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rushed forth with ardour, and made a regular raid upon the 

 wasps. In the course of a month the number of wasps killed 

 was 2568, for which, at one penny each, the sum of ^10 14.9. 

 has been paid by the squire. The children of one family 

 destroyed 469, and those of another 364. The lowest number 

 in the wasp "account" was 14. — ^Evening Standard^ Jane 

 1, 1868. 



Lepidopiera bred, with some Dates, Localities and Food- 

 plants. — Since my last communication (Entom. iv. 126) I 

 have bred the following species : — 



Z. Trifolii. I have bred a series of large and beautiful 

 specimens from larvae kindly sent me by Mr. Buckler. They 

 fed very freely upon knot-grass. 



N. dicta^oides. Bred from larvae beaten from birch trees 

 on Mickleham Downs. 



C. diluta. Several, bred from larvae found on oak in May. 



X. semibrunnea. Bred from larvae found on willow in 

 Hackney Marshes, and on ash at Croydon, in July. 



C. psitticaria. Twelve specimens, bred from larvae beaten 

 from oak at the end of July. 



Apamea unanimis. 1 observe in your beautiful work on 

 ' British Moths' that you give July as the time of appearance 

 of this species. On referring to ray diary I find I bred A. 

 unanimis at the end of May or beginning of June for several 

 years in succession ; the greatest number in any one year 

 was twenty-two. I first Ibund the larvae on grass while pupa- 

 digging in April, on Hackney Marshes, at the roots of wil- 

 lows, and afterwards the pupae spun up under the loose bark 

 on the same trees. 



E. palumbaria. I can fully confirm the remarks of your 

 correspondent Mr. E. L. Ragonot (at p. 135), as to the food- 

 plant of this species, having myself often found the larvae on 

 the furze on Dartford Heath (and afterwards bred the insects), 

 when searching for that then rarity Aleucis pictaria. 



Errata: at p. 127, line 6, the full stop should have been 

 placed after the word "brood ;" and at p. 128 the last word 

 of line 24 should have been " three" instead of " these." — 

 IV. Machin ; 6, Henrifs Terrace, Carlton Square, Mile End, 



Arctia caja, variety. — Mr. Eaton has bred a splendid 

 variety of Arctia caja. The legs, head and antennae are like 

 the normal type ; the superior wings are dark chocolate- 



