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The last-named species seems to be less common than it was some six or' 

 seven years ago at Oxshott. Being well among the pines, Biipalus 

 piniaria was seen in numbers, with an occasional Eupithecia indhjala. I 

 made a long search for larvae or pupae of Tortrix piceana, but could not tind 

 the species in any stage, though judging from the number of twigs that 

 had been cut from the smaller trees it appeared that some one had had 

 better luck than myself. The extermination of this species in the Oxshott 

 district by the avaricious collector is hardly probable, otherwise I might 

 regret that I did not keep to myself what I know of it in its earlier stages. 

 Several other insects than those referred to were seen, but the only ones 

 worth mentioning were a specimen of Bomhy.v rubi ; some Retinla jniil- 

 vorana which were seen flying round the pines just before dusk; and three 

 or four specimens of Endopisa nir^rlcana that were netted in one sweep of 

 the net. This last capture was rather curious; I noticed a Tortrix fly to 

 and settle on the end of a branch of birch ; the net was quickly after it, 

 and when I came to examine what kind of bcastie I had captured, I found 

 several moths trying to regain their liberty. Four of these were boxed, 

 and they all turned out to be E. nhjrkana, three males and one female. No 

 doubt those that escaped were males of the same species, and it is most 

 probable that all were attracted by the female. — Hichakd South ; 

 100, Ritherdon Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 



Sesia culiciformis in Cheshire. — On a visit of a few days last week 

 to Delamere Forest, I had the pleasure of taking two fine specimens 

 ot S. culiciformis, on birch-leaves, basking in the sunshine. As I under- 

 stand this insect has not before been taken in the forest, nor indeed in the 

 county of Chester. — Cmas. F. Thornewill. 



Amphidasts betularia var. doubledayaria in the London Dis- 

 trict. — On May 23rd I picked up a specimen of A. betularia var. double- 

 dayaria in this neighbourhood. It is the first I have ever met with in the 

 London district, although I have bred the type in large numbers. — A. W. 

 Mera; 79, Capel Road, Forest Gate, May 24th, 1897. 



Larvae of Bo:«byx neustria have been and are still quite abundant in 

 this locality this season. On May 17th I noticed as many as nine separate 

 colonies in a distance of forty yards on blackthorn bushes, and last week as 

 many feeding on sallow and osier. In other places, where the broods have 

 separated, larvae nearly full grown may often be seen. With regard to the 

 present season, Lepidoptera here arc fully two weeks later in their emer- 

 gence compared with last year. — T. B. Jefferys ; Laugharne, Carmarthen- 

 shire, June 14th, 1897. 



Leucophasia siNAPis, L., IN Co. Waterford, &c. — I am happy to 

 say that this generally local and scarce butterfly has occurred not uncom- 

 monly at Curraghmore, near Portlaw, during the present season. I visited 

 this locality on three occasions, and met with the butterfly on each; it was 

 especially abundant on my last visit there, the 5lh inst., and I took over a 

 dozen specimens in fine condition, principally in a bit of marshy ground 

 bordered by trees. 1 also had the pleasure of taking a single specimen of 

 the " wood white," in an open space in a fir-wood situated on the slope of a 

 low hill facing a boggy tract of land near Mileport in the Co. Kilkenny. 

 I believe the Co. Kilkenny has not hitherto been recorded as a habitat for 

 this local butterfly. — L. H. Bonaparte-Wyse; Waterford, June 2l6t, 1897. 



