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Aleucis pictaria was obtained, flying roand or settled on the blackthorn 

 bushes at night. A special point was made of working for this moth, 

 as we had not previously taken it. Blackthorn bloom was rather 

 better than the sallows, which were nearly all over, a nice series of 

 Pachnobia rubricosa being obtained from the former. 



The following is a list of the remaining moths noticed ; — Trachea 

 piniperda, Xylocampa lithorhiza, Xylina rhizolitha, Cerastis vaccinii, 

 Taniocampa stabilis, T. pulverulenta {cruda), T. gothica, T. miniosa, T. 

 mmida, Brephos parthenias (two), Selenia illunaria, Tephrosia bistortata, 

 Anticlea badiata, A. nigrofasciaria, Eupithecia abbreviata, E. pinnilata, 

 and Hybernia maryinaria. With regard to the last named, the males 

 were in dozens one very cold evening (April 12th), flitting about in. a 

 fir and oak plantation, and settled on trunks and twigs of both trees, 

 but more abundantly on the firs. Very few were noticed elsewhere. 

 Could this possibly be a case of " sembling " ? If we had tried we 

 could have taken about fifty in a quarter of an hour. A long search 

 for larvae of Limenitis sibylla only revealed four very small ones. 

 Other larvaB noticed were Psilura monacha (one from fir), Tceniocampa 

 qiiercus (from ling), Ayrotis ayathina (ling), Triphcena fimbria, T. conies, 

 and Nuctua (? trianyulum), the last three species by searching with the 

 lantern after dark — Miselia oxyacanthm, Catocala sponsa (one), Bumia 

 liiteolata (cratcByata), Crocallis elinguaria, Metrocampa maryaritaria, 

 Ellopia fasciaria (about four dozen), Cleora lichenaria, C. ylabraria 

 (three), Thera variata, T. Jirinata, Abraxas yrossulariata, and Cidaria 

 truncata (honeysuckle). 



From the above it will be seen that, in spite of the weather, we 

 had a considerable amount of success. — F. M. B. Cakr; The Choir 

 School, The Close, Salisbury : May 17th, 1903. 



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Proceedinys of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, 1902. Pp. 126. Two Plates and a Chart. Hibernia 

 Chambers, London Bridge, S.E. 1903. 



Although it does not contain so many pages as some of those 

 previously published by this Society, the present volume cannot be 

 regarded as retrogressive. Among the papers, seven in number, are 

 two or three dealmg with entomological matters. " A Life Cycle of 

 Acidalia maryinepunctata, Goze [pronmtata, Gn.), and other Notes on 

 the Species," by Mr. Robert Adkin, is exceedingly interesting and 

 instructive reading ; while the paper by Dr. Chapman on " Inflation 

 in insects " which deals with the mechanics connected with the emerg- 

 ence of the imago from the pupa, and the subsequent expansion of 

 the wings, should attract attention to a promising field of investigation. 

 The subject discussed by Mr. F. Noad Clark belongs to the Crustacea, 

 but his paper on Aryulus foliaceus is of considerable importance as a 

 contribution to the life-history of the "fish-louse," and it is accompanied 

 by two excellent plates of structural details from photos taken by the 

 author. 



