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snow. This soon melted, but every day, till the 27th, was wet, and 

 generally cold. As to the past, I learned that Petasia nubeculosa had 

 been very scarce this season, but Nyssia lapponaria had been plentiful, 

 and one collector reported the capture of 200 specimens. If this goes 

 on, an exceedingly localised insect such as this must soon be exter- 

 minated. Besides, what any one man can want with 200 specimens 

 surpasses the ordinary individual's comprehension. I found Cidaria 

 suff'umata in considerable numbers, and, among them, a few very 

 handsome var. piceata. Eupithecia indigata was very scarce, and 

 Tephrosia bistortata even more so. Fidonia carhonaria were naturally 

 not much in evidence, owing to the absence of sunshine ; but Anarta 

 i'ord it/era occurred in fair numbers, and I took one A. melanopa on the 

 only bright day we had. One specimen of Hadena glauca, at sugar, 

 was all I secured. A very hard day's work resulted in 10 pupje of 

 ^Egeria scoliiforiiiis, which were very few and far between. Cocoons 

 of Phragwatohia fuliginosa and Saturnia pavonia occurred sparingly, 

 and, at the end of my visit, the insects were beginning to emerge. 

 Altogether, the results of the trip were meagre, but the scenery and 

 air are always enjoyable, and for anyone in want of a thorough change, 

 I know no place that I can more strongly recommend. — Percy C. Reid, 

 Peering Bury, Kelvedon. June 1st, 1906. 



Notes on early immigrants of Pyrabieis cardui this year. — On 

 Saturday, June 2nd, and the succeeding bright days, I noticed several 

 fresh-looking specimens of Pyrameh cardui feeding on Valeriana cen- 

 tranthus, in the kitchen garden here. These were, no doubt, early 

 immigrants. The female, which I caught, and let go after examina- 

 tion, proved to have her body full of ova. I have seen no more of the 

 butterflies since June 8th. — Cecil Floersheim, B.A., Bagshot, Surrey. 

 June 18t/t, 1906. 



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Acronicta leporina ab. bradyporina, Treitschke. — It appears to 

 me that Mr. Tutt's conclusion re Acronicta leporina ab. bradyporina, 

 Tr. , is absolutely sound, and that this aberration is the grey, banded, form. 

 What Staudinger and other German authors consider bradyporina, 

 Tr., is the form grisea, Cochrane. If the ab. semivirga, Tutt, be the 

 white, banded, form, it cannot be identical with ab. bradyporina, Tr. 

 It appears to me that inelanocephala, Mansb., is a somewhat advanced 

 form of bradyporina, Tr., in the direction of ab. nigra, but cer- 

 tainly ab. bradyporina, Tr., is not grlsea, Cochrane. — M. Gillmer, 4 

 Elisabethstrasse, Cothen, Anhalt, Germany. June 11th, 1906. 



j^CIENTIFIC NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



Ematurga atomaria with supernumerary wings. — I think the 

 capture of a <? Ematurga atomaria, with the left hindwing broken up 

 into three rudimentary winglets, should be recorded. The central 

 winglet is about half the normal size, the other two are just un- 

 developed hindwings, one with, the other without, normal markings, 

 the last-named being simply plain grey in colour. The specimen was 

 captured on June 4th, 1906, at Folkestone.- — C. P. Pickett, F.E.S., 

 99, Dawlish Road, Leyton, Essex. June 1th, 1906. 



