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M. Constant says it is sometimes abundant in autumn, and 

 then disappears for several years. I sent three or four larva) 

 to Mr. Buckler, and bred a few moths myself. The larva is 

 quite different to that of C. verbasci, being shorter and with 

 fewer markings. The moths appear the middle or end of 

 May, a month or six weeks later than C. verbasci. I send 

 for yoiu- acceptance a pair which M. Constant gave me. 

 You will see that this species is more like C. lychniiis than 

 C. verbasci. The larva of C verbasci often feeds upon 

 Scrophnlaria aqiiatica, but 1 believe Schropulariae only feeds 

 upon Scrophnlaria nodosa, which always grows in dry 

 places." — IV. H. Hdiivood. 



Eupitliecia LmiiB in Ireland. — Towards the end of 

 August 1 was staying with friends near Queenstown. 1 had 

 little or no opportunity of collecting, but one day I went out 

 for about half an hour and beat the flowers, growing at the 

 edge of the wood and between it and the sea, into an umbrella. 

 The flowers were Senecio Jacobaea, Angelica sylvestris. Soli- 

 dago virgaurea, and Eupatorinm cannabinum. On llie Senecio 

 the larva of Eupilhecia virganreata was common, n)uch more 

 so than E. absyntliiata, which occurred sparingly on this 

 plant and the Eupatorinm, together with E. pumilata, 

 E. coronata, and E. casligata; on the Angelica there were 

 plenty of small larvae of E. albipuncta. The buds of Clematis 

 flammula in the garden were much eaten by the larva of 

 E. isogrammata. During a short visit to Killarney I found 

 the larva of E. salyrata feeding upon the flowers of Scabiosa 

 snccisa in the wilder parts of the Gap of Dunloe. — \_Rev.'\ H. 

 Harpur Crewe ; October 4, 1876. 



Pyralis verlicidis in Westmoreland. — In August I took 

 this "pearl" at Witherslack ; and I saw a specimen captured 

 near here a short time ago. This is the first time 1 have 

 known of its occurrence so far north. My mind always 

 associated it with the neighbourhood of London : probably 

 the railways bring specimens amongst us. — ./. B. Hodgkinson ; 

 15, Spring Bank, Preston, September 11, 1876. 



Bees making Comb in a Hedge. — My neighbour Mr. Row- 

 land, of Crestow, has just communicated to me the following 

 singular circumstance. In the latter part of the month of June 

 he had a swarm of bees, which, instead of settling in the 

 immediate vicinity of the hive, flew away. As the svvarra 



