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west Ireland, in September, 1877. I have this day received from 

 Mr. A. Ficklin, of Bristol, four specimens of a "pug" which he 

 calls Eujnthecia jasioneata of Crewe. I immediately recognise 

 them as identical with my specimens just mentioned. I did not 

 see the larvae my men found in Ireland, or I should have at once 

 known they were of something new. The Irish specimens are a 

 trifle browner than the English examples. The moth is easily 

 distinguished from Euinthecia castigata by a uniformly broad 

 white sharply-angulated line before the outer margins of the fore 

 wings, and the central spot is more rounded than in E. castigata. 

 — E. G. Meek ; 56, Brompton Eoad, London, August 22, 1881. 



[Mr. Meek has given me an opportunity of examining the 

 Euiyithecixe above mentioned. The Irish examples do not differ 

 from those of Devonshire more than might be expected from two 

 far apart localities, and they appear to be identical species. I 

 remember that all the Valentia Lepidoptera collected at the same 

 time were decidedly suffused with rich reddish brown. — J. T. C] 



TmpHiENA PRONUBA. — I scc it noted that this is the "yellow 

 under-wing year," par excellence, in the South of England, 

 and its extreme and unusual abundance in the neighbourhood 

 of Prestwich and the Manchester district generally leads to the 

 conclusion that it is equally common over Great Britain this 

 year. That they are a nuisance here is to use but a mild term. 

 I notice that they are largely consumed by birds, hundreds of 

 wings lying about testifying to this predilection, I have noticed 

 fewer Xylophasia polyodon than usual this season. — J. Cosmo 

 Melyill ; Prestwich, August 2, 1881. 



Triph^na subsequa. — On the Jst of July, 1881, I captured a 

 fine example of Triphcena subsequa in my strawberry beds. I have 

 since seen four other examples on the same spot, but, having no 

 net with me at the moment, failed to secure them. — 0. P. -Cam- 

 bridge ; Bloxworth, Dorset, August 1, 1881. 



AcRONYCTA ALNi NEAR Burton-on-Trent. — I have again the 

 pleasure of recording a capture of the larva oi A crony eta aim. It 

 was beaten out of a low birch shrub by my friend the Rev. G. A. 

 Smallwood, of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, during an excursion which we 

 jointly made to-day to Cloud Wood, near Worthington, Leicester- 

 shire. The larva, a remarkably fine one, was full-fed. — Charles 

 F. Thornewill; Burton-on-Trent, August 15, 1881. 



