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the blues Lycena alexis was the only one seen, and of the 
Hesperiide not one. Among the Sphingide Acherontia atropos 
and Charocampa elpenor were the only representatives. About 
forty-five species, chiefly common everywhere, were also seen. 
The only insects in any abundance were the larve of Hupithecta 
virgaureata on the flowers of ragwort (Senecio jacobea), and those 
of H. minutata on the flowers of deyil’s-bit scabious (Scabiosa 
succisa).— OwEN 8S. Witson; Carmarthen. 
Harty Breeding oF ENDROMIS VERSICOLOR. —I was sur- 
prised to see on the morning of February 15th a fine male 
E. versicolor in my breeding-cage, which had been exposed out 
of doors, and therefore in no way forced. The specimen had 
been two years in pupa, being from Rannoch eggs received 1881. 
—W.H. Tuawett; Greenwich, Feb. 17, 18838. 
AcRONYCTA STRIGOSA AT Mrpau.—The area to which Acronycta 
strigosa is confined seems so limited that those interested in the 
distribution of this local species may like to hear that on July 
14th, 1882, I captured a female specimen in the garden of Mepal 
Rectory. From Skertchley’s ‘Fenland Past and Present’ we 
learn that A. strigosa has occurred at a goodly number of places 
close to Cambridge, but chiefly on the eastern side, as, for 
instance, at Fulbourne, long considered its head-quarters. It is 
apparently much rarer as we get further from Cambridge, and has 
not yet been turned up at Ely by any of the entomologists 
working there. It has been taken by Mr. Fryer at Chatteris, 
distant only four miles from Mepal, which lies eight miles west 
of Ely, and possesses some historical interest from its importance 
as a fenland centre in earlier times. From an entomological 
point of view it does not seem to produce any very noteworthy 
species, with the exception of A. strigosa, unless we may reckon as 
such Xanthia gilvago, which is common enough at sugar in the 
autumn months. — Harorp A. Harris; Mepal Rectory, Ely, 
Jan. 17, 1883. 
YPSIPETES ELUTATA.—While owt on the moors near this 
neighbourhood searching for larve of Larentia cesiata and 
Cidaria populata on Vaccinium, I got a number of larve feeding 
on the common ling, not knowing the species at the time. 
I brought them home and reared them separately to see what 
would come out. When they appeared they were the same dark 
