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brown ; hind wings black, edged with orange-brown, but the 

 black spots are just visible; under side orange-brown. — 

 Garrett Garrett ; 17'2, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich. 



Ahundance of the Larva of Bomhyx Ruhi at Cottingham. 

 — The larva of this insect is unusually common this year : I 

 took in less than two hours upwards of a hundred feeding on 

 the railway-bank close to Cottingham Station. — Henry Wil- 

 kinson ; LondshoroiigJi Street, Hull, September 18, 1868. 



Catocala Fraxini at Eastbourne. — A very good specimen 

 of Catocala Fraxini has just been taken at Eastbourne. 



Catocala Fraxini at Brighton. — Mr. Bond has a speci- 

 men of Catocala Fraxini which flew on to a window at the 

 ' Albion Hotel' at Brighton in August. 



Catocala Fraxini near Aldebicrgh. — ■ Two specimens of 

 Catocala Fraxini have occurred here this summer — one on 

 August 14th, captured by a friend near the Low Lighthouse ; 

 the second I caught at sugar this day. They are both most 

 splendid specimens. — N. Femvick Hele; August 21. — ^Field.^ 



Catocala sponsa at Deal. — Sugaring on an apple tree, I 

 was surprised to see a fine specimen of Catocala sponsa, the 

 first, 1 think, that was ever taken at Deal. By its splendid 

 condition it could not have come far. There is no oak near. 

 — H. J. Harding. 



Agrotera nenwraUs.- — Mr. E. N. Bloorafield, in the 'Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine,' records the capture of a spe- 

 cimen of Agrotera nemoralis on the 11th of June, 



Tryph<Bna, interjecta at Wallasey. — On the 19th of July, 

 when sugaring at Wallasey, I took a nice specimen of T, 

 interjecta. This insect is of rare occurrence in this district, 

 William Sello ; Liverpool, September 18, 1868. 



Xanlhia gilvago near Liverpool. — On the 12th instant, in 

 Eastham Wood, I took a fine specimen of Xanthia gilvago at 

 sugar, — a species hitherto unrecorded as occurring in this 

 district. — Id. 



Oak-galls and Acorns on the same tree. — I find that oak- 

 galls and acorns are to be found on the same tree, and if you 

 wish it I will send you a small piece with both on it. I have 

 seen it on several trees. — G. C. Bignell ; 8, Clarence Place, 

 Stonehouse. 



Panorpa communis. — In Blackstock Lane, Highbury, I 

 met with a few of these insects : they are very partial to 



