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driving its furrow through the raid-rib, and blistering the leaf 

 from end to end. 



The Lodge, Hovingham, York, Dec. 23, 1880. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Lycena Acis near Addiscombe. — Upon looking over a long 

 series of Blues taken at Croham Hurst during last August, I 

 noticed one which I thought looked very like L. Acis. I therefore 

 took it to the British Museum, and Mr. Kirby kindly identified it 

 for me as that species. — A. Sidney Olliff; 36, Mornington Ed., 

 Kegent's Park, N.W. 



Description of a Eupithecia new to the British List. — 

 Wings in shape, colour, and size very much like those of Eupi- 

 thec'ia lariciata, with about ten strig^e of dark grey, broader and 

 darker at the outer half of the wing ; the basal portion being 

 lighter and much the same shade as the under wings. There is 

 a small white spot near the anal angle of the under wing, a small 

 round black spot near the centre of each wing. A notable 

 character is a dorsal chain of nearly white spots on upper ridge of 

 the abdomen ; cilise dark. The parent moth was taken in the Isle 

 of Man during July, 1879. The eggs were laid by it during the 

 same month, and the larvae were reared during that summer by 

 the late Mr. Noah Greening, who fed them on dandelion-flowers. 

 The one above described emerged from the pupa in July, 1880, 

 along with others of the same brood, but this one alone came out 

 perfect. In case this should be a species new to Science, I have 

 named it provisionally Eiqnthecia Blancheata, in compliment to 

 Miss Greening, who captured the parent moth. — N. Cooke ; 

 Gorsey Hey, Liscard, Birkenhead, January 6, 1881. 



Abraxas grossulariata. — I have several times found the 

 ordinary spring brood of larvse of Abraxas grossulariata feeding 

 on Sedum Telephium and S. latifoliiim in my garden, where of 

 course there were both currant and gooseberry trees. — H. Harpur 

 Crewe; Drayton-Beauchamp Eectory, Tring, January 6, 1881. 



Micropteryx fastuosella. — I have met with this insect this 

 season. "Whether it is a species or only a form of M. suhpur- 



