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day, very early one morning in June, flying over the path, like 

 an Odynerus, for which he took it at first sight. 



JEgeria Bembeciformis appeared in July in different parts of 

 our woods ; but from the rapidity of their flight over the fern 

 and underwood, only two were taken. 



Orgyia gonostigma. Several larvae of this insect have 

 occurred this autumn ; as well as one of — 



Stauropusfagi, which was beaten out by a person who was 

 assisting me in collecting autumn caterpillars. 



Charaas gramhris and cwspitum. A new road from Epping 

 to Woodford, through the forest, has been some years in hand. 

 A labourer employed upon it, brought to Mr. H. Doubleday 

 a number of pupae which he had found in paring some turf to 

 put on the sides of the embankments. Most were injured 

 from their lying exactly the depth below the surface that the 

 turf had to be cut. Mr. D. went himself to try and obtain 

 more, and uninjured. Whilst there, he observed some moths 

 darting like lightning over the turf, and occasionally over the 

 low beech bushes. These proved to be Charceas graminis. 



Referring to Mr. Wailes's paper in your first volume, we 

 found that they came out chiefly early in the morning. Accord- 

 ingly he proceeded to the same spot very early one morning, in 

 order to be there at the time Mr. Wailes mentions, but none 

 appeared. However, about nine, out they came whizzing 

 about in all directions over a small space of open ground. 

 Their swiftness rendered them very hard to capture ; but yet 

 many were secured ere they retired to rest, which was in about 

 two hours. 



Wishing to see the insect alive, I went to the spot the next 

 day but one, but after waiting two or three hours I could not 

 see one ; so I ran off into the thick of the forest for a ramble. 

 The weather afterwards set in bad, so we could get no more. 

 The pupae found were chiefly Heliophobus popidaris and Hama 

 testacea, but two or three were Charwas ccespitum. 



The entire additions to our list of Lepidoptera are as under : — 

 Limenitis Camilla Chareeas graminis 



Parathrene vespiformis caespitum 



iEgeria Bembeciformis Cymatophora Oo. 



Orgyia gonostigma Xanthia rufina. 



Cerura bicuspis 



