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Late Grasshopper. — A single female of Stenohothrus hicolor was taken 

 on Esher Common, on Nov. 4th. This is much later than I have ever 

 noticed the species, or any of its congeners, before. — W. J. Lucas ; King- 

 ston-on Thames. 



CiRRHCEDiA XERAMPELiNA. — I took forty-three specimens of (?. xeram- 

 pelina on Aug. 23rd, 1900, all on ash-trunks and twigs around, drying 

 their wings. 1 consider the scarcity is on account of entomologists in 

 general not knowing when and how to find it. — G. Henderson; Arnold 

 Road, Old Basford, Notts. 



Note on Gonoptera libatrix. — With reference to the note [a^ite, 

 p. 305) on the finding of pupae of G. libatrix on black poplar, I may say 

 that here the larva is regularly beaten from both sallow and black poplar. 

 On sallow it spins the " oval white cocoon " mentioned by Newman, but on 

 poplar makes no cocoon, simply curling over the end of a leaf, or drawing 

 two leaves together and fastening them with a few silken threads, the pupa 

 itself being perfectly visible between the leaves. — Frank Littlewood ; 

 Lynn Garth, Kendal, Nov. 8th, 1900. 



Caradrtna ambigua at Pagham.— When at Bognor, in September, 

 I took a doubtful-looking Caradrina, at sugar, at Pagham, and have now 

 been enabled to identify it as C. ambigua. In view of the remarkable 

 spread of this moth round the South Coast, it may be of interest to add 

 this capture to the records. — R. Meldola ; Nov. 8th. 



Gerris lacustris nymph in October. — On Oct. 14th last I was rather 

 surprised on picking up out of a dyke on the sandhills at Deal a nymph of 

 Gerris lacustris — rather late for nymphs, I thought. — G. W. Kirkaldy. 



Sugaring in a Garden. — Sugaring in the garden here during October 

 proved rather attractive. Between the 9th and 17th the following species 

 occurred: — Agrotis saucia, Orthosia lota, Arichocelis pistacina [very common), 

 A. litura, Cerastis vaccinii, C. ligula (spadicea), Xanthia ferruginea (com- 

 mon), Polia flavicincta, Miselia oxijacanthce (including a good many ab. 

 capucina), Phlogophora meticulosa, and Hadena protea. — Philip J. Bar- 

 raud : Bushey Heath, Herts. 



Notes from the Lake District. — In June I took a three weeks' 

 holiday, from the 7th to •28th. 1 stayed at a place in the parish of Set- 

 murthy, but the station, which was quite close, was labelled Bassenthwaite 

 Lake, and was situated in the parish of Wythop. The village of Wythop 

 was on one side of Wythop Fells and the church on the other, and the 

 village of Bassenthwaite is on the opposite side of the lake to the station 

 of Bassenthwaite Lake. The weather was all that could be desired, which 

 is not always the case in the English Lake District. I did not sugar ; iu 

 fact, I only took such insects as came directly under my notice. The 

 following is a list of the Lepidoptera which I either took or saw :—Pieris 

 brassier, rapce, and napi; all these were very common, but in poor con- 

 dition. Euchlo'e (Anthocharis) cardamines, common, and in good con- 

 dition ; exceedingly variable in size, some males being the smallest I have 

 ever seen, and others the largest. Argynnis selene, very common and in 

 splendid condition. A. euphrosyne, only caught a few, which were very worn. 

 Vanessa urticcB, larvae common everywhere, especially near Crossthwaite 

 church and in the Vale of Newlands. I took about forty, which soon 

 turned, and are small, but dark, with very distinct markings. V. atalanta. 



