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neighbourhood I have only observed two specimens of this 

 insect, and both of those were seen at least twelve years ago. 

 Several times, also, I have spent the month of August at Bourne- 

 mouth, when I found Rhopalocera generally abundant; but there 

 G. rhamni was far from common. Indeed it was not until the 

 summer of 1880, when I visited the New Forest, that I ever saw 

 G. rhamni in abundance. — H. H. Corbett ; Ravenoak, Cheadle 

 Holme, Stockport, February 20, 1884. 



Zeuzera jesculi. — I met with several larvae of Zeuzera 

 cbscuU at Cambridge the year before last, but unfortunately failed 

 to rear any of them. Can any of your correspondents suggest the 

 best means? — Albert H. Waters; Mill Road, Cambridge. 



NOCTILE NEAR CAMBRIDGE : AcRONYOTA RUMICIS. — This 



species was very plentiful here in 1881, but has been scarcer ever 

 since, and last year was not at all common. Acronycta aceris, 

 too, which I always find in some abundance here, was in fewer 

 numbers than usual. The only other Noctuina'I met with worth 

 mentioning were Acronycta Ugustri, Miana furuncula, Caradrina 

 blanda, Agrotis puta, and Plusia chrysitls, together with Noctua 

 c-nigrum, the second brood of which was common in September. 

 — Albert H. Waters ; Mill road, Cambridge. 



Early appearance of Epione advenaria. — I think it may 

 be interesting to some of your readers to hear that two of the 

 above-named species are already on my setting-boards, the first 

 having appeared on the 10th, and the second on the 14th, of 

 March. They are from a batch of six that were reared from 

 eggs. Is there usually an earlier brood than the July one 

 mentioned by Newman ? — Percy Rendall ; 20, Ladbroke Square. 



Remarkable Nest of a Congregating Moth. — At the last 

 meeting of the Linnean Society, March 20th, in illustration of his 

 paper, " A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Anaphe, 

 Walker," Lord Walsingham exhibited a large and remarkable 

 nest of a congregating moth, a species of the genus, from 

 Natal. It contained a packed mass of cocoons, specimens 

 of the larvae, and of the mature insect. There likewise was 

 shown a living example of a dipterous parasite, which had 

 emerged from the moth-eggs on hatching. His lordship stated 

 that the nest and contents had been forwarded to him by 



