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breeding-cage, in which I had reared a brood of larvae derived from ova 

 deposited by a female early last June. The last individual of this brood 

 pupated only about a fortnight ago. Yesterday a specimen of the var. 

 zatima emerged in the same cage as that last referred to. — Richard 

 South; 96, Drakefield Road, Upper Tooting, S.W., Aug. 21st, 1899. 



Cosmia pyralina near Maldon. — I had the pleasure of taking a very 

 fine example of this rare and local species at sugar on a balsam-poplar in 

 my garden here, on July 14th last. Continuous sugaring ever since has 

 not produced another specimen. In 1885 I beat a larva of this species 

 from elm near Brentwood, the imago resultiug from which, ou July 10th 

 of the same year, I still possess. I fancy there are very few bred C. pyra- 

 lina in existence. The only other time and place I have found this 

 species, during my thirty years' collecting, was at Monk's Wood, Hunts, 

 where, in the early part of August, 1875, my friend Mr. Nelson M. 

 Richardson and myself took twelve or fifteen specimens at sugar. As they 

 were not in the finest conditiou, I conclude that the species generally 

 emerges about the middle of July. — (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor; Hazeleigh 

 Rectory, Maldon, Essex, Aug. 16th, 1899. 



Agrotis ashworthii, Acidalia Contiguaria, &c, in North Wales. 

 — During the third week in July I took a few nice Acidalia contiguaria 

 near Penmaenraawr, and have now larvae feeding from eggs deposited. 

 Within five or six inches, too, of a couple of contiguaria, I found a small 

 batch of eggs of Agrotis ashworthii, from which the larvae have also hatched 

 out, and appear to be doing well. No other species of rarity were observed. 

 Agrotis lucernea was not uncommon, flying wildly about stone-heaps on the 

 mouutain sides, but, from the nature of the ground, very difficult to catch. 

 Dark Melanippe galiata and Gnophos obscurata were common, with 

 Larentia ccesiata, Cidaria populata, Pseudoterpna cytisaria, &c. Acidalia 

 promutata occurred on the lower rocks. — Geo. T. Porritt ; Crosland Hall, 

 Huddersfield, Aug. 4th, 1899. 



AcRONYCTA MEQACEPHALA LARV^ ABUNDANT. — During the pa8t four 



weeks I have seen one or more larvae of A. megacephala, almost each day, 

 on the trunks of poplar-trees here and there iu the vicinity of King's 

 Road, Chelsea. On Aug. 2nd, however, I was surprised to notice that 

 almost every poplar that I passed, in walking from Battersea Bridge to 

 Fulham Road, had two or three of these larvae resting on the trunk ; in 

 one case I counted ten between the base of the lowest branch and the root 

 of one tree. I should also mention that larvae of A. aceris are more than 

 usually common this vear in the same district. — Richard South ; 

 96, Drakefield Road, Up'per Tooting, S.W., Aug. 15th, 1899. 



EUCOSMIA UNDULATA AND DlPTERYGIA SCABRIUSCULA (PINASTRl) IN 



London. — I was surprised to net a specimen of E. undulata in my garden 

 last July ; also to take, at sugar, Dipterygia scabriuscida amongst the 

 common London insects. — J. A. Finzi ; 53, Hamilton Terrace, N.W. 



Amphidasys betularia var. doubledayaria in the London District. 

 — I took a specimen of A. betularia var. doubledayaria in a garden at 

 Dulwich on June 17th last. Unfortunately it had been trodden upon, but 

 the thorax and the wings on the left side were intact. — A. R. Kidner ; 

 139, Rosendale Road, West Dulwich, S.E. 



Stauropus fagi at Watford and Ealing. — On July 6th a fine fresh 

 male specimen of this species flew into my dressing-room, attracted by the 



