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with a friend at Wateringbury, in Kent, during the latter part of 

 July last, I took several specimens each of Noctua rliomboidea and 

 iV. Dahlii on the flowers of Burdock {Arctium lappa) growing on 

 the edge of a common. This proved the only way in which we 

 could obtain these two species, though we " sugared " diligently 

 every night. We took a few Hyclrcecia nictitans also on the same 

 plant, and Noctua baja positively swarmed at it, some good varieties 

 occurring. I also took near the same spot a couple of Acidqlia 

 straminata. — [Rev.] Chas. F. Thornewill ; Burton-on-Trent. 



Query as to Sugaring ground. — There is here an oak wood 

 full of fine timber trees, with a dense and varied undergrowth. 

 To the north and east lies a large park, but on other sides the 

 wood is bounded b}' cornfields or meadows destitute of trees. 

 Would a circle of trees to the north or east of the wood be 

 likely to prove a profitable sugaring ground, or would it be 

 better to take the trees in tlie wood ? I have thought that, in the 

 former case, whenever the wind should be in a favourable quarter 

 for sugaring operations, it would carry the scent away from the 

 wood where I suppose the best moths are. Would this be much 

 against success ? — Chas. Candler ; Harleston, Norfolk. 



Anchomenus marginatus, L. — During December, 1880, Mr. 

 Wood and myself captured eight specimens of this insect, by 

 digging at roots of trees in Dulwich. I mentioned this to Mr. 

 Billups, who was surprised at the occurrence of this insect so far 

 inland, it being usually found within a mile or two of the coast. 

 Dr. Power was also surprised at it, and suggested that they had 

 been transported from the coast by the Chatham and Dover 

 Railway, which has a station close by. — H. B. Pim; Leaside, 

 Kingswood Road, Upper Norwood, February 2. 



CoREMiA quadrifasciata. — A Specimen of this local insect 

 was taken at light by a friend of mine, at Chiselhurst, in June 

 last year. This is, I believe, a new locality for it. — H. B. Pim; 

 Leaside, Kingswood Road, Upper Norwood, February 2, 1881. 



Megacronus inclinans, Gr., at Dulwich. — I took a specimen 

 of this rarity at Dulwich, on the 30th November last, as it was 

 hybernating under the roots of grass. According to the Rev. H. 

 S. Gorham, who kindly identified the specimen for me, this is an 

 old locality for the insect. — Theodore Wood ; 5, Selwyn Terrace, 

 Jasper Road, Upper Norwood. [I have taken a fair number of 



