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me to a knowledge of the current captures which have come 

 under their notice, ^nd to them my hearty thanks are now 

 reiterated ; but to render these tables perfect for the use of 

 the writer on geographical distribution, or for those who 

 would syllogize (by which I mean what is commonly called 

 " putting that and that together ") from a glance at the re- 

 cords of the past, the co-operation of all British Lepidopte- 

 rists is absolutely necessary. 



L. Acis in South Wales is the only notable butterfly. 

 The scarcer Hawk-moths have been but poorly repre- 

 sented, four examples of Deilephila Uvornica only have 

 been put upon record (Enl. Mo. Mag. vi. 16, 40), namely, 

 one at Folkestone, a second in Gloucestershire, and two 

 others at Levv^es, all in the spring of the year — not one in 

 the autumn, though in the previous season we can count up 

 a score of captures in the months of August and September; 

 of ChcErocampa celerio a single example has occurred at 

 Weston-super-Mare (Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. 142), and a larva 

 has been noticed in the pages of "Science Gossip;" as for 

 Sphinx convolvulif comparatively very few have been taken. 

 No Bomhyx of note has presented itself, but a sprinkling of 

 Noctuce seem to have been observed, of which the following 

 are among the best: — Cymatophora ocularis. Bied by 

 Mr. Fletcher from pupae secured near Worcester (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. vi. 145); a pair emerged together (May 25th), coupled, 

 and fertile eggs resulted in four-and-twenty hours ! — Aero- 

 nycta aim. A larva found near Derby (Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. 

 142), a specimen bred from a pupa dug near Gravesend 

 (Ent. 263). — Tapinostola Elymi. Mr. Thorpe mentions 

 (Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. 95) that he has found the best way of 

 procuring this insect is to search with a lantein after dusk 

 amongst its food-plant Elyimis arenarius just in the same 

 manner as certain other Tapinostolce, NonagricE and Miaiice 



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