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Haw.) ; the figui-e in Kotzebue's 'Reise ' (iii. pi. v. figs. 8 a and b) was, 

 iudoed, so lettered, but the orthography, tmneamea, attached to the 

 Eschscholtz's description (p. 207) ought to stand. The spelling m any 

 case is unfortunate, as the butterfly is named from Kamehameha I. 

 the first Hawaiian "Over-lord"; t and k are local variants, but the 

 omission of the " h's " completely alters the meaning. Anosia erippus 

 and Pyrameis atalanta, cardui, and huittera occur in Oahu, though not re- 

 corded from there by Meyrick, who omits mention altogether of Picris 

 rap(£, introduced some years since on cabbages imported from San Fran- 

 cisco, and now fairly common in Oahu, Hawaii, &c. — G. W. Kikkaldy. 



The ENTOJiOLOGicAii Clue. — A meeting was held on May 18th last, 

 at Wellfield, Liugards Road, Lewisham, the residence of Mr. Robert 

 Adkin, the host and chairman of the evening. Other members present 

 were Messrs. Donisthorpe, Porritt, and Verrall, and besides these there 

 were ten visitors. 



Erratum. — In the April number of the ' Entomologist ' I recorded, 

 among other insects taken in Hertfordshire, the capture of Xijlophada 

 scolopacina at Hitchiu, on the authority of Mr. A. H. Foster, of that 

 town. Mr. Foster's insect has since been identified as a variety of 

 Apainea didijma. — A. E. Gibbs ; St. Alban's. 



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Larv^ in North Wales at Easter, 1906. — Hybernating larvae 

 were very backward, but fairly plentiful, especially Agrotis agathina, 

 PJpunda iichenea, and Boannin repandata. Larvfe of Agrotis ashicorthii 

 were not so freely obtained as last year, but they pupated more 

 satisfactorily than they have done for some years, quite ninety per 

 cent, having gone down successfully. — Robert Tait, Jun.; Roseneath, 

 Ashton-on-Mersey, Cheshire. 



Dasycampa rubiginea at Light. — I captured a specimen of D. ruhi- 

 ginea at light on April 11th last.— F. Pope ; Weirfield Road, Exeter. 



EupiTHECiA consignata IN HAMPSHIRE. — On May 24th, 1906, 1 boxed 

 a " pug" resting on the bark of a small hawthorn tree, in a hedge by 

 the roadside at Hayling Island. It proved to be a female Eapithecia 

 consignata in fine condition, and will, I hope, oblige with a nice batch 

 of ova, as she has already deposited thirteen eggs. — Alfred E. Tonge ; 

 Anicroft, Reigate, May 26th, 1906. 



Field Work in 1905. — Most of the work done in 1905 consisted 

 in night collecting in the cultivated fens, and an occasional evening in 

 the neighbouring Huntingdonshire woods ; as a natural result most of 

 the insects taken were NoctUc^. Light and sugar were the means of 

 capture most employed, except when the flowers of various grasses, 

 and later of the common reed, proved more attractive. 



January. — Five Cucullia rerbasci forced out ; two Phigalia pilosaria 

 emerged. 



March. — Hybernia marginaria, very common, a large percentage 



