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observed in Alum Chine, July 1st. Polyommatus phlceas, on downs at 

 Swanacre, Isle of Purbeck, Aug. 15th. Lyccena agon, took a male at Can- 

 ford Hill Estate, near Parkstone (Dorset), July 9th, and found the species 

 abundant among the heather, two days later, on Canford Heath. L. icarus, 

 first captured in Alum Chine, Aug. 8th; ab. cmidea (female ab.), Talbot 

 Woods, Aug. 18th, one example; it was also abundant in Branksome 

 Chine. The specimens of this last were as fine and brilliant at least as 

 any I have seen in the South of France. Ari/ijnnis pa2)hia, one torn, on a 

 bramble near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, Aug. 2nd. Vanessa urtica;, 

 one example seen on some thistles in Alum Chine, Aug. 6th. V. cardui, 

 observed in Branksome Park, Aug. 16th. Satynis semele, seen close, 

 settled on a pine-tree in Branksome Chine, July 8th ; I subsequently 

 captured nine specimens on Canford Heath, July 1 1th. Epinephele ianira, 

 one ; same locality and date as last. E. tithonus, took an example in 

 Branksome Park, July 18th. Hesperia thanvias, Branksome Park, July 

 18th. H. comma, seen on the Canford Hill Estate, July 9th, and captured 

 a specimen ten days later on Canford Heath. — Frank Brojeilow ; " Sel- 

 borne," Poole Road, West Bournemouth, Sept. 28th, 1894. 



ToRTRicES AT NoRTHWooD, MIDDLESEX. — In addition to many com- 

 moner species of Tortrices, I have taken the following within a radius of 

 one mile and a half from Northwood Station, on the Metropolitan P»,ailway : 

 — Leptof/ranima literana, one e.xample, August, 1891, in a lane by the side 

 of Moor Park. D'ltula semifasclana, two larvae in shoots of sallow, May, 

 1894. Iledija servillana, one specimen flying over a high sallow bush at 

 dusk, June, 1892 ; I frequently searched for the larva of this species during 

 the spring, but failed to find it. Sericoris rivulana, sometimes abundant in 

 a meadow near station now to be let or sold for buildiug purposes. Ortho- 

 tcBnia striana, in rough fields ; scarce. 0. hranderiana , larvae on grey 

 poplar (Populus canescens) ; not common. Capua favillaceana, among 

 beech. Phoxopteryx lactana, plentiful among birch. There are two forms 

 of this species both equally common ; one has the markings somewhat 

 similar to those of Padisca bilunana, whilst the other resembles Grapho- 

 litha ramella, and is sometimes confounded with that species. Grapliolilha 

 nisella, a few specimens beaten out of or flying around sallow bushes. 

 G. cinerana, common and sometimes abundant on trunks of grey poplar; 

 this species is less variable than G. nisella. G. germarana, a few examples 

 flying over high hedges. Padlsca opthahnicana, larvae often plentiful in 

 rolled leaves of grey poplar. Catoptria albersana, one or two specimens 

 captured each year, but rarely in good condition ; I have been unable to 

 find the larva, although well acquainted with its method of concealment in 

 the leaves of honeysuckle. Choreutes myllerana, about a dozen specimens 

 at honeydew on sallows in 1893; I could not discover Scutellaria galeri- 

 culata, the reputed food-plant of the larva of this species, in the district, 

 Argyrolepia hartmanniuna, a few specimens each year in damp places on 

 the heaths or commons. — Richard South ; Macclesfield, Cheshire. 



Note on Peronea comariana. — This species was fairly common during 

 the autumn among Myrica gale on the moss, and at the same time P. com- 

 parana and P. schalleriana were beaten from hedgerows around here. Some 

 specimens of the Myrica species resemble small examples ot P. comparand, 

 others are like dwarf P. schalleriana, and others again appear to agree, 

 except in the matter of size, with a form of P. comparana which I cannot 



