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hatched in ten days; fed on knot-grass and lettuce; did not 
thrive well, and when about half grown began to die off. 
Hyria auroraria: eggs deposited on the 6th of July ; hatched 
in about nine days; larve fed on knot-grass; one imago 
appeared on the 13th and one on the 16th of September. I 
have a number of larve hybernating, some of which are 
apparently full grown. Acidalia circellata: obtained five or 
six eggs on the 6th of July, from which I bred four imagos; 
eggs hatched. in about eight days; larve thrive well on knot- 
grass; the first moth emerged on the 7th September, the 
others a few days later. A. subsericeata: eggs deposited freely 
6th June; hatched in ten days; food, knot-grass ; commenced 
pupation about 18th July; the first moth appeared 30th 
July; bred a fine series. I have still a number of larve, 
apparently full grown, obtained from the same supply of 
eggs. A. fumata: obtained a few eggs on the 6th July, 
which hatched in seven days; fed on knot-grass ; most of the 
larve died when full grown; a few are still alive. I have made 
several attempts to carry this larva through the winter without 
success.—R. Kay; 2, Spring Street, Bury, Nov. 6, 1874. 
Tapinostola Bondii at Lyme Regis.—In the September 
number of the ‘ Entomologist’ (Entom. vii. 205) Mr. Tugwell 
records the capture of this species at Lyme Regis, saying that 
he thinks it a new locality for it. In this, however, he is 
mistaken, as I met with the species there in July, 1863 
(eleven years ago), and recorded its occurrence there in the 
‘Zoologist’ for that year (p. 8861). Mr. Tugwell’s notice of 
this insect is, however, of considerable interest, as it serves to 
prove that it is still to be found at Lyme Regis as well as at 
Folkestone, and probably at other places on the south coast. 
—P.C. Wormald; 2, Clifton Villas, Highgate Hill, N., 
November 5, 1874. 
Abundance of Polia flavocincta at Huddersfield.—On the 
2nd and 3rd of October, Flavocincta was unusually numerous 
at sugar here. The weather then became cold and wet, and 
sugar was of no use. Last week Flavocincta appeared again 
at sugar, but not in such large numbers.—George Brook ; 
Fernbrook, Huddersfield, October 19, 1874. 
_ Lycena Argiolus Ovipositing.—Early last April I had the 
pleasure of watching a female of Argiolus apparently deposit- 
ing her eggs on the flower-buds of the holly, in a garden near 
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