feeding on bramble. It spun up 

 almost directly, and on the 6th of August the perfect insect 

 emerged. Is it not an unusual thing for this moth to be double- 

 brooded? — G. Bailey; 16, Kensington, Bath, December 8, 1887. 



The Female of Cledeobia angustalis. — With reference 

 to the note by Mr. Tutt (Entom. 17, 18), I may mention that 

 I have had abundant proof that the female of C. angustalis is, 

 at all events under certain conditions, quite capable of flight; 

 though, as a rule, it seems very loth to make use of its 

 wings. I have, at different times, taken an occasional specimen 

 on the wing ; and on an oj^pressively hot afternoon, July 25th, 

 1885, I noticed that the females were flying rather freely between 

 4 and 6 p.m., with a peculiar zigzag flight. This phenomenon 

 was in all probability due to the excessive heat, and is particu- 

 larly mentioned in my diary as an " unusual occurrence." Al- 

 though the males are so common, and easily procured through 

 exchange, it is not surj)rising that the other sex is unrepresented 

 in many cabinets, as from its retiring habits it is, unless specially 

 worked for, only to be taken very sparingly. But any entomolo- 

 gist who collects regularly in one of the many districts where the 

 species abounds, will be unlucky if he does not occasionall}^ meet 

 with the narrow-winged female. — E. R. Bankes ; The Rectory, 

 Corfe Castle, Januarj', 1888. 



Agrotis fennica. — The very interesting article (Entom. xx. 

 314) b}' Mr. Dobree, upon Agrotis fennica, reminds me of the 

 specimen which brought this species into the British list, and 

 which still remains the only example known to have been 

 captured in this country. It was taken about forty years ago by 

 a collector named Beresford, who was a miner, near Chesterfield, 

 in Derbyshire. The late Thomas H. AUis, of York, obtained it 

 from him, and it is now in the Allis Collection in the York 

 Museum. Beresford worked hard to take others, but failed ; and 

 sugaring was not much understood or practised in those days. — 

 J. B. HoDGKixsoN ; Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire, Dec, 1887. 



PoLiA xanthomista IN CORNWALL. — I havc obtained two 

 specimens of Folia xanthomista in Cornwall ; one taken in a 



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