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emerged in about two months.—G. C. BieneLi; Stonehouse, 
Plymouth, March 14, 1879. 
Prusra Gamma IN Marcu.—On March 5th I saw, and could 
have captured, a specimen of Plusia gamma on a lamp by the 
road-side; and also on March 6th I saw a hybernated specimen 
of Vanessa urtice. Does P. gamma hybernate ?—C. Hae; 
Nassau School, Barnes, Surrey. 
NyssIA ZONARIA IN Eprina Forrst.—At the meeting of the 
Haggerston Entomological Society, held February 27th, Mr. E. 
Cooper exhibited two males and one female of N. zonaria, bred, 
from larve taken on one part of Epping Forest, 1878. Unfortu- 
nately he cannot give the exact spot, not knowing the larva at 
the time of capture; but states that of one of three localities in 
the Forest he is certain, not having collected any larve elsewhere. 
I have no doubt Mr. Cooper will try to follow up the discovery of 
this interesting species so near London.—J. Bryant (Secretary) ; 
10, Brownlow Street, Dalston, March 13, 1879. 
BREPHOS PARTHENIAS.—On March 20th we saw this moth in 
great numbers in West Wickham Wood, but owing to the high 
wind were unable to take very many. Last season there was 
hardly a solitary specimen seen.—W. F’. Rogpryson; 35, Colling- 
ham Place, S.W. J. L. SHapweuui; 4, Kent Gardens, Castle 
Hill, Haling, March 21, 1879. 
TapinostoLa HEtLMANNI.— One of your correspondents 
recorded last year Monks Wood as a new locality for this 
species: to the best of my belief this was, a year or two ago, its 
best-known habitat. When I first went to Cambridge, in 1872, 
Mr. T. Brown told me he was in the habit of taking it there, and 
described it as not very uncommon, flying at dusk among long 
grass or reed, adding that he knew of no other locality. 
Consequently, I was somewhat astonished to find it abundant at 
Wicken Fen, and, indeed, had some difficulty in persuading 
Mr. Brown of the identity of my captures with this species. 
Mr. F. Bond, with whom I corresponded on the subject, kindly 
informed me that he had also found the insect abundant at 
Wicken years ago, and had bred it from larve feeding in Arundo 
phragmites, a fact not generally known, I believe, among entomo- 
logists.— I’. D. WHEELER; Chester Place, Norwich. 
