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It would seem then, that there have been slight outbursts uf 

 British energy in the years i!^72, 1873, and 1876 ; but during 

 the last year a state of almost absolute stagnation. 



There must be a wide field of discovery yet open in 

 Ireland, the northern parts of Scotland, and even in Wales, 

 which are almost unexplored in comparison with the more 

 populous districts of England ; and let us hope that at the 

 end of another six years we shall have to record a revival of 

 entomological ardour, and a large increase in our averages. 

 It will be observed that the determinations have been made 

 principally by Mr. Rye or Dr. Sharp, whose critical acumen, 

 and extensive entomological knowledge and experience, has 

 rendered them the almost universal referees of less accom- 

 plished British coleopterists, or of those who have not access 

 to the books, &c., necessary for identifying the novelties 

 which they recognise as the result of their collecting. 



52, Burton Crescent, January, 1878. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, &c. 



Leucophasia siNAPis AT RKST. — With reference to Leuco- 

 phasia sivapis the late Mr. Newman used to say that it had 

 never been observed at rest. On the 5th of August, in 

 Stubby Copse, I touched with a stick what I thought to be a 

 bleached specimen of Pseiidopterpna cytisaria at rest on 

 some stunted grasses in one of the ridings. It turned out to 

 be rather a dull specimen of L. sinapis, resting with the 

 wings brought down to the sides, in this respect resembling 

 no other butterfly with which I am acquainted. — H. Whittle ; 

 20, Cambridge Terrace, Lupus Street, S.W., Feb. 12, 1878. 



AcRONYCTA MYRic^. — Guenee described Montivagd as a 

 variety of Acrouycta eupliorhice, and A. myriccB as a distinct 

 species, and my specimens so far agree with him that my 

 Montivagd are all lighter than A. myrica; ; nevertheless it 

 has long been supposed that A. myricce is merely the dark 

 insular form oi A. euphoibuc, and Dr. Slaudinger has already 

 noted the supposition in his Cat. Lep. Europ. of 1871 ; but 

 he does not even yet say that the identity has been proved 

 by breeding ; and until this is done it must, in such a family 

 as the Acronyctidce, remain matter of doubt. — N. F. Dobree; 

 Beverley, February 4, 1878. 



ZVGiENA FILIPENDUL.E DoUBLE-BROODED. — Having UCVet 



before met with a second brood of Zygatia JiUpendul<B in 

 this country, I think it may be worth recording that I took 



