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form; the last time I met with this form was in 1846, near Pitlochry. I 
also picked up a fine variety of Saturnia pavonia, with a black head, and 
near the shoulder a jet-black patch, about three-eighths of an inch in width. 
I brought home, unset, about 1000 species; when these are set, no doubt 
some of my Micro friends will participate in the spoil.—J. B. Hopextnson ; 
Ashton-on-Ribble, May 2, 1892. 
PHIGALIA PILOSARTA.—lI bred a fine black variety of this species from 
a larva taken in Delamere Forest last year.—H.McDowatx; The Terrace, 
Nashville Park, Howth, near Dublin, May 16, 1892. 
EARLY APPEARANCE OF Preris BRASSICH.—Yesterday, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Mickleham, my brother and T saw several specimens of Pieris 
brassice of both sexes. Is not this an unusually early date? P.vap@ was 
in abundance, and G. rhamni and S. malve were common.—T. H. Briaas ; 
Surrey House, Leatherhead, April 25, 1892. 
Sravropus Faci.—Yesterday, the 15th May, I found a fine female of 
the above on a beech trunk near here, on the Berkshire side of the 
Thames. The earliest I have ever found it before was the 21st (Entom. 
xxi. 158).—W. E. Burner; Hayling House, Oxford Road, Reading, 
May 16, 1892. 
Notes rrom Reapinc.—Brephos parthenias has been common; and I 
have taken Asphalia flavicornis from birch. Lobophora lobulata has been 
common on tree trunks. Xylocampa lithoriza, Xylina rhizolitha (hyber- 
nated), Tephrosia punctulata, Boarmia cinctaria, Notodonta camelina, 
Tephrosia crepuscularia, T. biundularia (commonly), Ephyra omicronaria, 
Demas coryli (commonly), and Lithosia aureola, I have also taken from 
trunks. Isearched birch for Hndromis versicolor, but failed to get it; it has, 
however, been taken in the district. Where Platypteryx unguicula swarmed 
last year, I have only seen two. On the 12th inst. I went for Stawropus 
fagi, and brought home two males. Since then I have taken eleven,—eight 
males and three females. The former vary from the light to the very dark 
forms; the females are typical. With one exception, all were taken from 
the N. and N.E. sides of the tree; and eleven were from the smallest trees, 
i. e., those from 14 to 4 inches in diameter; the other two were on middle- 
sized trees. I searched all trees, but from the big ones got none. This 
may be useful information to those within reach of beech and oak woods.— 
J. CLARKE; Reading, May 19, 1892. 
AnotHEeR IrtsH Locatiry For Nyssta zoNargrA.—In the ‘Trish 
Naturalist ’ for May, Mr. G. H. Carpenter, one of the editors, records the 
occurrence of a female Nyssia zonaria on the sand-hills of Achill Island, and 
observes that the only Irish locality previously known for this species was 
Ballycastle in Co. Antrim.—Eb. 
Norges on THE Earty Morus.—From the 15th to the 27th of March 
the weather was warm and sunny. On the 19th I ‘paid another visit to 
Delamere Forest to continue my observations on Hybernia leucophearia. 
The moth was out in hundreds, and, in addition to the three forms already 
described (see Entom. 122, 123), I took a specimen of a fourth, of which 
the following is a description :—All the wings black-brown and unicolorous, 
the lower wings being slightly paler than the upper; head, thorax, and 
antenne, smoke-coloured; body black-brown, The broad transverse central 
ENTOM.—JUNE, 1892. P 
