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this species, and of Nola albulalis, on tlie spot we had taken 

 the images last July, but were quite baffled, so far as that 

 latter species is concerned. Mr. Daltry soon detected that 

 of P. rhododactylus, feeding just beneath the leaf overlapping 

 the rose-bud, and eating into the bud from the side. Almost 

 as many, too, were found in similar positions at the ends of 

 the young rose-shoots. — Geo. T. Porritt ; Huddersjield, 

 July 3, 1875. 



Capture of Epliippiphora ravulana. — I am pleased in 

 being able to report the capture of E. ravulana, a species that 

 I believe has not been taken since 1868, although diligently 

 searched for. Two years ago Mr. E. G. Meek pointed out to 

 me the spot where he had taken his specimens, and, like a 

 modern entomological sceptic, I had begun to doubt the 

 species, when this year the insect again appeared. I captured 

 my specimen within ten yards of the old locality. Strangely 

 enough I took it on the wing. — Sydney Webh ; Redstone 

 Manor House, Redhill, July 8, 1875. 



[Please say when and where. Date and locality seem to 

 me the very pith and essence of these records, — E. Newman.'] 



Catoptria Aspidiscana and DicrorampJia Tanacetana at 

 Grange. — On Whit-Saturday I went to Grange to look for 

 Catoptria Aspidiscana. The day was a bitter cold one with 

 a very strong wind, with occasional gleams of sunshine, and 

 then it was very hot in sheltered corners. I spent about six 

 hours, although a little rheumatic, hobbling over the rough 

 limestone, and managed to make a great catch, viz., thirty 

 specimens, quite as many as for the previous seven years; 

 the high wind had blown them all together; but 1 have had 

 to pay the penalty ever since, being unfit to go awaj-. 

 Through the sudden changes and excessive walking I had to 

 give all up and come home; could not move a limb with 

 rheumatism. As soon as I was able to walk out a little I 

 made my way to some gardens last week, and found a small 

 bed of tansy, and most unexpectedly turned up Dicrorampha 

 Tanacetana, a species that I never could get, only some half 

 dozen from my late friend D'Orville. During my forty years' 

 collecting 1 have had specimens sent to me of D. Herbosana 

 as this species by well-up entomologists, but they are totally 

 distinct. Now I have taken a splendid series of both sexes: 

 the females are very bad to find; they will hardly fly under 



