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that I may safel}' count upon a number of competent helpers, 

 which would prevent the resposibility from being too onerous. 

 The task is surely one possessing scientific interest, that would 

 become enhanced as time rolls on ; sources of information are 

 passing away from us day by day. The largest city in the world 

 has a right to expect that its fauna should be accurately chronicled 

 by the energy of its citizens, so that entomologists of the future 

 may have data to which to refer, showing clearly what insects 

 had been able to boast: — " Civis Eomanus sum." The limit I 

 propose to make is that of the outer cab radius, which is clearly 

 indicated on most maps of the metropolis, i.e., six miles from 

 Charing Cross, the centre ; and I should be glad to receive 

 any properly authenticated records of captures of Lepidoptera, 

 with dates, within this area, if correspondents would be good 

 enough to forward the same to me, at the address given. — Percy 

 Rendall, M.D. ; 16, Little Grosvenor Street, W., Sept., 1887. 



Lepidoptera in South Wales. — About the middle of August 

 I spent some time in South Wales, at Tenby, and was successful 

 in taking some good Nocture. Li one night I took a long series 

 of Stilbia anomala, Agrotls ripcB, A. vestigialis, A. obelisca, 



A. "prcBcox, and others. Agrotis lucernea was also common, but 

 very much worn. Sugar proved a failure this year, which I 

 regretted, as PoUa xanthoniista var. nigrocincta and Triphcena 

 orhona (suhsequa) had been taken in the same locality two years 

 ago. I may mention that the second brood of Lyccena argiolus 

 occurred in South Wales and Devonshire in greater numbers 

 than I had previously observed. — J. Jager ; 180, Kensington 

 Park Road, Netting Hill, London, W., September 18, 1887. 



Lepidoptera near Ely. — The months of May and June 

 seemed to be singularly fused this year, and it was impossible to 

 conjecture^in the middle of June what would be the result of any 

 day's captures. It was lamentable to see how small and backward 

 the larvse generally were in the month of June ; and with the 

 drought staring us in the face, the result will not be favourable 

 for the season of 1888. In proof of the above remarks, I give 

 the result of two days' experience this year, on the 10th and 17th 

 of June. On the former day, in two hours and a half I secured 

 thirty Bankia argentula and saw Hydrelia uncula, and several 

 Euclidia mi, E. glyphica, Phytometra viridai'ia, Bapta temerata, 



B. himacidata, and Strenia clathrata. I saw MellUea aurinia, but 



