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PcEciLOCAMPA POPULi AT CHESTER. — This insect was common 

 last November at Chester. It should be sought for in the evening, 

 both at rest and on the wing, at gas-lamps, where trees and 

 woods are near. As the moth seems to rest exclusively on the 

 ribs of the lamps it is necessary to use a ladder and lantern. — 

 J. Arkle ; 2, George Street, Chester. 



The Habits of Triph^na interjecta. — My friend, the Rev. 

 Cyril D. Ash, has sent me the following interesting note on the 

 habits of Triphoina interjecta. He writes : — " I was surprised the 

 other day in July to see this insect flying in the hottest sunshine 

 about 4 p.m., in a lane near here (Newport Pagnell, Buckingham- 

 shire), I had no net with me at the time. At first I could not 

 make out what the insects were, as I could see enough of the 

 yellow colour of the hind wings to know that they were not Plusia 

 gamma; but at last one settled for a moment, and I saw what it 

 was. The next day I went again to the same place, thinking that 

 possibly the occurrence might have been accidental. Nothing was 

 visible at first; but at 4 p.m. out they came again, and I captured 

 one. The others flew so wildly, and the banks were so infested 

 with bramble, that this was all I got. In about half an hour most 

 of them had disappeared." — Joseph Anderson, jun. ; Chichester. 



[This habit of T. interjecta is known to many entomolo- 

 gists. — Ed. J 



Venilia macularia, Variety. — Last summer I took a long 

 series of this insect on the outskirts of a wood in this parish. All 

 the specimens I captured were evidently very fresh and in good 

 condition. Amongst them I found some half-dozen to vary from 

 the normal type. The variation in each insect was the same, viz., 

 the upper wings of a light orange, the hind wings of the usual 

 shade of the same colour. Is this a distinct variety ? It would 

 seem to be, from the constancy of the variation. — J. Seymour 

 St. John; Chalfont St. Peter, Slough, January, 1887. 



Early Appearance of Phigalia pedaria (pilosaria). — ^ly 

 cousin, Mr. F. Ballard, took a specimen of P. pedaria {lydosaria) 

 from a shop window on November 30th, and I hear of another 

 collector taking a specimen during the second week in December; 

 such occurences appear to me exceptionally early. — A. J. 

 WiiSDYbank; Ashdown Road, Kingston. 



ENTOW. — FEB., 1887. G 



