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present confined to Kent. It was first discovered by the Rev. S. 
C. Tress Beale in 1857, and was figured and described in the 
‘Annual’ for the following year. After a lapse of several years it 
was again met with in plenty in the same county in 1878 and last 
year. The imago appears in July, but the earlier stages have 
not yet been discovered, so far as I am aware. 
_ C. politana, Haw.= lepidana, Curt.—Not uncommon on moors 
and heathy places. The imago occurs from the end of April 
to June, and is on the wing during the afternoon sunshine. The 
larva feeds on sweet gale (Myrica gale), but is probably not 
confined to this plant. It occurs at Croydon, Weybridge, Tilgate 
Forest, near Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield, and Brighton. 
C. musculana, Hub.—Abundant in all woods and country 
lanes in May and June. The imago flies at dusk, and is very 
strong on the wing; it also comes to sugar. The larva feeds on 
various trees, and also low plants. 
(To be continued.) 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, CAPTURES, é&c. 
Diurni IN InELAND.—I think it may interest some of your 
readers to know that on the 8rd of October this year, in a wood 
near Carlow, Ireland, I saw a great many Satyrus Avgeria in good 
condition, and also one Argynnis Aglaia, apparently only just 
emerged from its pupa. Vanessa cardut was abundant in the 
vicinity of Dublin towards the end of September, but I saw only 
one V. atalanta.—G. Dewar; 79, Thistle Grove, South Kensing- 
ton, London, December 14, 1879. 
Satyrus JanrrA.—Referring to Mr. Slater’s note in the 
‘Entomologist’ (vol. xii., p. 295) that Satyrus Janira was not 
seen until July 18th, allow me to say that I saw one in a lane 
near the “ Royal Oak,” Finchley Road, Middlesex, in the after- 
noon of May 38rd.—W. T. Hay; 138, Park Road, Haverstock 
Hill, N.W., January 2, 1880. 
SILK-PRODUCING AND OTHER [Exotic BompBycrs.—As_ the 
rearing of foreign Lepidoptera is gradually becoming more 
practised in this country, a few remarks on the successful 
productions of cocoons in the open air may be of interest to 
those whose efforts in this respect have not been attended with 
success. Saturnia pyri, the large emperor moth, is said not 
