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follows: — One specimen previous to 1864, three in 1872, and 

 one in 1874. I have only occasionally seen it in local 

 cabinets. — Sydney Webb ; Redstone Manor House, Redhilly 

 Surrey. 



Ennomos alniaria. — My friend the Rev. E. Austen, who 

 lives a few miles from Dover, presented me last week with 

 two specimens of Ennomos alniaria, which he reared from 

 larvae by beating. The food-plant was oak, birch, or willow ; 

 most probably one of the two former. The caterpillars spun 

 up between leaves ; the moths appeared about the 20th of 

 September. This being his second season of larvae rearing, 

 he had no idea of the extreme rarity of his captures until the 

 moths appeared. — W. TV. Blest; Broomscroft, Watering- 

 bury, Kent, November 7, 1876. 



Dasycampa rubiginea at Hatvley. — I have had the good 

 fortune to take two specimens of Dasycampa rubiginea at 

 ivy this season ; one on the 12lh October, and the second on 

 the 13th. Both specimens are in perfect condition. — H. 

 Jones ; Hawley, Farnborough Station, October 20, 1876. 



Catocala Fraxini. — My friend Mr. W. Shaw, of Ayton, 

 Berwickshire, took a rather wasted specimen of this rare 

 species at Netherbyres, in the same county, on the 9lh 

 September, 1876. He has kindly added the insect to my 

 collection. — W. Prest : York, November 1, 1876. 



Pionea margaritalis. — Last July a specimen of what I then 

 thought was a variety of P. forficalis was caught in my garden 

 at Mile End. However, upon comparing it with the P. mar- 

 garitalis in the Doubleday collection, I find it is undoubtedly 

 this latter species. — Z>. Pratt ; 398, Mile End Road, Lon- 

 don, E., November, 1876. 



Spilodes pa/eaZes. — It may interest the readers of the 

 'Entomologist' to know that my friend Mr. Whitewick, of 

 Bootle, captured a fine female specimen of S. palealis on the 

 12th of August, while beating for Agrotis praecox on the 

 banks of the River Mersey. This is, I believe, the first 

 instance of its capture near here. — Thos. J. Roxburgh; 

 120, Harlow Street, Park Road, Liverpool, Nov. 20, 1876. 



Botys verticalis. — Mr. Hodgkinson seems surprised to find 

 (Entom.ix. 260) Botys verticalis as far north as Witherslack. 

 Its range is much further north, as it is reported to me by 

 Dr. Trail from Aberdeen, and I myself have seen it at 



