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numbers of the larvae of Macrothylacia ruhi on the grass on Pains- 

 wick Beacon, more especially after rain, and on August 18th I took 

 a full-fed larva of Acronycta alni on a stone wall adjoining Pope's 

 Wood, the only trees in the vicinity being beech, the larva pupating 

 in decayed wood on the following day. — J. H. Geant ; Ward End, 

 Birmingham. 



Hypena obsitalis in Dorset. — On July 11th we were walking 

 through a thick tangle of nettles, with patches of CEnanthe crocata 

 and other rank herbage, on an expanse of warm, sheltered osier-beds, 

 near the Frome, at Iford. Suddenly my son, who was just behind 

 me, called my attention to a specimen of Hypena obsitalis, Hb., 

 which was quietly seated on a stem of coppiced osier about 6 in. 

 in diameter. In my surprise, an unconsidered and, perhaps, over- 

 anxious attempt at "boxing" failed, and the moth slipped away, 

 sideways, between my glass-bottomed box and the stem. It is 

 probably unwuse, as a rule, to record insects thus seen and not 

 captured. But the great interest of this occurrence may excuse my 

 note. I am quite positive of the identity of this specimen of this 

 unmistakable species. We both saw it well, and I know it by cabinet 

 specimen, description, and plate. The previous Dorset record has 

 always caused me to keep the insect in mind. Careful search has 

 failed to retrieve the too vexatious disappointment, but these osier- 

 beds will receive further attention next season. — F. H. Haines ; 

 Brookside, Winfrith, Dorset, October 6th, 1917. 



Obneodes hexadactyla, a Leaf Miner. — In the ' Bulletin de la 

 Societe Entomologique de France,' 1917, No. 14, just received, there 

 is an interesting observation on the life-history of Orneodes hexa- 

 dactyla by M. P. Dumee. Larvae collected on June 14th last in the 

 forest of Senart, Seine-et-Oise, from Lonicera periclymemLm were 

 found living, and were subsequently bred, not only on the flowers, 

 but also in mines on the leaves of the same plant. The mines, round 

 in shape, occupied in some instances half the leaf, showing one part 

 reddish-brown where the excreta accumulated, the rest of the mined 

 area being transparent. M. de Joannis states that this is the first 

 record of the species as a leaf miner. Tutt (' Practical Hints ') says 

 that the larvae feed inside the buds and the flowers, but Gregson 

 (cited loc. cit.) that they confine themselves to the flowers. 0. Jiexa- 

 dactyla has been unusually abundant here this season. — H. Eowland- 

 Beown ; Harrow Weald, Middlesex. 



What is the Food-plant of Cerostoma sequella ? — Some 

 writers state that the larva of this species feeds on Salix and lime, 

 but I have read somewhere that the food-plant is maple. It may be 

 all three, but my experience with G. sequella points to the last men- 

 tioned. I took my first specimen in Cromer close to a maple. This 

 year I found two females at rest on the stem of a small maple, in a 

 wood at Bathampton, and a third on a chestnut trunk close to a 

 maple tree at Bathford. There may be sallows at both the last-men- 

 tioned spots, if so, I have not seen them. — Alfred Sich ; October 2nd,, 

 1917. 



