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A few clays ago I knocl<ed one dovvu with a stick, and, to 

 make sure that it feeds on the above tree, gave it some in a 

 box, which it ate readily. 1 placed the larva in a box, with 

 several others of the same genus, with sprigs of the privet, 

 but it preferred the willow. — A. B. Braine ; 47, Lndhroke 

 Grove, Noliing Hill, September 12, 1869. 



Agamic Reproduction of Sphinx Ligusiri. — About three 

 weeks ago I had some eggs from a bred female of Sphinx 

 Ligustri : she had no intercourse with a male, but the eggs 

 have all hatched. Is not this unusual? — Arthur P. Nix; 

 Truro. 



[Similar instances have been recoi-ded. See my Essay on 

 Physiological Characters, p. 12. — E. Newman.^ 



Pericallia Syringaria near Sheffield. — On July 24th I 

 captured a fine male specimen of Pericallia Syringaria in 

 Ecclesall Wood. On the same evening a female was captured 

 in the same wood by G. Saltfleek, a youth residing in Broom- 

 hall Street, Sheffield. I believe the insect has not been 

 taken in this neighbourhood before. — Wm. Layaock ; 36, 

 Randall Street, Highjield, Sheffield, August 24, 1869. 



Hyria auroraria in Surrey. — In the 'Field' of August 

 14th there is a notice of the capture of Hyria auroraria (the 

 golden-bordered purple) atEgham,in Surrey. — J. C. Wesley ; 

 Welherby, Yorkshire, August 24, 1869. 



Aplasia ononaria, 8^c., at Folkestone. — I had the pleasure 

 of capturing two female specimens of Aplasia ononaria at 

 Folkestone last July. Sesia chrysidiformis and S. ichneumon- 

 iformis occurred freely. Heliothis peltiger, H. marginatus, 

 Spilodes palealis, and Camptogramma fluviata also came to 

 my net. Choerocampa porcellus was unusually common this 

 year. Dicranura vinula was most abundant, iVom the egg to 

 the imago ; the pupae and the larvae, in various stages, were 

 all to be seen at the same time. Tortrices have been rather 

 scarce this season : Eupcecilia flaviciliana, E. notulana, Stig- 

 monota leplaslriana, Catoptria citrana, Cochylis dipoltana, 

 and Tinea subbaumanniana, are a few of the best I could 

 net : I allude to doings on the coast. — F. O. Standish ; 

 2, Alfred Cottages, Warner Road, Caniberwell, S.E., Sep- 

 tember, 1869. 



Camptogramma fluviata and Hoporina croceago. — I have 

 bred a goodly number of each— the former from the egg, 



