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spring up amongst ihcm have been eaten by some larva : 

 turn up the earth, and you will finti ihe larvae of A. aquilina : 

 they will feed freely, and do well on the weeds amongst which 

 you find them. — TimoiJiy Last ; Borough Road, Ipswich, 

 October 16, 1866. 



Miselia Oxyacanthxe. — 1 have bred several specimens of 

 this insect lately, and noticed, for about a fortnight before 

 each specimen emerged from the pupa, that the eyes of the 

 imago were visible, shining very brightly through the pupa- 

 case. Is this usual with delicate pupa? ? — J. P. Barrett ; 

 29, Radnor Street, Hill Street, Peckhani, London. 



Captures at Gas-lamps at Peckham, in September. — One 

 Camptogramma fluviata and several Ennomos fuscantaria. — 

 Id. 



Macroglossa Stellatarum. — This insect was extremely 

 abundant here last year, specimens having been observed 

 from June until late in autumn. Not a single moth has beau 

 noticed this year. Can any reason be assigned for its 

 absence ? The pupae of Acherontia Atropos were also, com- 

 paratively speaking, abundant in 1865, but are scarce here 

 this year. — H. M Dowall ; Kettering, November 2, 1866. 



Captures at Bury St. Edmunds. — Among captures in the 

 neighbourhood of Bury St. Edmunds during the past season, 

 I have to record Acontia luctuosa (one), Clostera reclusa 

 (abundant in the larva state), Spilodes sticticalis (abundant 

 within a small space), Melita^a Artemis (abundant), Brephos 

 Parthenias, Fidonia piniaria (abundant) ; larva? of Macro- 

 glossa fuciformis (abundant), Acidalia vubricata (rare), Ma- 

 caria liturata (rare). — (Rev.) A. H. Wratislaw ; School Hall, 

 Bury St. Edmunds, November 10, 1866. 



Captures at Ipswich. — My captures this year have been — 

 Nemeobius Lucina 18, Lycaena .Egon 24, Syricthns Alveo- 

 lus, Macroglossa fuciformis 15, caught at the flower of the 

 common bugle and cow-wheat in June, Sesia Apiformis bred, 

 Zygaena Trifolii 30, Nudaria Senex 13, Lithosia complanula 

 12, Chelonia Plantaginis 17 (all males), C. villica (bred), 

 Arctia mendica, Eurymene dolobraria 1, Acidalia promutata, 

 A. immutata (a few females), Fidonia conspicuata (common), 

 Melanthia hastata 14, Phibalapteryx lignata (at light), Endro- 

 mis versicolor (5 males taken flying), Notodonta dodonaea 

 (bred), Diphthera Orion 9, Leucania pudorina 1 1, L. comma, 



