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donta dromedanus clouble-biooded ?" followed by a notice 

 that the larva was found on the 17lh of July, and the perfect 

 insect emerged on August 16tli. The description in 'British 

 Moths' says that " the moth appears in June," and the cater- 

 pillar " is full-fed about the 20th of September." I am strongly 

 incliued to think there is a brood between these dates. I 

 took eighteen larvae on alder and birch in the course of last 

 month. Many of them had unfortunately been stung. One 

 spun up on the 2-2nd of July, and the perfect insect appeared 

 on the 5th of August ; the rest have disappeared since ihe 

 1st instant, and will in all probability emerge in about ten 

 days. I found the larvae to feed freely on hazel as well as 

 on alder and birch. — {Rev.) P. H. Jennings ; Longjield Rec- 

 tory, Gravesend, August 8, 1868. 



Orthosia suspecta near Mancli ester. — I have taken in this 

 neighbourhood, pretty freely at sugar, Orthosia suspecta, 

 during this month. — J. Thorpe; Middleton, near Manchester. 



Euholia palumbaria. — I read the other day your inte- 

 resting life-history of E. palumbaria (page 74) ; but with 

 reference to the food-plant of the larva I would remark that 

 it is here invariably gorse, as on Bidston Hill, where this 

 insect abounds, little or no broom is found. Though this is 

 such a forward season, I found some larvas not full-fed even 

 as late as the 14th of May. About that time I noticed that 

 some were spinning their cocoons among the spines of the 

 gorse, close to the main stem. These cocoons did not strike 

 me as being very compact ; on the contrary, they appeared 

 very slight, just sufficiently strong to prevent the pupae from 

 falling out. The first of my palumbaria emerged on the 4th 

 of June; I had, however, already taken a specimen on the 

 18th of May ; but they were most abundant, and still in good 

 condition, about the middle of June. The larvae were most 

 plentiful at the end of April, but they were not full-fed. At 

 the same time I found commonly on heath the larvos of G. 

 obscurata, porphyrea and Myrtilli, and on grass, &c., larvae 

 of Janira, orbona, &c. When touched I noticed that the 

 larvae of palumbaria always looses its hold and falls to the 

 ground, without curling its body, so that unless something 

 can be placed under them there is little chance of getting 

 any. — E. L. Ragonol ; British Literary Union, 130, Conway 

 Street, Birkenhead, August 11, 18G8. 



