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Abnormal APrEARANCE of Nola centonalis, — During the 

 month of October, 1881, I bred a beautiful and varied series of 

 Nola centonalis, and after trying several pairs at length succeeded 

 in getting a very small batch of fertile eggs. I hardly expected to 

 rear them at that abnormal season. The clover flowers were over, 

 so on hatching I gave the larvae the leaves of Medicago lujmlina, 

 on which they fed up pretty freely, and five of them spun up by 

 December 1 6th, 1881. The first imago appeared to-day, January 

 23rd, 1882. The remainder of the brood I purposely checked by 

 placing them in the out-door breeding house. — W. H. Tugwell ; 

 Greenwich, January 23, 1882. 



Hyria auroraria bred.— During August last a friend very 

 kindly sent me a worn female of the above species, with five eggs 

 deposited in the box. In due course these eggs hatched; the 

 young larv£e fed well upon knotgrass, and after a short time three 

 of them showed signs of changing into the pupa state. This they 

 did, and at the latter part of October I was pleased to see three 

 images emerge of this beautiful insect. Is it not rather unusual 

 for a double-brood of this species? — J. E. Wellman ; 219, Elm 

 Park, Brixton Rise, S.W., November 16, 1881. 



Phigalia pilosaria. — On the evening of January 1 5th I cap- 

 tured a fine male specimen of Phigalia j^Hosaria in a most unlikely 

 place. I found the insect on the hedge in Haxby Road, but a few 

 yards from where I live ; and it seems remarkable how it came 

 to be there, as I know of no oak trees, where the larva would have 

 fed, within a mile or more of where I took it. The very early 

 appearance this year of P. inlosaria is interesting, as the first I 

 saw last year was on March 20th. — Samuel Walker ; 8, Neville 

 Street, Haxby Road, York, January 17, 1882. 



EuPiTHECLA helveticaria. — I recently received some pupae of 

 E. helveticaria from larv£e collected on the Pentland Hills. From 

 them, although kept in a cold room, I found one emerged on 

 Christmas Day, and another to-day. Several other pupae have 

 changed colour, so that I expect others out in a short time. I 

 have not had the species for some twenty years, when they came 

 out of pupae at intervals, from December 23rd to April 7th. 

 These were also in a cold, earthenware jar. — E. G. Meek ; 56, 

 Brompton Road, S.W., January 5, 1882- 



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