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Phigalia pedaria in January. — Whilst walking through 

 the village of Pinner, on the 7tli inst., I captured a recently 

 emerged male of the above species. The earliest date I can 

 vouch for previously, for this insect, was 14th February, 1886, 

 when my friend Mr. William Powley secured them plentifully 

 near Hounslovv at gas lamps. — Percy Rendall, M.D., 20, Lad- 

 broke Square, London, W., January 18, 1888. 



Amphidasys betularia var. doubledayaria. — In the summer 

 of 1886 an entomological friend, Mr. S. Littler, of Newark, took, 

 in copula, a pair of the above. From the female a number 

 of fertile eggs were obtained, and as a result a nice series of this 

 variet}^ Last summer I had sent me, from a village near, 

 another couple alive and in cop. The larvaj were very variable — 

 drab, green, black, and some inclined to reddish colour. At 

 various times I have met with this variety in the neighbourhood, 

 but only once have I taken it in the so-called normal condition. — 

 Jas. H. Tomlinson ; Newark-on-Trent, February 3, 1888. 



BuTALis ciCADELLA. — In answer to Mr. Farren's note 

 (Entom. 62), I find in 'Entomologists' Monthly Magazine,' viii. 92, 

 Mr. McLachan records one specimen, taken on the heath near 

 Weybridge Station, 1st July, 1871. At page 138 of the same 

 volume, Mr. S. Stevens tells us he took " about a dozen 

 specimens of this moth at Southend, about twenty or twenty-five 

 years ago, in the flowers of a kind of dandelion." The original 

 specimen mentioned in Stainton's ' Manual ' was taken by Mr. 

 Dunning, at Brandon. — E. A. Fitch ; Brick House, Maldon. 



Gelechia acuminatella. — When collecting larvae of Coleo- 

 phora theranella early in September last year I noticed many of 

 the leaves of the seeding plants of Carduus lanceolata blotched, 

 and upon examination I found them tenanted with the young 

 larv£e of the above species. They were then small, and as there 

 appeared little chance of carrying them to maturity, I decided to 

 wait till they were tolerably well advanced before collecting them. 

 In the early part of October I had no difficulty in filling my bag 

 with mined leaves, and on arrival home I found the larvae pretty 

 numerous, most of them being about full-grown, but a few 

 stragglers were to be found as late as the second week in 

 November. I hope these remarks may prove as useful to some of 

 our young entomologists as they would have been to me when I 



