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reasonable to connect the retarded emergence of certain speci- 

 mens rather with some internal or organic peculiarity of the 

 individuals than surrounding influences ? — W. M'Rae ; West- 

 bourne House, Bournemouth, May 19, 1882. 



Angerona prunaria. — I am breeding Angerona prunaria. 

 The first moth appeared on May 9th, which I think is an excep- 

 tionally early date. — Thomas Huckett ; 200, New North Road, 

 Islington, May 22. 



Occurrence of Tephrosia consortaria in London. — I took 

 a fine male specimen of Teijhrosia consortaria in Bedford Square, 

 Bloomsbury, on May 20th. It was at rest on one of the large 

 sycamore trees, of which there are several fine examples in the 

 Square. — Id. 



Stauropus fagi and Notodonta trepida. — Last Saturday 

 I took a fine male Staurojms fagi from a beech tree at Black 

 Park ; and I have recently bred Notodonta trepida from a larva 

 beaten at Abbott's Wood last August. — L. F. Hill ; 4, Craven 

 Terrace, Ealing, W., May 14, 1882. 



Stauropus fagi. — My Stauropus fagi larva, which I men- 

 tioned last month as having been found and fed upon apple last 

 autumn, produced, I am pleased to say, a fine male on 24th inst. 

 — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester, April 26, 1882. 



Notodonta trepida. — I have had the pleasure of rearing a 

 fine series of Notodonta trepida, from larvae taken last season in 

 Epping Forest.— D. Pratt; 398, Mile End Road, London, E., 

 May 15, 1882. 



AcRONYCTA ALNi IN NoRFOLK. — In July last I found here 

 a larva which answered exactly to the description of Acronycta 

 alni. I observed it had a peculiar smell about it, and in 

 the cage it assumed the characteristic bent form of A. alni. — 

 R. A. Slipper ; The Vicarage, Tuttington, April 6, 1882. 



AcRONYCTA alni. — On July 24th, 1881, I started with the 

 hope of a good day's collecting to Sevenoaks ; but as soon as I 

 reached my collecting ground there came on a storm of rain, 

 which lasted quite an hour. When the sun came out and had 

 nearly dried the trees, a second storm came, which caused me 

 to consider when the next train would convey me back to 

 London ; but the sun shone out again, and I decided to have a 



