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pale brown. It was taken at Fowey, Cornwall. Similar 
varieties of this and ZH. ianira have been recorded, but can 
anyone suggest the cause of their appearance? Do they breed 
true, or affect any particular localities ?—T. D. A. CockERELL ; 
Bedford Park, W., August 11. 
SESIA ICHNEUMONIFORMIS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. — On July 
18th I captured a female Lophopteryx cuculla (cucullina) near 
here, which laid a good batch of eggs, from which I am rearing 
larve. Also, on the same day, I took a specimen of Sesia 
ichneumoniformis. To-day I have taken two more of the same 
Sesia. Most moths seem to be at least a month late-—G. E. 
CRALLAN; Cambridgeshire Asylum, Fulbourn, near Cambridge, 
August 20, 1886. 
NEMEOPHILA PLANTAGINIS DousLy-BRoopED.—Is Nemeophila 
plantaginis usually double-brooded? I found, as I always do, 
great numbers on the sandy warrens at my home near Appleby, 
Lincolnshire, and bred many moths. These laid ova in due 
course, and I have now another batch of larve, which will soon 
be full-fed. I have not forced them in any way.—KEizaBeTu 
Cross; Dalchosnie, Rannoch, Perthshire, August 15, 1886. 
APAMEA CONNEXA IN ScorLtnaD.—Last autumn, when staying 
with my friend Mr. Watson, he asked me the name of a moth he 
had taken sitting on the trunk of a tree on the Holy Loch, early 
in August, 1885, along with Sarothripus undulanus (revayana). 
It proved to be a very fine Apamea connexa. I think the 
original British locality for this species is near Barnsley; and his 
Scotch locality is interesting.—J. B. Hopexinson; 6, Fishergate 
Hill, Preston, July 26, 1886. 
CIpARIA SIDERATA IN AvGusT.—On the 4th of this month I 
boxed a fine, brightly-coloured male specimen of Cidaria siderata 
(psittacata) at rest on a bank near here. Is not this an unusually 
early appearance of this insect? — L. Surrace; 2, The 
Esplanade, Minehead, Somerset, August 12, 1886. 
Is TIMANDRA AMATARIA DOUBLE-BROODED ?—On July 1st last 
I captured three J’. amataria, one of which laid ten ova (of 
a deep red colour) on the 7th; they all hatched on the 14th July. 
On August 2nd one larva spun a very slight web between the 
dock leaves, upon which I fed them, and turned to the pupa on 
