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it an important item. I did not observe Achillea, and tansy 

 certainly does not grow on or anywhere near the spot. Ox-eye 

 grows on the top of the cliffs and in fields, but little distant 

 therefrom, but this particular insect does not occur among the 

 plant there. It seems confined to a particular space of rugged 

 rock, where there is here and there just sufficient earth for a few 

 plants of the species named to flourish, together with such others 

 as are usually found in similar localities, as Silene maritima, 

 Statice, &c. I noticed a female settle on the under side of a 

 flower of ox-ej^e, but I could not get at that blossom to see if she 

 had deposited eggs. The perfect insects are on the wing from 

 2 p.m. till 4 p.m., not continuously, but at intervals ; did not 

 observe it either before or after those hours. — Richard South; 

 12, Abbey Gardens, N.W., June 13, 1881. 



CoLEOPHORA iNFLATELLA. — I liavc succceded in breeding a 

 nice long series of Coleopliora injiatella from larvae gathered on 

 the south-east coast. — C. J. Boden; 153, Snowsfields, South- 

 wark, June 17, 1881. 



Clostera anachoreta. — In the ' Entomologist ' for 1876, 

 vol. ix., p. 232, will be found a notice to the readers of that 

 journal that I had discovered the pupa of Clostera anachoreta 

 whilst at Deal. I beg to state, for the Rev. J. Green's informa- 

 tion and others, that the pupa was found behind the loose bark 

 of a pollard willow, no poplar being near. — S. Norman; Dart- 

 mouth Castle, South Devon. 



Lepidoptera attracted by Electric light. — Whilst passing 

 through the city on Saturday night I noticed Lepidoptera flying 

 round the three high electric lights placed near the Mansion 

 House at the corner of Cheap side, King William Street, and 

 Cornhill ; and also round the two lower lights, one at each end 

 of the Royal Exchange. On one of the latter I saw three moths 

 at the same time, and on the other there were two. Considering 

 the little vegetation about that part of the city, I should think the 

 moths must have been attracted from some considerable distance. 

 It is needless to say it was impossible to detect the species. — 

 A. W. Mera ; 195, The Grove, Hammersmith, June 23, 1881. 



[Last Sunday evening, June 26th, I ol)served moths flying 

 round nearly all the electric lights on Waterloo Bridge. One 

 moth which fell upon the pavement was Arctia mentluistri, and I 



