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Miana strigilis—Two at sugar. 
Agrotis Segetum.—One. 
Tryphena pronuba.—Two at light. 
Diantheecia conspersa.—Found several young Dianthecia 
larve feeding in the seed-pods of ragged robin (Lychnis 
Flos-Cuculi), which I suppose were Conspersa, but I did not 
succeed in rearing them. 
Phlogophora meticulosa.—One or two at sugar. 
Euplexia lucipara.—Not uncommon. 
Cucullia umbratica.—Several resting on stones and gate- 
osts. 
Plusia Gamma.—Extremely abundant. 
The above list shows a total absence of many of the com- 
monest British Lepidoptera on the wing in June. The island 
is so exposed, and almost devoid of hedges and trees, that I 
was almost surprised to find so many species. The nearest 
point of France, Cape La Hogue, is only ten miles distant, so 
that rare species would be not unlikely to occur if the island 
was searched at all times of the year. 
W. A. Lourr, 
Guernsey. 
Three Notes on Aphides. By Francis WALKER, Esq. 
1. Aphides of Amurland.—There are only two species of 
the Aphis tribe to record from Amurland, but they are 
both of interest on account of their distribution elsewhere. 
The first is Lachnus Piceze, known as one of the most 
northern insects observed, and of frequent occurrence among 
the snows and glaciers of Switzerland: it appears occasion- 
ally and irregularly near London, but has not been often 
observed in England. The second is Dryobius croaticus, a 
native of Italy and of Croatia, and closely allied to D. Roboris, 
which is a native of more Northern Europe, and some may 
suppose that the difference between the two, and the more 
darkened wings of the former, is the effect of a difference of 
climate. 
2. Yearly Close of Aphis-life in the Fall.—October is the 
egg-laying season of Lachnus Picew, and of very many other 
kinds of the Aphis tribe, and at this epoch there is a great 
gathering of Aphides to the spots which witnessed in the 
