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' Yorkshire Post,' whilst the following are what I have had sent me by 

 many correspondents : — One imago at the electric light, St. Sampson's 

 Square, York, Oct. 22nd (Hawkins); one larva, Beningborough (Hewett) ; 

 larvae at Goole (Roper), Bridlington (Hobson), Normanton (Townsend), 

 Skipwith (Ash); one larva, Haxby (Thurgood). Several larvge, Pocklington, 

 one of these the finder had stuck a knife into, " to see if it was alive "; and 

 another was cut into with a spade, *' to see what it was like" (Hewett); 

 plentiful all over the Hull district, one collector had eleven dozen larvae 

 sent from Kilnsea, at four shillings a dozen (Boult) ; three larvae, Stanley, 

 near Wakefield ; one larva, Newton-on-Ouse, near York (Hawkins) ; two 

 larvae, Pickering (Metcalf); "from August to October larvae were frequently 

 brought to me by potato-pickers ; through forcing I have bred several 

 imagines from these," Doncaster (Corbett); "some fifty larvae and pupae 

 obtained at Beverley, four of which I secured myself" (Lowther); two 

 larvae, Sept. Slst, Kildale, and pupa, Nov. 3rd, Redcar (Sschse) ; larva, 

 Withernsea (Cauldwell); " one caught, Worsborough Bridge, June 18th ; 

 flew in at open bedroom window at night " (Whittaker); one imago taken 

 at Scarborough, Aug. 4th; larvae at Sherburn, Aug. 24th; at Broughton, 

 Sept. 3rd (Lowusboro); one perfect insect in the spring, three larvae in 

 August, one pupa in September, all close to Ayton (Hey) ; four larvae at 

 Whitby (Halliday)— W. Hewett ; 12, Howard Street, York. 



AcHERONTiA ATROPOS IN SCOTLAND. — Mr. A. A. DalgUsh (Ann. of Scott. 

 Nat. Hist. ] 900, p, 250) records a specimen, taken in York Street, 

 Glasgow, on Sept. 20th, and one taken off a beehive at Kilmarnock, on July 

 11th last. Mr. R. Service, in the same journal, records a larva of this 

 species from near Dumfries, another from near Lockerbie, and a third 

 example from Borgue, in Kirkcudbrightshire ; all these were found in the 

 latter part of August. A pupa was obtained on Sept. 20th, also near Dumfries. 



Cleora glabraria in Scotland. — Eight specimens of this species are 

 recorded by Mr. A. Elliott from Roxburgh. They were found on July 25th 

 and 27th last, at rest on the trunks of Scotch fir. Mr. C. G. Barrett, who 

 has seen the specimens, confirms their identity. (Ann. of Scott. Nat. 

 Hist. 1900, p. 250.) 



Ennomos autumnaria (tiliaria). — I think this species is well natu- 

 ralized here now, as it occurs every season. This autumn I captured two 

 females, with few eggs left in them. The larva feeds up readily on the 

 balsam poplar. Given a suitable summer next year, I expect the gas-lamp 

 at my front door (which is in direct line with the North Foreland Light- 

 house) will attract a fair series. — J. P. Barrett ; St. John's Villas, Margate. 



Collix sparsata Double-brooded. — For three years past I have met 

 with imagos, more or less worn, in June, and twice, on going for the larvae 

 in August, took imagos in similar condition. This season was backward. 

 On June 20th I captured about a score imagos, no traces of larvae ; on July 

 30th a few larvae nearly full-fed, no imagos ; on Aug. 25th another score of 

 imagos, mostly fine, no larvae ; on Oct. 6th full-fed larvae not uncommon. — 

 J. P. Barrett. 



Macroglossa stellatarum. — After being comparatively scarce for 

 some years, the " humming-bird moth " seems well established, the larvae 

 having been obtainable wherever a bit of bedstraw grew in the autumn. 

 During October six or seven fresh imagos have come into the house to 

 hybernate ; one is still hidden in my bedroom, but I have neither seen nor 



