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Waterford coast. It is, as far as I can make out, the first notice 

 of its occurrence in Ireland. I found the moth in a field a few 

 hundred yards from the cliff, and was ignorant till recently of its 

 rarity. It only measures 1 inch 4 lines in the expanse of its fore 

 wings, but there can be no doubt as to the species. — C. B. Ussher ; 

 The College, Marlborough, June 7, 1881. 



Abundance of Lithosia rubricollis. — From June 12th up to 

 the present date Lithosia rnhricollis has simply swarmed in a 

 wood near here. They were to be taken, freshly emerged from 

 pupae, at rest on the ferns in any numbers. They were also to 

 be seen flying round the tops of some fir trees in " myriads." Is 

 not this an unusual occurrence ? — J. H. Leech ; St. Paul's 

 Vicarage, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, June 22, 1881. 



Lepidoptera at Wicken Fen. — We understand that so far 

 the captures of Lej^idoptera during the present season have been 

 below the average in the Wicken district. On two or three 

 warm still nights a fair number of Meliana flammea, with a few 

 Macrocjaster arundinis, have been taken at light. Nascia cilialis 

 appears this year to be scarce ; while the larvae of Orgyia 

 coenosa has not appeared. — John T. Carrington; June 20, 1881. 



AcRONYCTA ALNi AND Stauropus fagi. — On May 28th I bred 

 a fine specimen of Acronycta alni, and on the 30th another 

 equally good. From June 2nd to the 6th six Staurojnis fagi 

 emerged, two of which were unfortunately crippled. These were 

 the produce of eggs which I obtained from a female taken by me 

 on the 10th July last year. Insects appear to be unusually 

 abundant down here this season. — E. H. Jones ; Queen's Lodge, 

 Lyndhurst, June 23, 1881. 



Breeding rare Lepidoptera. — I have much pleasure in re- 

 cording the successful breeding of three Acronycta alni from larvae 

 taken in the New Forest last autumn ; also two Limacodes asellus, a 

 nice series of Notoclonta chaonia, Cymatophora ridens, Diphthera 

 Orion, and a magnificent series of Staiiropus fagi, the latter reared 

 from eggs ; and I may say I have been so far successful in 

 hybernating the larvae of Apatura Iris. — J. W. Jobson ; 4, Hope 

 Villa, Capvvorth Street, Leyton, Essex, June, 1881. 



Further' notes on breeding Acidalia ochrata. — In the 

 last volume of the 'Entomologist' (Entom. xiii. 300), I described 



