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in the London district, and from several places where it used 

 to occur it has entirely disappeared. Its life-history is not so 

 well known as that of some of the allied species ; and any 

 communications regarding its habits, by those who hare had 

 frequent opportunities of seeing it in its different stages, 

 would be interesting to others amongst your readers besides 

 myself.— J. K. S. Clifford. 



Economy of Liparis Salicis. — I do not know whether the 

 economy of this species varies according to its geographical 

 position. Here, in the vicinity of London, I have several 

 times found the young larvae in autumn, or enclosed in a 

 slight web during the winter. But it is stated that in some 

 districts the eggs remain unhatched until the spring. And, 

 possibly, it may turn out that, still farther south, the -larvae 

 are matured in the autumn, and the pupation lasts through 

 the winter. Years ago, when the old Battersea Fields were 

 in the process of formation, with the present Battersea Park, 

 the larvae of L. Salicis were so abundant on the poplars as to 

 almost defoliate the lower branches. Now, it appears in 

 comparatively small numbers in our western suburbs. — Id. 



Erenwbia ochroleuca in Kent and Esse.v. — In your work 

 on ' British Moths' you say that this is a very local species, 

 and only found in four counties, nauiely, Sussex, Gloucester- 

 shire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire. I have found this insect in 

 two other counties flying in the day-time, or at rest on 

 flowers. In Kent 1 have taken specimens at Deal, Folke- 

 stone and Dover; and I am informed that it is taken near 

 Canterbury in considerable numbers. In Essex I have 

 taken a single specimen at rest on a flower-head, in the 

 parish of Hadleigh, some four miles from here ; and I know 

 that it is taken not uncommonly near Saff"ron Walden, in 

 this county. — Gilbert H. Raynor ; The Ferns, Danbnry, 

 Chelmsford, December 26, 1871. 



Economy of JEneana. — On the 20th of this month 

 (January), in company with Mr. Godwin and other friends, 

 I visited Willesden to obtain larvae of ^Eneana. Mr. Godwin, 

 who has been very successful in breeding this beautiful 

 Tortrix, pointed out a fact relating to the species I think 

 worth mentioning to the readers of the 'Entomologist,' as it 

 may lead to the discovery of other localities for it. He 

 directed us to pull gently the last years' flower-stalks of the 



