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came across those I found incidentally. — J. A. MACKONdCHiE (Rev,) ; The 

 Hirsel, Feb. 9th, 1894. 



The following notes are from North Derbyshire, 150 miles north of 

 London, at 500 to 600 feet elevation: — Hybernia rupicapraria seen 

 Jan. 16th; H. progemmaria taken Feb. 5th; Phigalia pilosaria taken 

 Feb. 6th ; larva of Phlogophora meticulosa taken Oct. last, spun up same 

 month, and emerged to-day (Feb. 7th), — K. H. Fuller ; Bakewell. 



I saw a male Hyhernia leucopha;aria at rest on Jan 37th, on an oak- 

 trunk in the woods bordering the drive to Eaton Hall. Weather very mild 

 since Dec. 3rd, excepting a week of severe frost ending Jan 8th. I took a 

 fine male Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria) off a Chester gas-lamp (Curzon Park), 

 on Dec. 29th, 1893 ; and the species was common on the lamps on Jan. 

 25th, 1894.— J. Arkle ; Chester, Feb. 2nd, 1894. 



Last evening I captured an example of Phlogophora meticulosa. The 

 specimen, which is in good condition, was in a cool conservatory — tempera- 

 ture about 53°. Does this moth ever hybernate ? — F. W. Freir; Elm 

 House, Walthamstow, Jan. 23rd, 1894. 



Yesterday I had a specimen of Macroglossa stellatarwn brought to me, 

 which was captured while flying about a room in a house at Portslade. 

 The insect is in fairly good condition, notwithstanding its imprisonment in 

 a match-box. — T. Willson ; Hangleton Hall, Sussex, Feb. 9th, 1894. 



On the evening of the 2nd inst. a friend and myself had an evening 

 with the lantern in Epping Forest. The weather was rough, raining at 

 times, and very mild. Searching the boughs and trunks of whitethorn and 

 oak trees produced several Phigalia pedaria, and then we thoroughly 

 examined an oak-fence with excellent results. P. pedaria, both male and 

 female, were taken to the number of eighteen ; they were chiefly settled on 

 the top edges of the palings, fluttering their wings, and were easily boxed. 

 We also captured Scopelosoma satellitia (one), Hyhernia progemmaria, H. 

 defoliaria, H. leucophcearia, H. riipicapraria, and eight chestnuts {Cerastis 

 vacmiii). Altogether our captures were about forty insects, and the genus 

 Hybernia simply swarmed. — F. W. Freir; Feb. 16th, 1894. 



As another instance of early awakening from hybernation, I may men- 

 tion that Mr. W. J. Lucas has just sent me a living specimen of Pteropthorus 

 mmiodactylus [= pterodactylus), which he took on the palings in Richmond 

 Park, on the 19th inst. — Richard South ; 12, Abbey Gardens, St. John's 

 Wood, Feb. 21st, 1897. 



Sugaring in January. — Tempted by the unusually mild weather, and 

 never having tried sugar in January before, I got my tin and brush out of 

 their winter hiding-place on the evening of the 11th inst., and went a 

 " round." The result was a " bag " of twelve moths — nine Scopelosoma 

 satellitia (some in very good condition), one Cerastis vaccinii, one C. spa- 

 dicea, and one Pterophorus monodactylus. I also saw a small moth, which 

 I believe to have been a Tortrix, on the wing, but had no net with me. It 

 is perhaps worth mentioning that, having no rum, I put a few drops of 

 •' white rose " perfume into the sugar. I have often thought of trying this 

 before, and I shall certainly try it again in the summer. — S. G. Reid (Capt.); 

 Froyle House, Alton, Jan. 20th, 1894. 



Larv^ of Pieris BRASsicis IN NOVEMBER. — On Sept. 23rd I found 

 on cabbages a number of larvae of Pieris brassica, which I placed in a 

 breeding-cage. To save the cabbages I watched the bed daily, and up to 

 Nov. 30th, when I left the country, I seldom missed finding some larvsB. The 



