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specimens have been taken this summer on the Wallasey sand- 

 hills. Hearing that the larvae were common in that locality in 

 the early part of September, I paid a visit to the sand-hills on 

 the 8th. I found the caterpillars feeding on the lady's-bedstraw 

 (Galium verum), where the plant grows thin and short, especially 

 on mounds and rising grounds in the hollows between the sand- 

 hills, and as near as possible to the sea. The larvae should be 

 sought for in the daytime, and are fond of feeding and exposing 

 themselves in the hottest sunshine. The frass may be looked for 

 among the thin short bedstraw, and followed up to the end of its 

 track, when the caterpillar is seen. I obtained a few in this way, 

 but, as a rule, they are easily seen. On my first visit I took 

 eight, and on September 15th five more, — a satisfactory result, 

 considering that the ground had been well worked, — one collector 

 taking no less than sixty larvae. On my return home the larvae 

 were distributed between a large fern-pot and a breeding-cage 

 well filled with sea-sand, and, remembering their fondness for 

 sun, air, and fresh food, I am glad to say that seven have 

 pupated, just below the surface. I ought to say that I came 

 across many dead and dying larvae of Deilepliila galii in all stages, 

 probably the result of the late cold and extremely wet weather. 

 My acquaintance with the larvae of this species began on the 

 sand-hills near South Shields, some twenty j^ears ago. Since 

 that time I have not met with any until the present season, and I 

 am informed it is sixteen years or more since they were last found 

 upon the Wallasey sand-hills. — J. Arkle; 2, George St., Chester. 



Deilephila galii in Kent. — On September ISth I found two 

 caterpillars of Deilepliila galii, and earlier in the year I took a 

 moth of this insect in this neighbourhood. — AV. N. Buckmaster; 

 West Cliff Road, Ramsgate. 



Deilephila galii in Norfolk. — A specimen of the larva of 

 Deilephila galii was taken by me on the cliff" at Cromer on 

 August 31st. It has fed up and changed into chrysalis. — 

 J. A. Tawell; Earls Colne, Essex, September 12, 1888. 



Deilephila galii in Suffolk and Essex. — While collecting 

 near Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk coast, during the last week in 

 August, I found the larva of D. galii commonly feeding on Galium 

 verum. From the traces about they must have been there in great 

 numbers, many having no doubt pupated. I have since taken 



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