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Wisbech capture, perhaps he would favour your readers with 

 some details concerning it. I find, on reference, that Stainton 

 and Newman give no Cambridgeshire localities for the butterfl)' 

 in question.— Gilbert Henry Raynor ; Hereward Hall, Ely, 

 February 20, 1882. 



Hermaphrodite Lyc.ena Alexis. — During August last, a 

 friend who had been collecting for my brother gave him an 

 hermaphrodite specimen of Lyccena Alexis, which he had taken 

 near Sturton, in North Notts. — T. Gibes, jun. ; Bretby, Burton- 

 on-Trent, February 9, 1882. 



Larv.e of Smerinthus ocellatus. In August of last year 

 Mr. F. Purchas and I collected upwards of fifty of the larvae of 

 this moth from the apple-trees in our gardens, which nearly 

 adjoin. The amount of leaf pabulum devoured by them was 

 surprising, and had they been allowed to have remained on the 

 trees the}^ would have quickly stripped them of leaves. — Joseph 

 Anderson, jun. ; Chichester, March 15, 1882. 



Larv^ of Stauropus fagi feeding on Apple. — On the 12th 

 August, 1881, a caterpillar of Stauropus fagi about half-grown 

 was found b}'^ Mr. Purchas on an apple-tree in his garden. When 

 in captivity I gave it oak and apple, but it greatly preferred the 

 leaves of the latter. In due time it spun up, choosing, however, 

 two oak-leaves for the purpose of enclosing the pupa. I can see 

 that it safely passed into the pupa state, and hope that eventually 

 it will produce a fine imago. I may mention that one of the horns 

 was slightly deformed. Neither Stainton nor Newman mention 

 apple as a food plant; perhaps, therefore, it may be useful to 

 some collectors to know that the larva can be reared on this tree. 

 — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester. 



Nyssia hispidaria. — On February 25th I took a good series of 

 Nyssia hispidaria in Richmond Park, one specimen being a black 

 variety. I also saw Amphidasis prodromaria taken ; Phigalia 

 pilosaria being common. — J. A. Cooper: 32, Bingfield Street, 

 London, N., March 15, 1882. 



Early appearance of Brephos parthenias. — As an instance 

 of the effect the present extraordinarily mild weather is having 

 upon the emergence of insects, I may mention that I observed 

 B. parthenias flying in numbers over the tops of the birch-trees 



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