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hatched in ten days; fed on knot-grass and lettuce; did not 

 thrive well, and when about halt" grown began to die off. 

 Hyria auroravia: eggs deposited on the 6lh ol Jtdy; hatched 

 in about nine days; larvae fed on knot-grass; one imago 

 appeared on the 13th and one on the 16th of September. I 

 have a number of larvae hybernating, some of which are 

 apparently full grovi'n. Acidalia circellata: obtained five or 

 six eggs on the 6th of July, from which 1 bred four imagos ; 

 eggs hatched in about eight days ; larvae thrive well on knot- 

 grass; the first moth emerged on the 7th September, the 

 others a few days later. A. subsericeala : eggs deposited freely 

 Gth June ; hatched in ten days ; food, knot-grass ; commenced 

 pupation about 18th July; the first moth appeared 30th 

 July; bred a fine series. I have still a number of larvae, 

 apparently full grown, obtained from the same supply of 

 eggs. A. fumata: obtained a few eggs on the Gth July, 

 which hatched in seven days ; fed on knot-grass ; most of the 

 larvae died when full grown ; a few are still alive. I have made 

 several attempts to carry this larva through the winter without 

 success. — R. Kay ; 2, Spring Street, Bury, Nov. 6, 1874. 



Tapinostola Boiidii at Lyme Regis. — In the September 

 number of the 'Entomologist' (Entom. vii. 205) Mr. Tugwell 

 records the capture of this species at Lyme Regis, saying that 

 he thinks it a new locality for it. In this, however, he is 

 mistaken, as I met with the species there in July, 1863 

 (eleven years ago), and recorded its occurrence there in the 

 'Zoologist' for that year (p. 8861), Mr. Tugwell's notice of 

 this insect is, however, of considerable interest, as it serves to 

 prove that it is still to be found at Lyme Regis as well as at 

 Folkestone, and probably at other places on the south coast. 

 —P.C. Worinald; 2, Clifton Villas, Highgate Hill, N., 

 November 5, 1874. 



Abundance of Polia Jlavocincta at Huddersjield. — On the 

 2nd and 3rd of October, Flavocincta was unusually numerous 

 at sugar here. The weather then became cold and wet, and 

 sugar was of no use. Last week Flavocincta appeared again 

 at sugar, but not in such large numbers. — George Brook; 

 Fernbrook, Huddersjield, October 19, 1874. 



Lycccna Argiolus Ovipositing. — Early last April I had the 

 plcasuie of watching a female of Argiolus apparently deposit- 

 ing her eggs on the flower-buds of the holly, in a garden near 



