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been taken in the county. — A. Thdrnall; Whitilesford, near 

 Cambridge, August 10, 1877. 



Leucania albipuncta at Deal. — I look two specimens of 

 this rare British Noclua at sugar in the above locality, on the 

 night of August 26th. — R. Meldola. 



Xylomiges conspicili.aris AT Malvern. — I was fortunate 

 in breeding six fine specimens of this rare Nocfiia, from pupae 

 dug at elm trees, last autumn. The first emerged iMarcli 12lh ; 

 the sixth, April I9th. — W. Edwards; Malvern. 



Xylomiges conspicillaris. — A fine specimen of X. con- 

 spicillaris was taken off a fence near Brentwood, Essex, on 

 Whit Monday, May 21st, by Mr. Richards, of How. — 

 D. Pratt; Hon. Sec, East London Entomological Society, 



Canthakis vesicatoria. — On the 2nd of July I had a live 

 specimen of C. vesicatoria given to me, which was found in a 

 garden at Norwich. — R. Laddiman ; Upper Hellesdon, 

 Norwich. 



Abundaxce of Scoparl\ CEiMBRALis. — During the past 

 month .S'. cembralis has been most abundant in two small 

 fields adjoining uiy garden and house. Oue of the fields is 

 full of weeds and wild plants, and in it S. cembralis last 

 night abounded. At dusk, when they began to fly, the sky 

 was very cloudy and the atmosphere close ; consequently the 

 moths flew slowly, close to the ground, and were constantly 

 settling on the grass and weeds. It is no exaggeration to say 

 there were hundreds, probably thousands; and large numbers 

 might have been netted in a (ew minutes. Cramhus cul- 

 melius and C Iristellus were flying with them. It may be 

 worth noting, loo, that I have taken a few of Dr F. Buchanan 

 White's variety Scotica amongst them. — Geo. T. Poruitt; 

 Highroyd House, Huddersfield, August 18, 1877. 



Rare Lepidoptera on the South Coast. — I have had 

 a very successful excursion during the past month of August 

 on the south-east coast of Kent. I took personally the 

 following rare or interesting species, viz. — two Mecyna 

 polygoiialis, two Margarodes unionalis, one Sterrha sacraria^ 

 one LapJnjgma exiyua (also doubtful second example), one 

 Leucania albipuncta, two Heliothis peltiyera, one H. arnii- 

 gera (female, 1 got a few eggs from this specimen), Lithosia 

 pyymceola, Spilodes sliciicalis, and S.palealis. Colias Edusa 

 swarmed to a degree I never before witnessed ; the variety 



