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Man, just as Valligera flies here in some seasons. Thinking 

 it a curious specimen I secured it, but did not set it until 

 some months afterwards. In the meantime several of my 

 friends saw the specimen, but no one seemed to care much 

 about it, and my "swan" was fast dwindhng itself and me 

 into a goose ; but strong in my conviction that it was a moth 

 I had never seen, and not a variety, but a good species, I 

 relaxed and set it; then its distinctly white ahdomeii and its 

 peculiarly white under wings spoke out, " /';« new to 

 Britain /" And I searched my books through, but failed to 

 find a description applicable to mj- new moth. Thinking, 

 however, so fine an Agrotis must be known on the Continent, 

 I have waited until now before I announced my good fortune. 

 By the kindness of my friend E. Ragonot, of Paris, I have 

 received a specimen of Hllbner's A. spinifera from Spain, 

 which, though smaller than my insect and perhaps a little 

 darker, is undoubtedly specifically identical with mine. 

 That A. spinifera is scarce abroad is best seen by the great 

 price asked for it by continental dealers (about 12.9. each, 

 English) ; whilst in a priced catalogue before me " Ditrape- 

 zium" is offered for Qd., Cinerea for Is. 2d., and Trux for 9d., 

 English money. — C. S. Gregson ; Rose Bank, Fletcher 

 Grove, Edge Lane, Liverpool, April 21, 1872. 



Larva of Enpithecia suhciliata. — In the month of August, 

 1871, Mr. Sang, of Darlington, kindly sent me two living 

 females of E. subciliata : one of them was at the point 

 of death when it arrived ; the other, which was very lively, I 

 at once placed under a large bell-glass, with some sprigs of 

 maple in a vial of water. In about a week I found she had 

 deposited about twenty eggs at the junction of the footstalk 

 of the leaf with the stem : some were laid upon the next 

 years' bud; others upon the sheath-like covering of the foot- 

 stalk : all were carefully pushed in and concealed from view, 

 and could only be discovered by pulling off the old leaf; 

 they were at first whitish in colour, but turned red in a kw 

 days. During the first week in April thirteen young larvae 

 hatched out, and fed well for a few days on young maple- 

 leaves; but before the end of the month, with one exception, 

 all died off. I have no doubt the sudden and ungenial 

 changes of the weather were too much for their delicate con- 

 stitutions. The sole survivor has, I am rejoiced to say, 



