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a few very worn-out members of the Miana fraternity, whose 
scales were in much too “fishy” a state for me to care to 
pronounce on their identity. Agrotis valligeraa—A few on the 
denes. It is an odd thing to see this insect at rest: it merely 
depends from the very tip of a blade of grass attached by the ends 
of its legs, and swayed to and fro by the slightest breeze. Besides 
the above I may mention that I was much surprised to observe a 
very fine specimen of a handsome Vanessa, to which I cannot 
attach aname. It was at rest on the trunk of a tree in a plantation, 
near Lowestoft, with fully expanded wings. It was about the size 
of Vanessa polychloros, and resembled V. xanthomelas, as figured 
in Mr. Kirby’s work, now in course of publication (plate 7, fig. 1), 
in having a shaded greyish border to all the wings; but then the 
eround colour, so far from being redder than that of V. polychloros, 
was much more delicate and fawn-coloured. Unluckily it was out 
of reach, and I was without a net (August 18th).—B. Lockyer ; 
27, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., September 8, 1879. 
APPEARANCE OF INSECTS DURING THE PRESENT SrAson.—The 
effects of the ungenial weather upon different species of insects 
vary greatly. Those which pass the winter in the mature state, 
such as Vanessa Io, V. wrtice, and G. rhamni appeared this year 
quite as early as usual. Anthocharis cardamines, on the other 
hand, was in the Aylesbury district a month behind its time, 
having been seen from the 5th to the 25th June. H¢pparchia 
Janira was not seen till July 18th, and H. Tithonus not till 
August 7th. Many of the commonest species, both among 
Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, are this year conspicuous by their 
absence. It must, however, be remembered in the Vale of 
Aylesbury, from the cold, wet character of its soil, and from its 
height above the sea-level, all periodical organic phenomena are 
exceptionally late.-—C. R. Suarer; 18, Wray Crescent, Tollington 
Park, N., September, 1879. 
LATE LARVE= oF PyraMEIS CARDUI.— I have been taking on 
our cliffs, to-day, what I believe to be the larvee of Pyrameis 
cardui, some of them very small, feeding on the common mallow 
(Malva sylvestris). I do not think so late a brood has ever 
before been recorded.—WALtTER BuackatL; 9, Church Street, 
Folkestone, October 15, 1879. 
Nores rrom rue New Forest. — As there seems to have 
