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paper. Now, may not these be the progeny of the females 
that have partaken too freely of the bottle (cyanide), and 
their constitution been impaired, or are they going to hyber- 
nate? as I am told is their habit.—G. Haggar ; Folkestone. 
Leucania albipuncta at West Wickham.— While sugaring 
at West Wickham Wood, on the 24th of August last, I had 
the good fortune to take a specimen of Leucania albipuncta ; 
and, as I believe it has never been taken in that locality 
before, my capture may be worth recording.—C. Channon ; 
Woodlands, Lewisham, September 22, 1875. 
Leucania albipuncta at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea.—l had the 
good fortune to take a specimen of Leucania albipuncta, at 
sugar here, on the 20th of August. It is in fair condition.— 
John T. Sarll; Beauvoir House, Hollington Park, St. 
Leonard’s-on-Sea, August 31, 1875. 
Whereabouts of the Specimen of Leucania unipuncta.— 
As it is desirable that the whereabouts of a British specimen of 
Leucania unipuncta should be known to entomologists, I beg 
to inform them that the specimen taken by me in the New 
Forest, last March, is now in the cabinet of my friend Mr. J. 
Ross, of Bathampton, near Bath.—£. C. Parker ; Hamp- 
stead, August 19, 1875. 
Acronycta Alni near WNottingham.—1 had the good 
fortune to obtain, on August 18th, two larve of Acronycta 
Alni, feeding on a plum-tree in our garden here at Ruddington 
(four miles from Nottingham). Another collector also took 
one near here about three years ago, and was successful in 
producing the imago. I am afraid I shall not have the same 
luck, as mine are not eating at all yet, and seem very uneasy 
in the cage.—S. Birkin; Ruddington Grange, Notlingham, 
August 19, 1875. 
Acronycta Alni at Chatteris—I have great pleasure in 
recording the capture of a single larva of Acronycta Alni 
here on the 18th of August. It was taken on a wooden bench 
under a walnut-tree, which was three or four yards from a 
row of lime-trees, in the middle of the day. The larva had 
only three or four bristles on it, and refused to eat any food 
I gave it, but entered a hollow bean-stalk provided for it on 
the 20th. This is, I believe, the first occurrence of A. Alni 
in this neighbourhood.—d, Harold Ruston ; Aylesby House, 
Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, August 21, 1875. 
Cirrheedia xerampelina at Grantham.—During the night 
