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scutosa flew up from the ground, eluded us for a time, and was eventu- 

 ally taken by my son whilst buzzing among the clover. Aplecta 

 occulta was taken by me on August 81st, whilst sugaring on the coast 

 at some little distance from any woods, in the company of Mr. 

 Eustace K. Bankes. I am not aware that this species has hitherto 

 been recorded from any of the south-western counties of England, and 

 it appears to be at all times very rare in the south. The specimen 

 being a female, and the southern form much paler than the Scotch 

 specimens, I determined to sacrifice it on the chance of getting eggs. 

 I kept her in a muslin sleeve, and well fed for about a week, and she 

 laid about 200 eggs. Unhappily they have proved to be infertile, and 

 the specimen is of course worn almost past recognition. — Fkedekick J. 

 Hanbuey, F.L.S., F.E.S., Stainiorth House, Upper Clapton, N.E. 

 September Mth, 1900. 



Pachythelia villosella two years in larval stage. — You will be 

 interested to know that three of my larvte of Pachythelia villosella are 

 still on the move, though now inclined to hybernate, I have had these 

 larvffi since May, 1899.— (Mrs.) M. E. Cowl. September 20th, 1900. 



Dianthcecl\ capsincola emerging as a second brood. — In July I 

 collected some larvas of Dianthoecia capsincola in Yorkshire, feeding in 

 seed-heads of campion. These were kept in a cool passage, and three 

 emerged on July 19th, 21st and 24th. Is not this unusucil, as both 

 Newman and Stainton give the following August (and June) as the time 

 for the imago ? The same thing occurred last year, but as I was not 

 expecting them I did not note the exact dates of emergence. — Douglas 

 H. Pearson, Chilwell, Notts, September ith, 1900. [We suspect 90 per 

 cent, of the pupte of D. capsincola go over the winter and emerge the 

 following June. A few of a brood will often emerge after being 

 pupa3 only some two or three weeks. — Ed.] 



Acanthosoma h/^morrhoidale in London. — My friend Mr. Malcolm 

 Burr has been good enough to give me a specimen of Acanthosoma 

 haemorrhoidole, Linn., captured by Mr Hubert Koose in the School of 

 Mines. I have taken this species from birch on Wimbledon Common, 

 but otherwise I do not know of any records from the London district 

 nearer than Esher and Epping Forest. — G. W. Kirkaldy, F.E.S. 



Breeding ^nistis quadra. — This has been a ^^ quadra'' year 

 in the New Forest. It has fallen to my lot to breed 21 specimens 

 out of 25. The remarkable point about them is that they all came out 

 nearly together. On July 15th, five ? s and one $■ ; on July 16th, 

 three ? s and three <? s ; on the 17th, five <? s ; on the 18th, two S s ; 

 and on the 19th, two 3' s. They did not seem particular as to the 

 time of the day at which they emerged, but the bulk of them came out 

 early in the morning. — J. C. Moberly, M.A., F.E.S., Woodlands, 

 Bassett, Southampton. September 28th, 1900. 



Rumia luteolata in September. — At 10 a.m. in the Court woods, 

 Clevedon, on Sepliember 13th, I observed a fresh specimen of Ramia 

 luteolata at rest in the path, and, in the same woods two days lat u', Mr. 

 Mason and myself watched two more specimens fly from the und rwood 

 which we were beating. I i:ever saw specimens of the autumn 

 brood before. — C. J. Watkins, F.E.S., King's Mill House, Pa'nsv/ick. 

 October 8th, 1900. 



Catgcala fraxin^ at Eltham. — A specimen of Catocala jra.rini 

 was taken on treacle at Eltham, Kent, on September 3rd, 1900, by 



