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Toxocampa pasUmcm was caught flying. Both ^"^^^f ^^^^^^^l 

 members of a partial second brood, and m the case of T imstinwi 

 t^iis isprobably worth noting. It is perhaps also desn-able that he 

 {ocality^sl?ouk/be put on record.-W. G. Whittinoham ; Kmghton 

 Vicarage, Leicester. 



Aeaschnia levana eepobted peom Hebefobdshie^.-I beg to 

 rpr-orrl the capture of two spec mens of A. levana at Symond s Yat, 

 r/LtsSe^d^hire, beLeen July 20th a^ 



collector, whom I met in the district, informed me that he h^^l taken 

 nearly a dozen examples severa miles ^way "A ,W. Hughes. 

 33. Dacy Eoad. Everton, Liverpool, October 24th, 1914. 



Geapta c-album and Aeaschnia eevana ^^^'\^?^^'\'>^^^l''^--. 

 Amongst a few Grapta c-album recently reared from a Joiest of 

 Dean female, I have' bred two aberrations. ^Unfortunately one is 

 dwarfed and crippled, but the other is a perfect male. The usual 

 two pots in the outer area of the primaries are represented by 

 a smaU dot whilst the secondaries have the darker markings spread 

 ^veT almost the whole of the wing, obliterating the g--^^^^^^^^ 

 and giving the wings a smeared appearance. This abeation is 

 rather similar to one I captured in the same district m July, 1912 

 except that the wild specimen is of the hutcJmisom form, and the 

 markinc^s are of a deeper brown. Araschma levana was about m 

 TeFoi^st during the iSter half of July last E^^^P-^J^^f. 

 to my share, and I heard of five others being taken.-G. B. Olivee, 

 October 22nd, 1914. 



GOEDULEaASTEE ANNULATUS IN THE NyMPH ^^^.f ""^f ^^^^ 



UD a note in the 'Entomologist' of October last (p. 278), 1 may 

 m'ention that on October 2nd^I found the -Y-P^- /- -^^^^^^ 

 anmdatus in some marshes at Augarrack near H^yj^' f °77^^^' '^ 

 various stages of growth. Some were small enough, I should say, to 

 have been hatched this season; others were, so ar as outward 

 ^moeaiances so full grown, and might have emerged this summer. 

 TEwilnoTnow come oit until Sext June. They certainly can- 

 not ha7e been hatched later than in June or July 1913, which would 

 make their nymph stage two years in all. But they may ha.^eb^^^^ 

 hatched in 1912. It seems strange they should be full giown. 

 extrnall'at any rate, nme or ten months before they eme^'ge.- 

 Haeold Hodge; 9, Highbury Place, N., November 14th. 1914. 



EOEMALDEHYDE USEFUL IN SETTING INSECTS.-It is Safe to Say 



that, at some time or other during one's career as a ^oll^^J^^' ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 has viewed with disgust the relaxing ^f ,«°^^TTn\.l °eShe 

 wings of one or more cherished imagines that ^^^^.^een placed in the 

 cabinet or store-box. It struck me last spring that this might be 

 Overcome by the use of formaldehyde. I think that I -Y -J J^^ 

 experiment has been crowned with complete success. ^Jy P^^^^^y^,^^ 

 briefly is this -.-After the moths or butterflies have been on the 

 se tmg board for a fortnight or three weeks-a fortnight is qute 

 sufficient-place the board with imagines, as they are, m a box that 



