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leucanthemum, and on examining the plants found about a score 
the 4th, which disclosed a perfect male imago, August 14th, 
early morning. Another larva spun up, August 3rd; turned to 
pupa on the 5th, early morning; and the moth emerged, August 
15th, early morning, also a fine male. The remaining eight 
larve are now apparently hybernating, and are about three parts 
grown. From the above it will be seen that they were only 
seven days in the ova state, only twenty and a half days in 
the larval, and ten days in the pupa state; in all being 
thirty-eight days for the completion of the transformations, 
from the day the ova were deposited to the emergence of the first 
perfect insect, which I think must be unusual for 7’. amataria. 
Never having observed a second brood before, I place these facts 
on record.—F. W. Frouawx; Eltham, Kent, August, 1886. 
[It is by no means unusual in the case of hybernating larvee 
for individuals from a batch of ova laid by one female to 
outstrip the others in growth and to appear the same autumn, 
especially if kept warm and liberally fed.—Ep. ] 
DIcRORAMPHA DISTINCTANA ON THE Essex Sait MarsHEs.— 
When collecting on the sea-wall by a stream in July last year, I 
disturbed two Tortrices, which I secured. On comparing them 
‘with specimens of the genus Dicrorampha in my collection, I was 
unable to identify them with any, so put them aside for future 
determination. When my friend Mr. C. G. Barrett called here 
lately, I drew his attention to the specimens, which he said he 
believed were the above-named species. On forwarding them to 
him for comparison with his continental types, I had the pleasure 
of learning that they were the true Dicrorampha distinctana of 
Heinemann. The species is closely allied to D. plumbagana, but 
the markings are more silvery. I tried for it this year, but the 
weather being unfavourable I was unsuccessful.—W. Macuin ; 
29, Carlton Road, Carlton Square, EK., August 8, 1886. 
DICRORAMPHA DISTINCTANA.—In 1882 I recorded the capture 
of two examples of a Dicrorampha, under the name of distinctana, 
Hein. (Entom. xv. 110). Since that date I have each year had 
sent me various plants from the locality in North Devonshire, 
where the insects referred to were taken, but until the present 
year had not been enabled to elucidate their life-history. On 
the 24th of May last I received a bateh of Chrysanthemum 
