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removed. I have eggs which I hope to breed in the spring, 

 but for the present I have no eggs to spare for enquiring friends. 

 — E. Harbour; 1, Landport Cottages, Deal, Kent, Oct. 22, 1881. 

 Ennomos autumnakia. — On September 28th I took two fine 

 specimens of this rare moth, both from street lamps; one at 

 6.30 a.m., the other at 9 p.m. — M. Kicketts ; Bouverie House, 

 Folkestone, October, 1881. 



Ennomos autubinaria at Folkestone. — On September 29th, 

 in the evening, I had the good fortune to take a fine specimen of 

 E. autumnaria {alniaria) from a lamp in the outskirts of the 

 town. The specimen is a male, and in very fine condition. 

 — W. Blackall ; 9, Church Street, Folkestone, October, 1881. 



Ennomos autumnaria. — I am informed by Mr. A. Wailly that 

 both this and last season he sent out to correspondents in many 

 parts of this country a very large number of foreign eggs of this 

 species. As he fears he may have been the accidental cause of 

 specimens of foreign origin being introduced into this country, he 

 wishes me to make this announcement, especially as he has heard 

 of larvee from such eggs being sold at one shilling each. — John T. 

 Carrington ; October, 1881. 



Abraxas ulmata double-brooded. — Could you or any of the 

 readers of the 'Entomologist' inform me if A. ulmata is double- 

 brooded, as last August I took some of its larvse at Malvern, and 

 they underwent pupation last month '? I noticed that the pupse 

 were unusually small, only about half the usual size. I was 

 rather surprised at the beginning of this month to find one had 

 emerged ; like the chrysalis, it was a dwarf. I have had none 

 emerge since. — Alfred T. Mitchell ; 3, Clayton Terrace, 

 Gunnersbury, October 22, 1881. 



Emmelesia t.eniata Larv.e. — In the first week in August a 

 female E. tceniata laid about a dozen eggs. The young larvae put 

 in an appearance in the third week afterwards ; they are now half 

 grown, and seem inclined to hybernate. The only pabulum they 

 seem to take to is the lower leaves, when withering, of a flowering 

 moss (Bryivm). I have put one into a box along with some of the 

 plant, which is now in flower, and it has eaten some of the flowers 

 to go on with ; but my impression is that this larva feeds on the 

 seeds in spring. — J. B, Hodgkinson ; Spring Bank, Preston, 

 October 10, 1881. 



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