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Lyccena agestis, 52 L. alsus, 53 L. argiolus, 54 L. avion (Newman's 

 ' Butterflies,' p. 140.) This brings the total to fifty-two, or ten 

 more, excluding Hippothoe and Antiopa. The reason I asked 

 entomologists for their county lists was to compare numbers and 

 kinds as to local distribution. The use is evident. Will those 

 friends who intend to forward lists kindly do so as quickly as 

 possible ?— Herbert E. Norris; St. Ives, Hunts, Feb. 7, 1884. 



Abnormal emergence of Chelonia caja. — It may be interest- 

 ing to the readers of the ' Entomologist' to know that I have just 

 had three Chelonia caja emerge from the pupse, one male and two 

 females. They pupated in October, and are fine specimens. I 

 have not in any way forced them ; and the females have already 

 laid about seventy eggs. I have also had Attacus luna emerge 

 this month. — J. M. Clissold ; 23, Victoria Square, Clifton, 

 December 15, 1883. 



Abnormal emergence ofNoctua augur.— On November 26th 

 I was much astonished at the appearance of a moth in one of my 

 breeding-cages; as I had not been breeding any insects which 

 should emerge in the autumn, I had no reason to expect 

 any apparition. It proved to be a small specimen of the above- 

 named moth ; and in the same box I also discovered a good many 

 pupae of the same species. The larvae were bred from eggs in 

 June; and having been kept out of doors I expected* that they 

 would hybernate in the usual way. I should be glad to know if 

 such a thing occurs commonly. — C. S. Bouttell ; 3, Chestnut 

 Villas, Forest Gate, Essex, December 4, 1883. 



Rearing Larvae of T^eniocampa opima. — The great difficulty 

 experienced in rearing this species from the ova by Mr. Walpole 

 (Entom. xvii. p. 43), leads me to believe that a description of the 

 method by which I have successfully reared T. opima to the 

 pupal state may be interesting to some of the readers of the 

 ' Entomologist.' On May 8th, 1883, I received a batch of eggs 

 from New Brighton, Cheshire. I at once put them in a glass-top 

 box, which I placed on my table to be examined every morning. 

 On May 10th three or four larvae hatched, which were semi- 

 transparent and greyish, with the head and anterior segments 

 darker. On May 11th all the eggs, between two and three 

 hundred in number, hatched. I then procured a wide-mouthed, 

 white-glass bottle, in which I placed some young shoots of willow 



entom. — march, 1884. k 



