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Grammodes algiea at Hackney. — We are informed that at the 

 meeting of the Chingforcl Branch of the North London Natural History 

 Society held at Chingford on Friday, July 29th last, the Secretary, Mr. 

 J. O. Braithwaite, exhibited a fine specimen of the above Continental 

 moth, taken alive by him in the stores at Ash Grove Works, Ash 

 Grove, Hackney, on July 12th. The insect was in perfect condition, 

 and had evidently just emei'ged from the pupa. It had probably 

 been imported in some cases of " Verdelli " lemons, about two 

 hundred packages of which were in the stores at the time of its 

 capture. It was subsequently identified by Mr. L. B. Prout, F.E.S. 



Pachys (Amphidasys) betulaeia ab. doubledayaeia in Essex. — 

 Referring to the communications from the Eev. W. Claxton in the 

 ' Entomologist ' for July last (p. 204), and from Mr. W. H. Harwood 

 in this month's issue (p. 228), with regard to the capture of the above 

 insect, I may say that I have taken ab. doubled ay aria in Essex on 

 three occasions : once at Brentwood, June 2nd, 1907, and twice here 

 at Westclitf'-on-Sea, in June last. I think the probability is that 

 wherever P. hetularia occurs in this part of Essex you may also expect 

 to find ab. doubled ay aria occasionally. How much more abundant 

 this variety would now appear to be than formerly ! Some thirty- 

 five years ago, and for some years after, I used to dig the pupae 

 (under elm-trees mostly) of P. betularia commonly at Tottenham, 

 Wood Green, and other localities in the North of London. I have a 

 good series of the specimens so obtained still in my collection ; some 

 are somewhat darker in their coloration than others, but there is 

 nothing approaching the variety in question among them, indeed I 

 never saw ab. doubledayaria alive until I met with it at Brentwood, 

 as above mentioned. — G. H. Conquest ; 10, Meteor Road, Westclifi'- 

 on-Sea, Essex, August 19th, 1910. 



Collecting at Kendal (Westmoeland), 1910. — Active work 

 liegan on February 18th, for until this date the severe character of 

 the winter prohibited collecting in any form. Our first visit to an 

 oak wood after dark produced four specimens of Hybcrnia Icuco- 

 'plicnaria and one example of Pliigalia -pcdaria, resting on the tree- 

 trunks, whilst H. rupicapraria was found commonly sitting on the 

 twigs of the hedgerows. Subsequent search with the lamp between 

 this date and March 5th resulted in a fair series of both the first- 

 named species, though neither ever occurred plentifully. The 

 number of "crippled " H. leucophcearia was astonishing, and so also 

 was the total lack of females. Careful examination of the oak-trunks, 

 lower branches, and the grass round about the tree failed to discover 

 a single specimen. In this wood, strongly banded male P. ■pad'^^fict 

 and black females are fairly numerous. Ilybernia marginaria 

 appeared early in March, and some beautiful smoky and banded 

 forms of the male (evidently the progeny of a cross between one of 

 the lighter forms and var. fuscata) were obtained by careful picking. 

 The var. fuscata appears to be more plentiful each year. On the 

 evening of March 22nd examination of the rose and adjacent bushes 

 of the hedgerow produced Anticlea badiata, resting after tiight on the 

 prominent twigs. This species is pretty active, and one has to be 



