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follows :—One specimen previous to 1864, three in 1872, and 
one in 1874. I have only occasionally seen it in local 
cabinets.—Sydney Webb; Redstone Manor House, Redhill, 
Surrey. 
Ennomos alniaria.—My friend the Rev. E. Austen, who 
lives a few miles from Dover, presented me last week with 
two specimens of Ennomos alniaria, which he reared from 
larve by beating. The food-plant was oak, birch, or willow; 
most probably one of the two former. The caterpillars spun 
up between leaves; the moths appeared about the 20th of 
September. This being his second season of larve rearing, 
he had no idea of the extreme rarity of his captures until the 
moths appeared.—W. W. Blest ; Broomscroft, Watering- 
bury, Kent, November 7, 1876. 
Dasycampa rubiginea at Hawley.—I have had the good 
fortune to take two specimens of Dasycampa rubiginea at 
ivy this season; one on the 12th October, and the second on 
the 13th. Both specimens are in perfect condition.—H. 
Jones; Hawley, Farnborough Station, October 20, 1876. 
Catocala Fraxini.—My friend Mr. W. Shaw, ‘of Ayton, 
Berwickshire, took a rather wasted specimen of this’ rare 
species at Netherbyres, in the same county, on the 9th 
September, 1876. He has kindly added the insect to my 
collection.— W. Prest ; York, November 1, 1876. 
Pionea margaritalis.—Last July a specimen of what I then 
thought was a variety of P. forficalis was caught in my garden 
at Mile End. However, upon comparing it with the P. mar- 
garitalis in the Doubleday collection, I find it is undoubtedly 
this latter species.—D. Pratt; 398, Mile End Road, Lon- 
don, E., November, 1876. 
Spilodes palealis.—It may interest the readers of the 
‘Entomologist’ to know that my friend Mr. Whitewick, of 
Bootle, captured a fine female specimen of S. palealis on the 
12th of August, while beating for Agrotis precox on the 
banks of the River Mersey. This is, I believe, the first 
instance of its capture near here.—Thos. J. Roxburgh; 
120, Harlow Street, Park Road, Liverpool, Nov. 20, 1876. 
Botys verticalis—Mr. Hodgkinson seems surprised to find 
(Entom. ix. 260) Botys verticalis as far north as Witherslack. 
Its range is much further north, as it is reported to me by 
Dr. Trail from Aberdeen, and | myself have seen it at 
