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the gentleman and a friend were residing, at 9 a.m.: the 

 latter put his hat upon it, and impaled it with a piece of hair- 

 pin, and in that state brought it to my brother to have it 

 killed. A lad (the son of a lisherman), on seeing the moth, 

 said, "Two just such moths flew into our boat when off at 

 sea," one of which he put into his pocket (from which it 

 escaped), and the other he caught and took home, when his 

 father obliged him to let it go. — James Dutton ; 2, Theresa 

 Place, Hammer smltJi, October, 1868. 



C/iesias spartiaia. — I have just bred a large and perfect 

 specimen of this insect from a larva collected at Shirley in 

 June, 1867. I am aware that some of the Pseudo-Bombyces 

 and many of the Noctuse remain in pupae for nearly two 

 years, but I do not remember to have seen it recorded that 

 any of the Geometrae remain for a like period. 1 have col- 

 lected no broom-feeding larvae this year, so there is no doubt 

 about the matter. — TV. Machin ; 6, Henri/s Terrace, Carlton 

 Square, Mile End. 



Epunda lutulenta at Gravesend. — I have taken both male 

 and female specimens of Epunda lutulenta at ivy-blossom 

 during the third week of September; all, however, were more 

 or less wasted. — {Rev.) P. H. Jennings ; Longjield Rectory, 

 Gravesend, October 19, 1868. 



Phibalapteryx lignata at Deal. — I have been fortunate in 

 taking P. lignata at Deal, the first time it has occurred in 

 this neighbourhood. — H. J. Harding ; 131, Lower Street, 

 Beat. 



Sericoris Euphorbiana bred. — While collecting at Folk- 

 stone, in company with Messrs. Holyday and Purdy (the 

 latter of that town), to whose kindness 1 am indebted for 

 taking me to the locality for Euphorbiana, Mr. Holyday 

 drew my attention to a Torlrix larva in Euphorbia amygda- 

 loides, which I at once pronounced to be S. Euphorbiana, 

 and commenced filling a tin box with the tops of the plant, 

 each of my companions following suit : hence Mr. Purdy 

 bred the species. The larva is easily detected in Euphorbia 

 amygdaloides by the central leaves being spun together : it 

 feeds internally in the stem for about an inch or so, and 

 when collected the tops of the plant should be picked off a 

 sufficient length, or the larva may be left behind.— F. O. 

 Staitdish ; 2, Alfred Cottages, Warner Road, Camberircll. 



