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decided till some naturalist, residing near a locality where both 
reputed species exist, investigates their life-history exhaustively. 
—W. F. ve V. Kane; Sloperton Lodge, Kingstown, Co. Dublin, 
July, 1886. 
Tue Trepurosta Discussron.—With reference to the Tephrosia 
controversy, on April 12th of this season a brother entomologist, 
whilst with me, captured a small example, the ground colour 
being white, and the transverse lines dark and very distinct. The 
only difference that can be seen here between tie early forms and 
the late ones of May and June is in the ground colour; the late 
examples being uniformly white, and not different shades of 
colour; the transverse lines, however, are exactly the same both 
in number and form. This season some of the early examples 
had not ceased to exist before the later ones put in an 
appearance.—T. B. Jerrerys; Clevedon, July 7, 1886. 
LopopHorRaA vireETATA.—I should lke to add my testimony to 
that of Mr. Thornewill as to this pretty Geometer occurring in 
localities where no privet or sycamore is found (Entom. 174). In 
natural forest land, with holly and hazel underwood, [ have taken 
it, namely, at Tore Mountain, Killarney, at a wood belonging to 
Colonel Cooper, of Markree Castle, Co. Sligo, and at one in 
Tyrone. My experience has been, however, that it settles chiefly 
on the stems of Scotch fir, when they exist in the locality.— 
W. F. ve V. Kane; Kingstown, Co. Dublin, July, 1886. 
PHORODESMA SMARAGDARIA IN Essex. — I have succeeded in 
bringing through a splendid series of P. smaragdaria, the larva 
of which I found on the Essex coast last autumn. — H. Jonson; 
8, Clarendon Road, Walthamstow, July 21, 1886. 
PHORODESMA SMARAGDARIA IN Eissex.—F rom larve I collected 
on the Essex salt-marshes last autumn, I am now breeding a fine 
series of P. smaragdaria. The species appears to be well dis- 
tributed along the Essex side of the mouth of the Thames.—J. A. 
Cooper; 1, Sussex Villas, Harrow Road, Leytonstone, Essex. 
DESCRIPTION OF THR LARVA OF HomamosoMA SENECIONIS.—On 
the 29th of August last I received a supply of larvee of Homeéo- 
soma senecionis from My. F. D. Wheeler, of Norwich, who had 
found the species freely two days previously at Cromer. Length 
about three-eighths of an inch, and obese in proportion. Head 
