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under the bushes. I shall be interested to note whether the 

 second brood is abundant in this locality. The only place in 

 which I have ever seen the August brood of this butterfly in any 

 numbers was last year at Brambletye Castle, near Forest Row, 

 wliere the ruins are covered with ivy, over which L. argiolus was 

 flitting. Hollies, however, were by no means abundant. — W. H, 

 Blaber; Sunnyside, Groombridge, Sussex, June 19, 1888. 



SyRICHTIIUS MALV.E VaV. TARAS (lAVATER^) AT St. LEONARDS. 



— While collecting on the South Eastern Railway bank near St. 

 Leonards, I took a specimen of the above variety of S. malvm. I 

 should be glad to know if any other collectors have met with it 

 this season, and if it is often taken near the south coast. I have 

 netted since several typical malvce, with the hopes of again obtaining 

 the variety, but have been unsuccessful. — J. W. Sweetlove ; 

 Cragmore, London Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, June 5, 1888. 



Deilephila livornica AT Belfast. — On June 7th I had the 

 good fortune to capture a fine, apparently freshly-emerged, 

 specimen of this rare insect; and on the 11th a second specimen 

 was taken by a friend. Both were taken hovering over rhodo- 

 dendron flowers in Ormean Park.— C. W. Watts; 1, Holborn 

 Terrace, University Street, Belfast, June 20, 1888. 



Deilephila livornica in Sussex. — While collecting in woods 

 at Polegate, on Saturdaj^ June 2nd, I captured a very fine 

 specimen of D. livornica, flying over flowers. — A. Ward; 118, 

 Richmond Road, Brighton, June 4, 1888. 



Laphygma exigua at Lewes. — When collecting on the 

 downs in this neighbourhood on the evening of June 4th last, I 

 had the good fortune to capture a specimen of this rare Noctua, 

 which was skipping over the turf. I very nearly overlooked it, 

 thinking it to be a species of Cramhus ; and, when captured, I 

 was not sure of my prize until I showed it to a friend, who at 

 once pronounced it to be Laphygma exigua. — W. E. Nicholson ; 

 Lewes, June 21, 1888. 



[This specimen would be hybernated; examine any ivy bloom 

 in neighbourhood in autumn. — J. T. C] 



Eupithecia venosata. — In the autumn of 1886, I obtained 

 from Mr. Salvage of Brighton, some pupae of Eupithecia venosata, 

 collected by him in that and earlier stages in Shetland. Some of 



