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collection of my friend Mr. Kane.— W. E. Glazebrook; Science 

 and Art Museum, Dublin. 



Abraxas ulmata. — Referring to the remarks made by Mr. A. 

 T. Mitchell, in the November number of the 'Entomologist' 

 (Entom. xiv. 257), I may mention that during the early part of 

 October I received larvae of the above species from Sheffield, and 

 owing to the difficulty after a week from that time in obtaining 

 their food, the wych elm, most of the larvse either died or changed 

 to the pupa state while very small. This evening, on looking into 

 my glass cylinder where I kept the larvae, I found that two 

 imagos had put in an appearance, very small, though perfect, 

 specimens. — J. R. Wellman ; 219, Elm Park, Brixton Rise, S.W., 

 November 18, 1881. 



Eupithecia ultimaria, Dup. — I was very pleased on reading 

 the remarks made by my friend Mr. Sydney Webb about this 

 species in the last number of the 'Entomologist' (Entom. xiv. 

 300). I was quite satisfied myself at the time I took this species 

 that it was perfectly distinct from E. sobrinata ; its habits and 

 time of appearance are very different, and if a set of each are 

 placed side by side the difference is very perceptible. Besides 

 many other characters it is much lighter and brighter ; it varies 

 quite as much as E. sohrinata. I have three specimen varieties, 

 ticketed, in my cabinet, which I sent to Guenee, and he returned 

 them in doubt as the Eupithecia ultimaria of Dup., not knowing 

 that species. At the time of capture, or soon after, I forwarded 

 specimens to Messrs. Doubleday, Allis, E. Shepherd, F. Bond, 

 S. L. Waring, F. Grant, J. B. Hodgkinson, P. H. Vaughan, 

 J. J. Weir, H. T. Stainton, J. W. Douglas, Major Sheppard, 

 Sircombe, Greening, Edwin Brown, J. Hunter, and, more recently, 

 Howard Vaughan. I have never been to the spot, where I captured 

 them in the evening, since that time, which must be at least 

 twenty-five years ago. — Samuel Stevens ; Loanda, Beulah Hill, 

 Upper Norwood, December 7, 1881. 



Scarcity of Eupithecia larva. — During the last week in 

 September I went twice to Bishop's Wood, near Selby, in this 

 county, to work for larvae of Eupithecia alhipunctata and E. tri- 

 signata. I was much surprised to find none of either species. 

 In former years it was abundant, and I could take large numbers 

 in the same locality. I also went to two localities for E. centau- 



