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My worst outing produced five moths, my best 253; altogether this season 

 I have set considerably more than 3000 specimens. — W, Hewett ; Howard 

 Street, York, November 11th, 1893. 



Notes from Reading. — On May 3rd, 1893, 1 took Agrotis cinerea, and 

 on Aug. 4th Chcn-aas graminis, both at light — the first time I have taken 

 either species in this district. On May 29th Dipterygia scabrmscula 

 (pinastri) ; and a second brood, I suppose, on Aug. 9th ; I have never seen a 

 second brood before. On Sept. 27th Xglina semibrunnea, at sugar ; and on 

 the 29th twenty-five specimens of Ocnomera femorata, also at sugar. On 

 Jan. 13th of the present year I took Hgbernia rupicapraria, and on the 21st 

 Phigalia pedaria [pilosaria), also Hybernia leucuphmaria. Is not this very 

 early for the latter species? — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, Reading, 

 Jan. 22nd, 1894. 



Notes from Gosport. — In this district Colias edusa has occurred very 

 sparingly this year, about half-a-dozen specimens only having been seen. 

 I took a fine male on Sept. 3rd in ray garden, and that represented the 

 sum total of my captures. Vanessa cardui also has been very scarce. 

 Treacle was nearly useless during the spring months, but insects came 

 freely to it during the autumn, good captures being made. — W. H. 

 Mackett ; Science and Art School, Gosport, December, 1893. 



Early Occurrence of Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria). — On Jan. 

 20th I captured two good specimens of this insect on a fence in Epping 

 Forest. This is the earliest I have ever found it, hitherto dates in 

 February having been the rule. — F. W. Freir ; Elm House, Walthamstow. 



Hybernia defoliaria in January. — I took this insect on the 20th of 

 this month in Epping Forest, but was rather puzzled to account for it. In 

 a previous volume of the ' Entomologist ' I notice records of its appearance 

 in February, 1890. The specimen I caught was the dotted variety figured 

 by Newman, and vyas in good condition. — F. W. Freir ; Jan. 22nd, 1894. 



Chcerocampa celerio in Sussex. — The occurrence of this fine hawk- 

 moth at Littlehampton is worth noting. Staying there recently I made the 

 acquaintance of Master Herbert Percy Gibbons, at Surrey House. Master 

 Herbert is quite an ardent young collector ; he showed me his boxes, and 

 was quite proud of his " yellows," " humming-birds," " privets," &c. ; one of 

 the latter, by-tbe-bye, was really a fine example of Sphmx convolvuli ; but 

 I soon noticed rather a dilapidated specimen in a corner of the box ; it was 

 C. celerio, and was given to him by the gardener at Surrey House, who 

 caught it " at rest " the summer before last. I told Master Percy what a 

 prize it was. It is now being relaxed prior to re-setting, and with a little 

 " doing-up " it will make a very fair specimen. This is the second I have 

 in my cabinet. — Clarence E. Fry ; Watford, Herts, January, 1894. 



Abundance of Wasps. — Vespa germanica, V. vulgaris, and V. norve- 

 gica, the three commonest species in this district, were exceptionally 

 common in Cheshire and North Wales last year ; the two former absolutely 

 swarmed. — R. Newstead (Curator) ; Museum, Chester, Jan. 2ud, 1894. 



Hybernia leucoph.s;aria, &c. — Miss Maude Alderson states that H. 

 leucophxcaria was well out on Jan. 17th, at Worksop, Notts. Mr. D. P. 

 Turner writes from Tonbridge, Jan. 13th, " The weather is unusually mild 



