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of Dasychira pudibunda, with others, £2 10s. ; a male Saturnia 

 carpini, " with fulvous hind wings and the markings, except ocellus, 

 obsolete, and a very white female," £1 6s. the two ; and a lot of five 

 Phalera hucephala, including two fine dark specimens, one with and 

 one without silvery lines, and other nice forms, £2 10s. Of a long 

 and varied series of Angeroim lyrunaria perhaps the most interesting 

 lot was one of three specimens, which included "an orange male, the 

 fore wings shaded with golden," and two others, which sold for 

 £2 15s. the lot. A dwarf form of Buviia cratagata, with white hind 

 wings, and a specimen of Venilia maculata near var. quadrimaculata, 

 with three others, made £2 5s. ; a lot comprising one white, one dark, 

 and two very light forms of B. cratagaia, £1 10s. ; and a lot of six 

 Ematurga atomaria, consisting of " two unicolorous dark-brown 

 males, three black forms, and a light fulvous male," £1 15s. 



Two lots of nine and ten specimens of Nola centonaUs each, with 

 eight N. albulalis, realized £1 12s. 6d. per lot ; fine specimens of 

 Lcslia coenosa brought round about 17s. per pair ; Noctua subrosea 

 from 10s. to 22s. per pair ; Xylina conformis, put up in lots of three, 

 from £1 Is. to £1 10s. per lot ; and Cleora vidiiaria, when in good 

 condition, from 10s. to 15s. apiece. The total of the two days' sale, 

 which included two 40-drawer cabinets, falling just short of four 

 hundred and ninety pounds. — E. A. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Malacosoma neusteia, L., in Kincardineshire. — During the 

 second week of June, 1909, w'hen staying with my friend the Rev. 

 J. R. Fraser at Kinneff, Kincardineshire, we paid a visit on the 15th 

 to Fawsyde, the residence of T. L. R. Shand, Esq. His gardener, 

 Mr. Wm. Cormack, had four days previously noted on a young single 

 white weeping standard rose an attack which was completely new to 

 him. Two twigs were affected, each showing a firm belt of lepidop- 

 terous eggs beneath a short dense web which extended to the nearest 

 young leaves. On the web were numerous small blackish larvae. 

 The appearance of the attack suggested at once the lackey moth 

 {M. neustria, L.) as its author. As the plant was growing in the 

 open, it was of some importance to ascertain whether the eggs had 

 been deposited on it there, i. e. whether this was a case of attack by 

 a species already established in the neighbourhood, or if it were 

 simply an accidental introduction. The latter was clearly proved to 

 be the case. The roses had been imported by a firm of nurserymen 

 from Holland about December, 1908. After remaining in their hands 

 three months, the roses were sent to Fawsyde in the middle of 

 March. There was a very apparent demarcation between the young 

 shoot subsequently (March-June) grown and the wood of the pre- 

 vious year. It was on the latter that the eggs had been deposited. 

 This must have taken place in Holland, for M. neustria emerges 

 normally in July or August. However, as their identity was by no 

 means certain at first the larvae were reared, and the following notes 

 were made. 



