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coast moth ? On August 28th a female Hepialus humuli emerged 

 in my breeding-cage. The larva had been feedmg about a month 

 before in the stem of the water-figwort [Scrophularia aquatica). 

 I saw one male of Colias edusa near Wivelsfield, Sussex, last 

 month. — G. E. Crallan; Fulbourn, near Cambridge, Sept. 8. 



LiPARis MONACHA AT TuNBRiDGE Wells. — I was Surprised to 

 find, a few days ago, a female specimen of this moth on the 

 cricket-ground on this common, as I have never heard of it being 

 taken about here before, and September is rather late for it to be 

 on the wing. The specimen was much worn. — G. H. K. Bone ; 

 3, Hungershall Park, Tunbridge Wells, Sept. 18, 1885. 



OcNERiA DisPAR IN WARWICKSHIRE. — I was mucli interested 

 at seeing in the September ' Entomologist ' (xviii. 243) the 

 account by the Rev. Gilbert H. Kaynor of the occurrence of this 

 moth at Maidenhead, as I was fortunate enough, whilst collecting 

 in Warwickshire about the middle of last May, to find twelve of 

 the larvse feeding on hawthorn in a hedgerow in the neighbour- 

 hood of Eugby. They were at the time of feeding very small 

 indeed, and at first I failed to recognise them. Out of the 

 twelve two died soon after I found them, and also another just 

 before they all spun up. This took place at the end of June, the 

 moths emerging at the end of the following month. Out of the 

 nine, four were females and five males ; and I succeeded in 

 obtaining over fifty eggs. — W. H. Blaber; Beckworth, Lindfield, 

 Sussex, September 4, 1885. 



[Is it not possible that these larvse are introduced from the 

 Continent with the immense number of " quick- set hedge" 

 (hawthorn) plants which are annually imported into this country 

 by the wholesale nurserymen ? — Ed. J 



Asthena blomeri. — Entomological books, so far as I know, 

 give this insect as single-brooded in the same month. I should 

 be glad to hear from any of your readers if they have ever known 

 a succession of emergences during the season. In the same 

 place, close by this house, I took a specimen on May 28th ; one, 

 June 6th; another, June 9tli ; a fourth, July 13th; and a fifth, 

 August 24th; all of them being fresh and perfect specimens. 

 Possibly the long dry summer may have had something to do 

 with this exceptional occurrence. — (Rev.) J. Seymour St. John ; 

 Whatley Rectory, Frome. 



