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to have been common here. I have never taken it before in this 

 locality. — L. jNIessel ; Beachfield, Sundown, Isle of Wight. 



The Lincolnshire specimens of Spliinx convolvuli (Entom. 

 303) were recorded by C. K. Tero, not C. R. Low. 



Catocala fraxini in Surrey. — I captured a specimen of 

 this insect upon a tarred paling on September 18th. It is the 

 first I have heard of being taken in the neighbourhood. — H. M. 

 Lee ; Gladstone House, Sutton, Surre3^ 



DicRANURA Bicuspis, &c., AT TiLGATE. — I took a trip to Tilgate 

 Forest on September 3rd, to try if the larvae of Dicranura 

 bicuspis could not be beaten, and was fortunate enough to 

 procure a full-fed one, which I thrashed out of alder. It 

 refused to feed in confinement, and after wandering about in the 

 bi'eeding-cage for five days condescended to spin a cocoon 

 on a piece of bark which I had introduced to it for that 

 purpose. The figure in Buckler's ' Larvae ' is very good, in fact 

 unmistakable. Tiie usual autumnal larvae were fairly plentiful, 

 and a considerable number of such species as Cymatophora 

 fluctuosa, Acronycta leporina, Ypsipites impluviata, Notodonta 

 dictcEoides, N. droinedarius, Geometra papilionaria, &c., fell to the 

 beating-stick. — W. Gr. Sheldon ; Rose Cottage, Oval Road, 

 Addiscombe, October 17, 1887. 



Retarded emergence of Lophopteryx cuculla. — Last 

 autumn a friend kindly sent me a few of these larvae, which I 

 fed up on sycamore leaves, and which in due time pupated. All 

 but three came out in perfect form between June 5th and 21st. 

 On the 3rd of this month, on looking into my breeding-cage, I 

 saw a moth fluttering about, and, to my surprise, found it to be 

 a perfect specimen of L. cuculla. I suppose this is a very 

 unusual occurrence ; and what puzzles me is whether it is a 

 retarded emergence, or a very early one of a second year's 

 pupation. — J. Seymour St. John ; Chalfont St. Peter, Slough, 

 September 12, 1887. 



Catephia alchymista. — Mr. Tutt (Entom. 306) mentions 

 the capture of two specimens of this species in Britain. A third 

 specimen was caught at " sugar " by Mr. W. Borrer, jun., near 

 Hailsham, Sussex, on the night of the 4th June, 1875. I was 

 staying at Hailsham at the time, and saw the specimen soon after 

 its capture.— H. Goss ; Surbiton Hill, November, 1887. 



