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paper. Now, may not these be the progeny of the females 

 that have partaken too freely of the bottle (cyanide), and 

 their constitution been impaired, or are they going to hyber- 

 nate .'' as I am told is their habit. — G. Hag gar ; Folkestone. 



Leucania alhipnncln ol West Wickhdin. — While sugaring 

 at West Wicliham Wood, on the 24th of Augnst last, 1 had 

 the good fortune to take a specimen of Leucania albipuncta; 

 and, as I believe it has never been taken in that locality 

 before, my capture may be worth recording. — C. Channon ; 

 Woodlands, Letvisham, September 22, 1875, 



Leucania albipuncta at St. Leonard' s-on-Sea. — 1 had the 

 good fortune to take a specimen of Leucania albipuncta, at 

 sugar here, on the 20th of August. It is in fair condition. — 

 Jolin T. Sarll ; Beauvoir House, Hollington Park, St. 

 Leonard's-on-Sea, Augnst 31, 1875, 



Whereabouts of the Specimen of Leucania nnipuncta. — 

 As it is desirable that the whereabouts of a British specimen of 

 Leucania unipuncta should be known to entomologists, I beg 

 to inform them that the specimen taken by me in the New 

 Forest, last March, is now in the cabinet of my friend Mr, J, 

 Ross, of Bathampton, near Bath, — E. C. Parker; Hamp- 

 stead, August 19, 1875. 



Acronycta Alni near Nottingham. — I had the good 

 fortune to obtain, on August 18th, two larvae of Acronycta 

 Alni, feeding on a plum-tree in our garden here at Ruddington 

 (four miles from Nottingham). Another collector also took 

 one near here about three years ago, and was successful in 

 producing the imago. I am afraid I shall not have the same 

 luck, as mine are not eating at all yet, and seem very uneasy 

 in the cage. — S. Birkin ; Ruddington Grange, Nottingham, 

 August 19, 1875. 



Acronycta Alni at Chatteris. — I have great pleasure in 

 recording the capture of a single larva of Acronycta Alni 

 here on the 18th of August. It was taken on a wooden bench 

 under a walnut-tree, which was three or four yards from a 

 row of lime-trees, in the middle of the day. The larva had 

 only three or four bristles on it, and refused to eat any food 

 I gave it, but entered a hollow bean-stalk provided for it on 

 the 20lh, This is, I believe, the first occurrence of A, Alni 

 in this neighbourhood. — A. Harold Ruston ; Aylesby House, 

 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, August 21, 1875, 



Cirrhoedia xerampelina at Grantham. — During the night 



