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which is fitted up as above, was obtained from a dealer in Paris. I 

 have had it in use for some years, and it has performed its work 

 satisfactorily throughout. — F. Bromilow; Nice, France, April 3rd, 1894. 



New Edition of Hubner's ' Exotic Lepidoptera.' — The first part 

 of this work has reached me, containing the first ten plates of the 

 " Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge." I have promised to add a 

 systematic index, and may perhaps add notes on some of the species, 

 but do not propose to interfere with the existing letterpress, which will, 

 I hope, be reproduced as it stands ; nor do 1 assume any responsibility 

 for the work, apart from my own additions. — W. F. Kirby ; April 2nd, 

 1894. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD EEPORTS. 



Vanessa antiopa in Essex. — I have no doubt that most entomologists 

 will be interested to know that I took a hybernated specimen of Vanessa 

 antiopa, in Epping Forest, on the 7th inst., at 4 o'clock iu the afternoon. 

 I found a specimen of Ampkidasijs strataria on February 25th. — W. F. 

 Whittingham : North View, Waltharastow, Essex, April llth, 1894. 



Heterocera from Caussols, Alpes-Maritimes. — During a stay at 

 Caussols, Alpes-Mariiimes, last year (from Aug. 4th to Oct. 7th), I took a 

 good many Heterocera, chiefly at indoor light. The following is a complete 

 list, the aucuracy of the names being, in most cases, vouched for by Dr. 

 Hofmann, of Ratisbon, Germany, who kindly determined them. The 

 following is a list of the species : — Iiio ampelophaga (2), near rushes on 

 damp ground ; Zygana sarpedon (1) ; Z.fausta, abundant; Setina irrorella 

 V. flavicans, one freshly emerged from the pupa, at rest on a rock ; Lithosia 

 unita(l), L. caniola (2), L. lurideola? (2), Einydia crihrum v. bifasciata (1), 

 E. cribrmn \. Candida (5); Arctia fasciata, a few small larvae near the 

 roots of trees; Hepialus sylvanus (2), found at rest ; Bombyx crata;(ji{i), 

 B. trifolii (2), the larvae were common on a Genista — probably G. cinerea; 

 Agrotis ianthina (2), worn; A. pronuba (1), torn, on a tree; A. elegans (12), 

 A. xanthographa (2), A. flammatra (1), A. constanti (1), A. decora (1), A. 

 tritici (10) ; I took a specimen of this last, at sugar, on Sept. 4th ; A. aqui- 

 lina (1), A. crassa (4), A. clavis = segetum (1); Neuronia pojyularis (9); 

 Mamestra brassica (1); Episeina glaucina {11), E. glaucina v. trimacula 

 = de7itimacula (1), E. glaucina v. unicolor (3); Aporophyla lutulenta (7); 

 Polia venusta (3), P. canescens (9), P. chi (1), P. xanthomiita (5) ; Apamea 

 testacea (15), A. dumerili (11), one was small and dark; Luperiaa matura 

 = texta (5) two being taken, at sugar, on Sept. 4th ; L. virens (I ) ; Hadena 

 ochroleuca (9); Leucania conigera (1), L. albipuncta (11); Caradrina 

 hospes, a rarity (1); Anchocelis lunosa (2); Orthosia litura, one bred, on 

 Sept 26th, from a pupa found at the foot of a poplar six days previously. 

 I now come to two very interesting specimens, which Dr. Hofmann considers 

 to be referable to the genus Orthosia, being •* eitlier a very peculiar variety 

 of one of its species, or perhaps an entirely new one;" but Dr. Staudinger 

 " thinks it to be a peculiar aberration of Taniocanipa munda." One of 

 these specimens was taken on the trunk of an elm, on Oct. 5th ; it is of 

 a yellowish grey colour, and the tip of the left fore wing is missing ; the 

 other is in good preservation, expands If in., and is somewhat more reddish. 



