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batch of five pnpne dug near here ; one Trichiiira Crataegi, at 

 light; five Geometra papihonaria, from larvae feeding on 

 bircli ; one Notodonta droniedarins, from a larva feeding on 

 birch. I had a larva of Acherontia Atropos brought me last 

 week, but have not seen a single specimen of Macroglossa 

 Stellatarum this year. I saw a specimen of Epnnda lutu- 

 lenta on a lavender-bush close to the spot where I took one 

 last year, but did not get it. — {Rev.) E. Hdllett Todd; 

 Windiush Rectory, Binf'ord, Sepieinher 24, 1866. 



Siniis fulif/inosa in Dorsetshire. — Mr. McLachlan informs 

 us, in the 'Entomologist's Z^Ionthly Magazine' for Septem- 

 ber, that he has seen specimens of Sialis fuliginosa, captured 

 by Mr. Drde at Glanvilles Wootton, similar to those taken at 

 Rannoch. 



Bomhyx castrensis at St. Osyth. — Mr. Laver, of Col- 

 chester, states, in the same journal, that he has found the 

 larvae of Bombyx castrensis in abundance at Mersea and St. 

 Osyth, in Essex : he omits to mention the food-plant and 

 date : great numbers of them died : he would have found 

 them feed greedily on Statice Limoniura. 



Sericoris euphorhiana at Folkstone. — Mr. Meek records, 

 in the Enl. Mo. Mag. for September, that he took this pre- 

 viously unique species at Folkstone last July. 



Caioptria niicrogramniana at Folkstone. — Mr. Meek re- 

 cords that he took this rarity at the same time and place. 



Amara alpina on Grayvel. — Mr. Blackburn, whose name 

 will be familiar to my readers in connexion with the ' Weekly 

 Entomologist,' a journal discontinued for the present, has 

 recorded, in the ' Entomologist's Monthly Magazine' for Sep- 

 tember, the occurrence of Amara alpina. Fab., on Grayvel, a 

 mountain in Perthshire, 3000 feet above the sea-level : this 

 insect was taken early in July. 



Homalium Heerii near Loch Rannoch. — The same gentle- 

 man records the capture of this species near Loch Rannoch. 



Epurcea variegata near Loch Rannoch. — Mr. Blackburn 

 also took four specimens of Epura^a variegata from Fungi 

 growing on rotten birch trees near Loch Rannoch, in July. 



Deilephila lineata at Brighton. — A specimen of D. lineata 

 was picked up by a gentleman, on the ground at the race- 

 hill at Brighton, on the 3rd of last May. — G. Champion; 

 274, Walworth Road. 



