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obtained nine imagines ; out of these two were cripples, and the 

 others were not of a bright colour. Out of the twenty-four sticks 

 placed in a cage, with the holes downwards and covered in two 

 inches of sand, I obtained -twent} r -three perfect specimens, and 

 but one cripple. These emerged during June, from 6th to 16th, the 

 cripple being last. I therefore think it the best plan to keep them 

 in the osier sticks. I regret that I have no more for friends, and 

 should like to know results of those sent away. I might say 

 that in no instance did the larvae reach more than ten inches in 

 the sticks from the root. A great many larvae were knocked out 

 and killed by the rough way in which the sticks were cut. I 

 found twenty-eight living larvae on the ground, which I preserved. 

 — W. Tristram; Havelock Cottage, Gosling Street, Leicester, 

 December, 1883. 



Peronea comparana double-brooded. — During the month 

 of June I collected a number of puckered leaves on the strawberry- 

 plants for larva? of Peronea comparana. A few days later I went 

 for more, but to my surprise I found a lot of sparrows at work, 

 the leaves being torn and pecked bare of both larvae and pupae. 

 However, I bred a quantity in July. Again, in September, I 

 visited the place, and got a fresh supply of both larvae and pupae ; 

 the moths came out up to the middle of October. I saw no 

 difference in the variations from the earlier brood. Some few 

 years ago I saw large beds of strawberry entirely destined, the 

 moths rising up in thousands. This species seems to vary con- 

 siderably ; some of them like Peronea schalleriana, but not as 

 large nor yet as bright in coloration. — J. B. Hodgkinson ; 15, 

 Spring Bank, Preston, November 14, 1883. 



Coleoptera in 1883. — On the few occasions I have been 

 able to devote to "sweeping" this season I have found Coleoptera 

 in some parts of Surrey abundant. My first venture for this 

 purpose was to E slier and neighbourhood on May 14th. The 

 weather was comparatively fine and mild, though showery at 

 times. Several things were rather common, such as Prasocuris 

 aucta, Phyllobius alneti, P. oblongus, a few P. calcaratus, and 

 Ceuthorliynchideus troglodytes ; also took two or three specimens of 

 Liophlceus nnbilus, Grypldius eqidseti, Gymnetron pascuorum, and 

 about a dozen of Lema melanopa and L. cyanella. Visiting the 

 same locality on three Saturdays in June, I swept some half- 



