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larval burrow until the imago stage. Zeuzera pyrini pupates in the 

 larval burrow. Dr. May's note clearly indicates that Gossus lignipenia 

 does, at times, pupate in the earth. I have seen other records. Mr. J. 

 A. Clark, if my memory serves me, had one or two examples of pupae 

 which pupated in earth, in his very interesting collection illustrating 

 the life-history of this species. The life-history of Cossiis, which I pre- 

 pared some years ago, now in the possession of Mr. F. B. Harvey, 

 illustrated the actual position of the pupal cocoon in relation to the 

 burrow through the bark of the tree. — Ambrose Quail ; Palmerston N., 

 New Zealand, May 23rd, 1900. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



CoREMiA QUADRiFASOfARiA IN EssEx. — On Friday last, June 29th, I 

 was beating the tall hedges round Hazeleigh Wood, when a very dusky 

 Geometer carae out, and scurried away over a recently-cut clover field. 

 Thinking it was Larentia didymata, of which I want a new series, I went 

 in hot pursuit, and, with some difficulty, succeeded in netting the obscure 

 fugitive, which, to my surprise and delight, turned out to be a fine male 

 C. quadrifasciaria. This species was recorded, some twenty years ago (in 

 the ' Entomologist,' I think), as having been taken by a Londoner when 

 visiting Danbury, three miles from here. It is, no doubt, a scarce species ; 

 but generally to be obtained by beating hedgerows in the daytime or netting 

 at dusk, where it is known to occur. I have taken it at Brentwood and 

 Harlow in this county, and at Fordham in Cambridgeshire; and, in 1896, 

 I took a specimen at Panton in mid-Lincolnshire, which I believe to be the 

 most northerly record in the British Isles.— (Rev.) Gilbert H. Raynor ; 

 Hazeleigh Rectory, Maldon, July 3rd, 1900. 



CoLiAS EDUSA AND C. HYALE AT Eastbourne. — I obtained two speci- 

 mens of C. hyale and one example of G. edusa in a clover field on the cliffs 

 near Beachy Head, on June 12th. The edusa was worn, and looked as if 

 it had hybernated ; but the hyale were perfect. — Stanley A.Blenkarn. 



Anticlea sinuata. — I took two examples of A. sbiuata, on July 13th, 

 at Cranborne, Dorset. — T. H. Fisher; Cranborne Vicarage. 



^EscHNA CYANEA AT Paddington. — A not fuU-colourcd example of 

 Mschna cyanea flew into one of our offices here last Friday ; and one of 

 the clerks gave it to me. — Fred. Noad Clark ; Paddington Infirmary, 

 Harrow Road, W., July 18th, 1900. 



IscHNURA elegans IN LoNDON.— Mr. F. N. Clark has sent rae a couple 

 of specimens of the small dragonfly, Ischnura elegans, taken from the hanks 

 of the Grand Junction Canal, adjoining the Paddington Infirmary. As this 

 dragonfly is scarcely capable of migration, the specimens must be looked 

 upon as true-born Londoners, and a record of their capture is, therefore, of 

 interest. — W. J. Lucas; July 3rd, 1900. 



Collecting in Hayward's Heath District. — I shall be very much 

 obliged if any of your readers could inform me of any places, open to the 

 public, which are good for insects in the Hayward's Heath (Sussex) district. 



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