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on the sallows, as also those of Saturnia carpini and Notodonta dczac. 

 Imagines of Leioptilus microdacti/lus and Orthotelia sparganella were 

 captured. It was noticed that Spilosonia mcnthastri came reg'ularly to 

 light about 11.30 p.m., and once also a S. urticae. The pupa of P. 

 festiicae, obtained on our first visit, now produced an imago. Taken 

 on the whole it was a very successful visit, and we returned well 

 satisfied.— H. M. Edelsten, F.E.S., Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex. 

 Awja^it 28th, 1900. 



Lepidopteea in July and August. — During July larvas were exceed- 

 ingly abundant at Chingford and Tottenham, especially Forthesia similis, 

 Leucoma salicis and Malacosoma ncustria. A nice series of Dicijcla oo 

 was bred from larvie beaten from an oak at Chingford, whilst Zcphyrus 

 hetulae was very common in Epping Forest this season (one collector 

 took over 80 larvte by beating in three visits). From August 11th to 

 August 27th I was at Folkestone. One of the most noteworthy 

 insects that has appeared there this season is Fapilio macluion, of which 

 I saw two specimens, and Austin had caught one. My other captures 

 among the Ehopalocera were — Gonepteryx rhamni, Mclanaryia galathea, 

 Pieris rapae, P. napi, P. brassicae, Colias edttsa, C. var. helice, G. 

 hyale, Aryynnis aylaia (worn), Aylais urticae, Vanessa io and Pyrameis 

 atalanta were common, the larvae of the latter almost everywhere ; 

 P. cardui also was abundant, it is some years since I saw it, as 

 abundant at Folkestone as it was this year. Epinephele tithonus 

 (yvovn), E. janir a (one with almost white hindwings), Enodia Jiypcr- 

 antltua (worn), Pararyc meyaera, Hipparchia semele, Thyinellciis 

 thauiiias, Pampldla syli-anus, P. comma, PulyommatUH icarus, C. minima 

 (second brood), Cyaniris aryiolus (second brood), Polyummatus bcllaryus 

 (second brood), P. astrairhe (second brood), one an aberration with 

 the underside white with suffused black dots, Pleheiiis acyon (three 

 worn, at Dover), Pulyommatus corydon, several underside aberrations, 

 one orange female aberration, one blue female, one female with spotless 

 underside, and Chrysophanus jMaeas. Noctuids were plentiful at dusk, 

 and the number of species too numerous to mention in detail. Larvas of 

 Macroylossa stellatarum, were abundant on the yellow bedstraw, and the 

 larvffi of Chocrocampa porccllns were fairly common on the cliffs and 

 readily found with a lantern at dusk as they crawled up the bedstraw to 

 feed on the top shoots ; of some three dozen larvie captured, five only were 

 of the green form. Larvje of Sphin.v liyiistri have been rare this year; I 

 took two larva? of Aclterontia atropos in a potato field facing the cliffs, but 

 although I searched the whole field I obtained no more. On August 

 11th, 12th and 13th I observed that Plnsia yamma was in countless 

 numbers on every flower, a sight never to be forgotten. They sw^armed 

 at dusk round privet blossom, in the Marine gardens, where they 

 fought furiously to get at the bloom. By the end of the week they had 

 almost entirely disappeared and only a few stragglers were observed 

 during the rest of ]ny holiday. — C. P. Pickett, The Eavenscrofts, 

 Columbia Eoad, Hackney Eoad, London, N.E. iSejjtember 3nl, 1900. 



Partial double-broodedness of Angekona prunaria. — To-day, I 

 found a female A. pmnaria that had emerged in a breeding-cage. It 

 was from a larva that had fed up rapidly during the summer, some 150 

 larvae of the same brood being at the time of its emergence in the same 

 cage, just preparing to hybernate. — Ibid. 



Autujinal lepidoptera at Market Drayton.— Sugar has been 



