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first part of August Mr. McKae, of Bournemouth, and I sugared 

 and took large numbers of C. sponsa and C. promissa, and on one 

 night onl}^, at Brockenhurst (Aug. 8th), we managed to complete 

 100 specimens between us, and could have taken many more had 

 we chosen ; the larger portion were C. promissa, AmpJiipyra 

 pyramidea, and Calymnia trapezina, being perfect pests, with an 

 occasional Cerigo matura or two. — J. M. Adye ; Somerford 

 Grange, Christchurch, September 22, 1887. 



Larv.e of Agrotis rip.e — Cannibals. — I have lately been 

 keeping a large number of these larvae, and on two occasions 

 have seen them engaged in eating one another, even though well 

 supplied with their proper food at the time. I do not recollect 

 having read it anywhere. — S. Graves ; 29, Victoria Street, 

 Tenby, September 16, 1887. 



Ino statices at Chingford. — I was glad to find this season 

 the pretty little Ino statices plentiful in one of my fields, and to 

 be able to obtain a fresh series in the finest condition. — Sidney 

 Cooper; Hawkwood, Chingford, October 1, 1887. 



Strenia clathrata. — With reference to the Rev. J. Seymour 

 St. John's query on the above species (Entom. 232), I may say 

 that Strenia clathrata is always successively brooded in one 

 sheltered locality in Kent. Whatever the atmospheric conditions, 

 I rarely visit Ciiattenden Woods, near Gravesend, from May to 

 the middle of August, without finding specimens in almost all 

 stages of good, bad, and indifl"erent condition. The late specimens 

 of one year, I should presume, produce the late specimens of the 

 following year, although I dare say many of the produce of the 

 earlier broods produce imagines the same year, as the insect is 

 certainly sometimes more abundant at the beginning of August 

 than in the middle of July. Tliis seems rarely to happen on the 

 more exposed hills, where the insect is common until the first 

 week in July, and is then rarely seen. — J. W. Tutt; Blackheath. 



Micro-Lepidoptera in Dorsetshire. — Micro-Lepidoptera 

 have been unusually abundant here, while Macros seem to have 

 been comparatively very scarce ; nor have we in this district had 

 the abundance of the white cabbage butterflies noted in many 

 other places. Among our best captures may be mentioned 

 Tinea arcella, T. nigripunctella, Xysmatodoma argentimaculella, 

 Gracilaria elongella, Gelechia gemmella, Cleodora cytisella, Ela- 



