THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 459 
of September I found two Bombyx Rubi caterpillars, and on 
the 28rd another. I should imagine that they were very 
nearly full grown; and I fed them on bramble up till about 
the 19th of October, when they one by one began to disap- 
pear. To-day, on digging in the earth of my breeding-cage, 
I came upon them all three, about half an inch under the 
surface, curled up in a ring, and apparently quite alive and 
well. I shall be véry glad if you will tell me, through the 
means of the ‘ Entomologist,” if it 1s usual for this species 
of caterpillar to hybernate, as, from your book, I understand 
that they generally spin a large cocoon in the leaves of their 
food-plant, and remain there till the following June.— Byron 
Noel; East Budleigh, Budleigh Salterton, South Devon, 
October 29, 1871. 
Thera firmata in October.—I have lately captured three 
specimens of Thera firmata, on October 23rd, 27th, and 
November 15th respectively. Your work on ‘ British Moths’ 
mentions July as the time that the moth appears.—4A. F. 
Buxton ; Rugby, November 22, 1871. 
Two Larve in One Cocoon.—I have bred a great quantity 
of E. Lanestris this year, and have found three or four 
instances of two Jarve using the same cocoon. I opened one 
and found that it had no partition of any kind inside. I just 
mention this thinking it may interest you.—[Rev.] A. C. 
Hervey; Colmer Rectory, Alton, Octuber 26, 1871. 
Eremobia ochroleuca near Weymouth.—On the 9th of 
September last I captured a specimen of Eremobia ochro- 
leuca on the Downs, near Weymouth, Dorset. This is not 
one of the few localities mentioned in your work on ‘ British 
Moths.’—A. F. Buxton; Rugby School, November 4, 1871. 
Aplasta ononaria at Folkestone——I\ had the pleasure of 
taking Aplasta ononaria (a fine female) here, on Monday 
last.— William Purdey; 15, Grove Terrace, Folkestone, 
June 23, 1871.—E. M. M., September, 1871. 
Lepidoptera in Ayrshire.—\ may mention as I am writing 
that I captured a fine specimen of Plusia Festuce, on the 
night of the 30th June. Is not this an unusually early 
appearance? I also took Thyatira Batis in the last week of 
May; and the insect was very plentiful here in June. 
Festuce was flying over the raspberry bushes when I 
captured it.—Henry Anderson; Cloncaird Castle, Maybole, 
Ayrshire, August 7, 1871. 
