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Larvfe of Eupitltecicc were found plentifully on Golden Rod, 

 Valerian and Angelica. 



Sugaring, on the whole, was disappointing. The best things 

 taken were two Leticania viteUina on my own sugar and two on 

 that of Mr. Milman. Lencania putrescens, Calymnia ajfinis, C. 

 dijfinis were scarce, Caradrina amhigua plentiful, Agrotis saucia 

 and Agrotis suftisa in abundance. The only capture of note on 

 my return was that of three larvse of Cacullia It/cltnitis on 

 September 15th. Locally autumn larvas were practically non- 

 existent, pupfB remarkably scarce, and the same might be said of 

 imagines at ivy-bloom or on tree-trunks. After I left South 

 Devon Mr. Woodforde stayed till October 23rd, and now tells me 

 that, though ivy was abundant and the bloom profuse, hardly 

 anything visited it except Phlogopliora meticulosa nnd Anuitheii 

 pistacina, both of which were abundant. Under half a dozen 

 each of Epunda nigra, Epunda lichenea and Polia fiavicincta, 2 

 Lithophane socia, 1 Amathes lota, 1 Amathes circellaris, 2 Miselia 

 oxyacantluE, 2 Orrhodia vaccinii, 1 Noctiia glareosa and 3 Cidaria 

 trnncata were his bag, although he visited many large clumps 

 of ivy on every possible «ight. No insects were to be seen flying 

 at dusk. 



3, Connaught Eoad, 

 North End, 



Portsmouth. 



A FEW NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND ELSEWHERE. 



By G. H. Gurney, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Although demobilized from the Army last April, I have not 

 been able to do a very great deal of collecting during the past 

 summer, but the following notes on the few days I had may be 

 of interest. On May 24tli Papilio machnon was well out in the 

 Broad district ; some fifteen were seen on one favourite bit of 

 marshland. This is a very early date for them, but the 24th was 

 an exceptionally warm, mild day. On the 26th, which was sunny, 

 but with a cold east wind, I only saw four in the same localitj'. 

 On the 28th of the same month I made an expedition to some 

 woods near Peterborough, mainly with a view to seeing Cartero- 

 cephalus pahemon ; this I found to be very plentiful, and generally 

 quite fresh. Nisoiiiades tages and Hesperia malice were also 

 common in the same locality. Brenthis euphrosyne, Callophrys 

 riihi, Pararge egerides, Gonepteryx rhamni, Nemeohius lucina, 

 common and fresh, Canionympha pamphilus and a single P. 

 megcera were all noted, and a rather melancholy feature of the 

 landscape were the acres of brown oak trees, completely denuded 

 of their leaves by the depredations of the larvae of Tortrix 

 viridana, etc. 



