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these emerged in June of the following year. Very unexpectedly 

 to me — for I had no idea of the moth remaining two years in 

 pupa — I have bred during the present month of May a goodly 

 series of this pretty species. The first emergence on May 2nd 

 was just a month earlier tlian that of last year. Some of them 

 are extra fine — veritable giants amongst the Pugs. — Joseph 

 Anderson, Jun. ; Chichester, May 25, 1888. 



The Abundance of Plusia gamma. — I do not know whether 

 tlie abundance of Plusia gamma is to be an event of the season. 

 As soon as the leaves began to appear in May I noticed this 

 species in my own little garden. On all mild evenings throughout 

 May gamma was present. I saw more than a dozen in Chattenden 

 on May 26th, several at Cuxton on May 28th, and when at 

 Farnborough (Kent), June 2nd and 3rd, I saw several others. 

 There are several every evening in my garden ; last evening I saw 

 five specimens in a few minutes. The specimens I have netted 

 are pale in colour with worn fringes, leading one to surmise that 

 the imago has hybernated. Larvae were abundant in October 

 (1887), and pupated and emerged (as far as those in confinement 

 were concerned) last year. This would seem to strengthen the 

 idea that they have hybernated. Has anyone found hybernating 

 specimens ? — J. W. Tutt ; Westcombe Park, S.E., June 8, 1888. 



Sugaring near Tenby. — During the last week or so I have 

 found my experience coincide with that of your correspondents, as 

 to the advantage of sugaring after rain (Entom. 140). The weather 

 here had for some time remained hot and dry, during which time 

 few moths were to be got, but later on we had several days' rain, 

 after which matters considerably improved, and I succeeded in 

 taking a fair number at sugar ; among them, Mamestra albicolon, 

 Miana strigilis, Grammesia trigrammica, Agrotisripce, A. segetum, 

 A. exclamationis (the last two were a perfect pest), Iladena dentina, 

 Acronycta rumicis, &c. — Spotswood Graves ; Victoria Street, 

 Tenby, June 21, 1888. 



Great abundance of Insects. — During the past fortnight 

 Plusia^ gamma has occurred here in vast numbers. At night they 

 swarm round sycamore bloom in thousands, and in the grass- 

 fields they appear to rise from every bunch of grass. Vanessa 

 cardid and F. atalanta are out in greater numbers than I have 

 ever noticed before. So far too, I have found moths come to 



