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greatly to my surprise found they were very fine and large var. 

 hutckinsoni. — L. W. Newman; Bexley, Kent. 



Late Autumn and Winter Emergence of Ematurga ato- 

 MARiA. — During 1910 I reared a considerable number of E. atomaria 

 from ova from Lanes, parents ; the larvse fed up rapidly and pupated 

 in June. During July I turned out my breeding pots, collected the 

 pupge and stored them away in glass-top metal boxes, in as cold a 

 place as possible for the winter. I did not again look at the pupae 

 till September, when I was rather surprised to find six specimens 

 had emerged, two being dead and the other four ahve. I noticed 

 several dozens were forming up, so these were removed to a breeding 

 cage, and the imagines duly emerged. As others continued to form 

 up, they also were removed from their cold place and kept warm. 

 Moths continued to emerge right up to the beginning of January, 

 when they stopped. In all, over twenty-five per cent, of the pupae 

 emerged from September to January, a few almost every day. — 

 L. W. Newman ; Bexley, Kent. 



Phasgonura viridissima (Orthoptera). — Mr. B. S. Williams 

 sends me a fine female specimen of this grasshopper, that Surrey 

 may no longer bear the reproach of having no certain record of this 

 fine species. It was taken by himself at Pickett's Hole, Ranmore, 

 August 13th, 1910.— W. J. Lucas. 



Hemerobius stigma (Neuroptera). — On January 29th last, a 

 specimen of this brown lacewing was obtained by beating a young 

 Scotch fir at the Black Pond, Esher Common, Surrey. I have found 

 the species previously in this locality in mid-winter ; but still the 

 capture may be worth recording. — W. J. Lucas. 



Triph^na pronuba in January. — This evening (Jan. 27th) I took 

 a T. 'pronuha flying around a lamp in a room. The specimen seemed 

 to me to be too fresh for one of the partial second brood of 

 September, 1910. Last October I found several larvae of this species, 

 in the garden here, nearly full-grown and still feeding. Is this a 

 common occurrence '? — Laurence Jones ; The Rectory, Marks Tey. 



Notes on Chilosia grossa, Cordyceps, and Smerinthus tili^. — 

 Reading the note on Chilosia grossa by Lt.-Col. Nurse (' Entomo- 

 logist,' vol. xliii., p. 313) reminds me that, under the same circum- 

 stances, I used to come across pink larvae about one-third of an inch 

 long. If I remember rightly, there were several in one stem. I am 

 afraid I did not trouble much about rearing them — probably I may 

 be told they were some commoner well-known insect. This was when 

 I was living near Plymouth. The illustration of Cordyceps militaris 

 (1. c. p. 297) recalls the gruesome appearance of a large C. ligniperda 

 larva I left in a cylindrical tin and neglected. As well as I can 

 remember, the fungus was nearly an inch long and growing vertically 

 from the whole length of the back. The damp atmosphere of the 

 tin had evidently suited the fungus better than its host. Mr. Arkle's 

 note {I. c. p. 294) that S. tilice, is very rare in the Chester district is 

 equally true of the Plymouth one, where I could never succeed in 

 finding the species, though I used to dig up the pupae fairly freely 



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