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seems to be unconfirmed, and perhaps arises from some con- 

 fusion with D. bifida. D. furcida is the only species of the 

 genus which is recorded by Kaltenbach to feed on beech, and I 

 suspect that the reputed beech-feeding D. hicuspis is nothing 

 else. Our English D. blcusjns, which feeds on birch at Tilgate, 

 feeds chiefly, if not exclusively, on alder in the North of 

 England, as well as in Derbyshire and Glamorganshire. Kalten- 

 bach mentions that Rossler found it on alder. Only one figure 

 of a birch-feeding D. hicusjns is to be found in Buckler's work, 

 and he does not mention the black spots on the back of the 

 head. Pending further information, I can only suggest that our 

 present knowledge seems to indicate that D. hicuspis feeds 

 exclusively on birch and alder, and that the species of the genus 

 Dic7'anura either confine themselves to different food-plants in 

 different localities, or else that there is a larger number of 

 closely-allied species, feeding on different plants, than we are at 

 present inclined to suppose. — W. F. Kirby, Assistant in 

 Zoological Department, British Museum, South Kensington. 



Laphygma exigua at Chichester. — In a large clover-field, 

 my brother, Frederick Anderson, had the good fortune to take a 

 beautifully fresh specimen of Laphygma exigua on Sept. 14th. 

 He kicked it up whilst walking through the clover, and netted it 

 at the first stroke.— Joseph Anderson, jun. 



Laphygma exigua in Devon. — I have to record the capture 

 of Laphygma exigua, at sugar, on August 13th, while collecting 

 with Mr. Harold White, near Bideford, N. Devon. — Hubert 

 Bray; 41, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, October 2, 1888. 



Agrotis puta in Hants. — I took a specimen of this insect, 

 at light, on September 5th. — G. Heseltine ; Walhampton, 

 Lymington, Hants, October 1, 1888. 



Cirrhcedia xerampelina at Acton. — On the 12th inst. I 

 took a specimen of this moth off a gas -lamp at East Acton. — 

 H. G. Place ; 11, Norland Square, Holland Park, W., Sept. 20. 



Cirrhcedia xerampelina in Dorset. — A specimen of this 

 insect, in poor condition, was taken flying at dusk at Bloxworth, 

 close to Bere Wood, on September 18th, 1888. This is the 

 second record of its appearance in this county. — A. W. P. 

 Cambridge ; Bloxworth Rectory, September 19, 1888. 



