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LEProoPTERA IN Carmarthenshire. — From J88G to 1888 I 

 have taken in tliis county the following Lepidoptera : — One 

 imago of Amphidasys stratiaria, from a larva found ; also one 

 imago of Dtcranura biciispis, from larva. Twelve larvse of 

 Stauroims fagi, from which eight imagines were obtained, the 

 other four chrysalids having become too dry : not one specimen 

 ichneumoned. Three larv?e of Notodonta trepida taken in 1888. 

 From twelve larvae of Acronycta alni taken in 1887 three 

 imagines were obtained, nine being ichneumoned ; several were 

 taken in 1885 and 1880, and three in 1888, which were feeding 

 on oak and alder ; in all seven imagines have been obtained. 

 Newman, in his ' Histor}^ of British Moths,' does not mention 

 the larva of this species when young. At this stage of existence 

 it resembles exactly the excrement of a small bird, and any one 

 might pass it by as such. At the third moult it becomes black, 

 with the usual yellow or orange transverse bars. It is always 

 found on the upper surface of the leaf, with its head turned 

 round, touching its body in some cases, in others not quite 

 touching. It feeds chiefly on hazel, sometimes on alder and 

 birch, also on oak. According to Newman, it spins in the leaves 

 of its food-plant ; but every specimen, w'ithout exception, which 

 I have had has turned to a plain chrysalis an inch below the 

 surface of the ground. They are generally ichneumoned ; hence, 

 I suppose, their rarity in Carmarthenshire. Nine larvae of 

 Acronycta leporhia were taken, from which five perfect insects 

 were obtained ; they, too, are very subject to ichneumons. Six 

 imagines of Dianthcecia nana were taken in a net at common 

 garden rocket. One imago of Plusia bractea was taken on the 

 wing. — ]\1. Graske ; Llwyn Celyn, Llandovery, Sept. 4, 1888. 



Lepidopterous Larv.e near Sheffield. — My friend Mr. J. 

 Batty and I devoted the afternoon of September 17th to beating 

 for larvffi of Cymatopltora fluctuosa. I am pleased to say that we 

 succeeded in taking a few, though the larvae were very scarce and 

 only occurred sparingly. A few larvae each oi Drepana lacertinar'ia, 

 Notodonta dromedarius, N. dictceoides, Lophopteryx camclina, and 

 Cidaria corylata, on birch; and Venusia camhricaria on mountain 

 ash. We were rather late for most species, or we might have 

 succeeded in taking a rather larger number than we did. — A. E. 

 Hall; Norbury, Sheffield, September, 1888. 



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