44 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
by the lady’s charms. Satyrus hyperanthus and S. tithonus 
have disappeared from some places where formerly they occurred 
commonly. I have two Dicranura vinula and Acronycta mega- 
cephala pup, which have been in that state since last July 
twelvemonths, and are as lively as ever, which, I think, is 
unusual for the species. JI should like to hear if others have 
found this the case with any other pupe this year ?—F Rep. W. 
Fronawk; Upper Norwood, Surrey, December, 1882. 
LEPmDoPrERA IN SomERsSET.—I beg to send you a report from 
Somerset as to the past season’s doings. I have collected insects 
for more than forty years, and do not recollect one season in which 
they were so few, and, although at the commencement of the 
summer some of the more common were fairly plentiful, the 
later year failed to carry out the earlier promise, for at sugar only 
two insects were at all plentiful, Phlogophora meticulosa and 
Polia flavocincta. Not only were the scarcer Xylina semibrunnea 
and X. petrificata absent, but such common visitants as Triphena 
pronuba, T’. orbona, Mamestra brassicae, Agrotis segetum, &c., were 
either very few or entirely absent. Cerastis spadicea, which 
generally occurs by dozens, was this year represented by two 
specimens, both taken in November.—H. W. Liverr; Wells, 
Somerset. 
RETARDED PUPATION OF BomByx Quercus. — On the 17th 
December last I reared a specimen of Bombyx quercus which had 
remained in the pupa condition since 1879. This seems very 
singular, and may account to some extent for our late bad seasons. 
IT have still two pupe of 1881 alive and well. It would be inte- 
resting to know if the same thing is occurring in a state of Nature. 
—C. K. TEero; 8B 32, Kent Street, Grimsby, Jan., 1883. 
CucuLLIA ABSINTHII IN SomERsET.—While collecting at Mine- 
head in August, 1881, I discovered a large number of the larve 
of this species feeding on Artemisia absinthium in a lane near 
the village of Aleombe. In three or four visits I collected thirty- 
four, about one-fourth to three-fourths of their full size. On the 
8th of September, when I had to return to London, four had 
burrowed ; the rest were carefully taken to town, with a large 
quantity of the Artemisia potted, but every one died. This is 
perhaps due to the London atmosphere, but more probably to the 
fact that the flowers of their food-plant, which they alone ate, 
were almost exhausted. Of the four remaining cocoons, two were 
