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fasciuncula, common at sugar ; and different to the southern forms. 

 Noctua augur. N. rubi, large in size. Emmelesia ericetata. E. albu- 

 lata. Eubolia mensuraria. Gnophos obfuscata, only one. Larentia 

 didymata. L. ccesiata. L. jyectinitaria. MelantJiia ocellata. Anaitis 

 plagiata. Cidaiia nissata, a female from which ova were obtained. 

 The larvffi, to my surprise, hybernated when quite small, and have 

 now (beginning of April) started feeding again. I was previously 

 viuder the impression that this species wintered in the pupal state, 

 while C. iiniaanata does so in the egg state. Ooremia munitata, several 

 females were taken and these deposited eggs. The species was found 

 from 1000 ft. in the valley to nearly 3000 ft. on the tops. From these 

 eggs one imago resulted in the autumn, but the rest of the larvfe 

 hybernated when about half grown, and they have not yet (beginning 

 of April) made their appearance this spring, so I fear they are dead. 

 Scapula (dpinalis was very common on the tops wherever the right sort 

 of ground occurred. 



On my second visit to the same place, in September, I noticed the 

 larvfe of Lasiocampa calluna; were common in places. These larvae, 

 which were about 1^ in. long, were fond of sunning themselves on old 

 bleached stalks of burnt heather. I brought away a good many, and 

 they have successfully hybernated in an airy cage out of doors, and are 

 now (beginning of April) changing their skins and beginning to feed 

 again. Celana hawortJiii, including one female found at rest on the 

 heather. Cliaraas r/raminis. Tapinostola fulva, common. T/iera 

 juniperata, two specimens at rest on a juniper-bush, and the- empty 

 pupa-skin attached among the needles of the juniper. The juniper- 

 bushes in this district grew quite prone along the ground and were 

 scarcely noticeable, very unlike their erect habit in the South of 

 England. Ciduria miata, one example on Sept. 29th. Phibalapteryx 

 lapidata, three specimens on Sept. 11th. These were all that I saw, 

 although I spent some time on succeeding days at the same place 

 trying to find more. These three specimens were found about a 

 grassy and rushy spot in a sheltered glen, at about 1250 ft. elevation. 

 W. M. Christy ; Watergate, Emsworth, Hants. 



Dragonflies in the Norfolk Broads. — Mr, H, M. Edelsten has 

 forwarded a notice of some dragonflies taken in June last. They were 

 a pair of Libellula fulva (June 19th), the male with adult colouring; a 

 pair of Orthetrum ccerulescens, and another of L. depressa (June 20tli), 

 the male in each case adult in colour ; several pairs of 0. cancellatum 

 (June 19th), but all the males of this species were immature. They 

 were all flying in a quiet corner near a big reed-bed. In the after- 

 noon he had been watching the female L. fulva hawking over a 

 little bog-hole, when a male appeared and they copulated, and flew so 

 close to him that he was able to net them both. 0. cmrulescens was 

 also taken in cop. 0. cancellatum was quite plentiful. 



Records of some of the scarcer dragonflies are becoming plentiful, 

 and the fear that several of them were disappearing from our midst 

 seems to be quite unfounded. Will JEschna isosceles be given a better 

 status during the season that is just commencing ? It should be 

 looked for in the broads and fens in June. — W. J. Lucas ; Kingston- 

 on-Thames. 



