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(Entom. xviii, 142) mentions that they are not easy to rear. Acidalia 

 marginepunctata, A. siihsericeata , Emmelesia mmorata, E. decolorala, E. 

 affinitata, E. alchemillata, Venusra cambrica, and Abraxas nlmata all turned 

 up in tolerable numbers. Tanagra atrata was out in splendid condition on 

 July 3rd, but very worn on the 9th. The best insect tliat I took was A. 

 contif/uaria ; I caught six one evening on the wing without moving, and 

 although I tried the same place on several evenings afterwards, I did not 

 get any more there, but found another at rest about two miles away. No 

 doubt, had I known the right way to work for this species, I should have 

 got plenty of it; perhaps some readers of this note can give me a hint or two, 

 as I shall most likely go to the same spot again this summer. Melanippe 

 galiata, Eubolia paluinbaria, and Pseudoterpna pruinata were all common ; 

 so also were Pyrausta ostriiialis and HerUda cespitalis ; a few Enngchia 

 clngulata were taken, also Scoparia cembrcB and S. mercureUa. The only 

 *' plume" was Aciptilia tetradactgla, whilst the Crambites were represented 

 by Crambus fahellus, C. pascuellus, C. culmellus, C. inquinatelhis, Pempelia 

 palumbella, FiJiodi>2)ha;a consociella, C. iJerleUus with its xdiueiy xvariing- 

 tonellvs and other forms ; the last-named species was exceedingly variable. 

 As I did not try sugar I obtained nothing of any note among the Noctuse. 

 From the foregoing notes it will be seen that although no rare species was 

 taken, a fair variety of insects was obtained, and in my opinion there are 

 many worse places to spend an entomological holiday at than Barmouth. 

 I hope at a future time to send a report of my visit there this summer. — 

 J. N. Kenward ; Eosslyn, New Eltham, Kent. 



Notes from Reading. — On Jan. 19th Hgbernia rupicapraria ; on 

 the 20th, Phigalia pcdaria (pilosana) and Hgbernia leiicophmaria were out 

 here; I did not see any more until Feb. 21th, when I took five H. leuco- 

 phcearia and three Anisoptergx ascularia, just emerged, hanging up on an 

 old fence drying their wings. On ]\larcli 17th two Hybenda marginaria 

 (progeuimaria); also one male Nyssia hispidarla, the first I have ever taken 

 in this district, but I had one female come out in my breeding-cage last 

 spring from pupa dug here. — W. E. Butler; Hayling House, Reading. 



Rare Lepidoptera in Surrey. — Though rather late, I wish to record 

 the capture of Deiopeia pulchella and Argynnis latona at Brighton in 1892. 

 — H. U. Edelsten; The Elms, Forty Hill, Enfield. 



Notes on the Early Moths. — On March 16th I went to Delamere 

 Fcrcct to try and get a female Nyssia hispidarla. Very few signs indeed 

 of spring were visible as the train sped on its way by field and pond. 

 Pastures were brown and bare ; tiny catkins were only beginning to show 

 on the willows, and the Forest appeared as sad and desolate as winter could 

 make it. I had scarcely been half an hour in the wood before I found the 

 object of my search — a female A^ hispidaria, the nearly black form — but it 

 was the only representative of the species I came across. Anisopteryx 

 cESCularia was fairly common, perhaps two dozen altogether. Neither was 

 Hyhernia leucophaaria more plentiful, but I had the luck to take a speci- 

 men almost black. Phigalia pedaria [jtilosaria] reached three specimens 

 only ; one example is marked across the upper wings with bold dark bars. 

 A crippled Larentia midtistrigaria completed my list of captures, all of which 

 were taken at rest off oak trunks excepting the L. multistrigaria, which I 

 picked from a railing. On March 23rd I went again to Delamere Forest. 

 The fields were green after a fine week of spring weather. Coltsfoot began 

 to show its yellow flowers, and the snowdrops (very late this year) were 



