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near a place called El Puerto, about sixteen kilometres south-east of 

 Teruel. M. di'sfontainii was much the more abundant of the two, but 

 most of the males were getting decidedly the worse for wear, when I 

 first visited the locality on June 12th ; and even the females, of which 

 however there was no scarcity, had to be somewhat carefully selected. 

 Though occurring in the gorge, too, this butterfly, especially the 

 females, was much more plentiful on the undulating plateaux in the 

 forests above ; whereas M. var. iberica I never took except in the 

 gorge itself. Moreover the latter was, I imagine, only just beginning 

 to come out on June 12th, and was very much scarcer than M. desfon- 

 tiiinii. I believe, however, that had I remained on at Teruel during a 

 couple of intensely hot, cloudless days (June 20th and 21st), and spent 

 them at El Puerto, instead of packing up on one, and riding my bicycle 

 to Albarracin on the other, I might have secured a good series of 

 iberica, which, as it was, I failed to do. But an entomological career, 

 like most others, is full of successful episodes that " might have 

 been." — Margaret E. Fountaine; Bath, January 23rd, 1906. 



A General Exhibition. — The South Loudon Entomological and 

 Natural History Society proposes to hold a General Exhibition of 

 Natural History Objects at their rooms in Hibernia Chambers, London 

 Bridge, on Saturday, March 10th. It will be on the same lines as 

 those that were so successful some years ago. Exhibits from those 

 who are not members will be gladly welcomed. Full particulars may 

 be obtained from Mr. Stanley Edwards, 15, St. Germans Place, 

 Blackheath, S.E. ; or Mr. Hy. J. Turner, 98, Drakefell Road, New 

 Cross, S.E. 



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Eupithecia debiliata, &c., in Leicestershire. — I was fortunate in 

 taking, last summer, in this county, Eupithecia debiliata, Eucosmia 

 iindulata, Bomolocha fontis, Venilia macidaria, Xylophasia scolopacina, 

 and Orthosia suspecta. The first three species were discovered a year 

 or two ago, by Mr. Bouskell and Mr. Dixon, but I think were not 

 recorded in the 'Entomologist.' V. macidaria I found some years ago, 

 in an open heathy park, and re-discovered in the same place this year, 

 it feeding apparently on Teuerium. scorodonia. The two last-named 

 species have not, as far as I am aware, been noticed in the county 

 hitherto. Bomolocha fontis evidently feeds, not on Erica, as men- 

 tioned in Stainton, St. John, and Merrick, but on Vaccinium. There 

 was no Erica in the neighbourhood, at all events in sufficient quantity, 

 and I verified my conclusion later by finding the larvas on Vaccinium. 

 (Rev.) W. G. Whittinghaji ; Knighton Vicarage, Leicester. 



Crambus fascelinellus in South Devon. — With reference to Mr. 

 Edelsten's note (Entom. xxix. 19) I may mention that I took a speci- 

 men of above on the coast near here, on August 9th, 1899, and my 

 friend Mr, B. A. Bower, of Chislehurst, took another in the same 

 locality, when in my company, on the loth of the same month. — E. F. 

 Studd ; Oxton, Exeter, January 4th, 1906. 



