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Captures at Bury St. Edmunds. — I have taken this year, 

 at Bury St. Edmunds, eight specimens of Agrophila sul- 

 pburalis, sixteen of Spilodes sticticalis, and about fifty larva; 

 of Lilhostege grisearia. — [Rev.) A. H. Wratislaw ; School 

 House, Bury St. Edmunds. 



Agrophila sulphuralis, Acidalia ruhricata, Sfc, at Milden- 

 hall. — I have spent nine days at the 'Anchor' inn, Tydden- 

 hani, Mildenhall, during which I have searched dihgently for 

 local insects, though without sugaring. The result has been 

 36 A. sulphuralis, 45 A. rubricata, and several moths that I 

 do not know. S. sticticalis I scarcely took the trouble to 

 catch, having previously taken sixteen at Icklingham. A. 

 rubricata was a very peculiar insect to take. I walked the 

 same field — a rye-grass field — several times over in the day- 

 time and towards evening, with but poor success, when sud- 

 denly, about half an hour before sunset, quite a number 

 appeared on the wing, and I increased my take from about 

 four or five to fifteen or twenty. Did I mention that I have 

 a larva of Acronycta Alni taken at Culford ? P. S. — I told 

 mine host of the 'Anchor' the localities, so any one wishing 

 to follow ray example, at a subsequent time, can get the 

 proper information. — Id. 



White Butterflies. — Passing along the highroad near 

 Arundel last week, I was agreeably surprised to see quite a 

 swarm of our common white butterflies all congregated in a 

 small spot ; about twenty of them were settled on a damp 

 place about six inches square, and about thirty more flying 

 round and trying to get to that enviable place. It reminded 

 me of what Mr. Bates and other travellers have recorded of 

 having seen in the tropics. This extraordinary hot season 

 has brought them out in prodigious numbers in most parts of 

 the South of England, and I should like to know if any other 

 entomologists have observed the same phenomenon. — Sa)iiuel 

 Stevens ; 28, King Street, Cocent Garden. 



Mortality among Larvce. — In April, Dr. Wallace sent me 

 some eggs of the Japanese Bombyx, which hatched, and the 

 larvae appeared perfectly healthy until last week, when they 

 all died like yours : I kept some out-of-doors and some in- 

 doors, but they all died about the same time. All the larvae 

 of Bombyx Quercus, reared from the eggs which you sent 

 me two years ago, lived through the winter very well, and fed 



