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colour and carried across all the white spaces ; but unfortunately 

 not being at home at the time, it had been flying about and wore 

 away the edges of the wings, or else it would have been a very 

 fine variety. I have bred among my Arctia menthastri one speci- 

 men having the ground colour of a distinct yellowish cream- 

 colour, exactly the same tint as the blotches in C. villica, and 

 another specimen almost as spotless as A. urticce. — H. Sharp; 

 37, Union Street, Portland Place, London. 



Lepidoptera near York. — In the beginning of last August 

 I had the good fortune to receive from a friend a nearly full-fed 

 larva of Acronycta alni. It was found feeding on a low crab-tree, 

 and fed for a few days longer. I had supplied it with a piece of 

 decayed wood, which it readily made use of for the purpose of 

 cocooning in. I anxiously await its appearance during the coming 

 season. I am glad to record the capture of Laverna ochraceella 

 in this locality. I found one specimen in 1880, and two in 1881, 

 amongst Epilobium hirsutum, in the evening, seated on the leaves. 

 — T. Wilson; Holgate, York, April, 1882. 



Lepidoptera near Northampton. — Two specimens of Sphinx 

 convolvuli were taken by a local collector in a garden on the same 

 evening, while two more were obtained about the same time — the 

 first week in September last — but in a different neighbourhood. 

 Among the Rhopalocera, Apatura Iris, Nemeobius Lucina, and 

 Thanaos Images deserve notice. Other species, obtained chiefly by 

 entomological members of our Natural History Society, were 

 Macroglossa fuciformis and Sesia apiformis ; whilst Bomhyx 

 quercus, strange to sa)^ is hardly ever obtained in this neighbour- 

 hood, though it can be obtained in plenty in one direction, about 

 nine miles off. Notodonta chaonia is rare, as also is A^. dictcea. 

 A single specimen of Acronycta alni was obtained. Other species 

 are Acronycta auricoma, Leucania impura, Hydroecia nictitans, 

 Mamestra ahjecta, Noctua umbrosa, Orthosia macilenta, Cirrhoedia 

 xerampelina, Dicyla oo, Aplecta herbida, A. occulta, and ^. advena; 

 also a single specimen of Plusia iota. Ennomos tiliaria was 

 rather plentiful. Phorodesma bajiduria, and a poor specimen 

 last December of Larentia midtistrigaria ; Chcssias spartiata, 

 Scotosia vetidata, Argyresthia Brochella, Crambus cerusellus, and 

 a fine specimen of Galleria millonella ; other good insects have 

 also been taken. One specimen of Heliophobus hispida was 



