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years, be more common in England than it has been in time past. 

 (Eev.) C. R. N. Burrows, Mucking. October 5th, 1906. 



Manduca atropos at Scarborough. — It may be advisable to record 

 the discovery, one bitterly cold evening (September 11th), of two large 

 fullfed larvffi of Manduca atropos, in an allotment garden here — four 

 were found in all. — A. S. Tetley, 22, Avenue Road, Scarborough. 

 October Ath, 1906. 



Partial third brood of Cyaniris argiolus. — I took larvfe of C. 

 argiolus on ivy flower-buds, from August 2rth, and the first pupated 

 on the 26th. I posted a dozen or two to my friend, the Rev. G. H. 

 Raynor, about the 28th, and almost all had pupated when tliey 

 arrived at Hazeleigh. He bred a $ on September 14th, and I a c? on 

 the 15th. I have not heard that he has had any more. I certainly 

 have not, but then I did not keep more than one or two pups. — (Rev.) 

 C. R. N. Burrows, The Vicarage, Mucking, Standford-le-Hope. 

 October Ath, 1906. 



Rarity of Xanthias at sugar. — I have persistently sugared since 

 beginning of August only, so have this year missed many Noctuids. I 

 hope to give you an account of results later, but may note again the 

 rarity of Xanthias and their allies (except Mellinia circellaris). Most 

 of the specimens are worn to death — Are they rare, or are they tired 

 of sugar ? I fancy the mild winters are very unfavourable for them, 

 but M. circellaris has remained, some large, in spite of the drought, 

 which has dwarfed some of the other species. — Ibid. 



BoLETOBiA fuliginaria AT St. Katherine's Dock. — It iiiay be 

 interesting to some of the readers of the Entomoloijisfs Becord to know 

 that when I was about to start for a trip to Scotland in the steamship 

 "Avon," from St. Katherine's Dock, on July 18th, 1906, I captured a 

 fine female specimen of the above. It was flying about in the morning 

 sunshine at 8.30 a.m. I have also two specimens, male and female, 

 that I captured on the wall of the dock at LoAver East Smithfield, on 

 July 3rd, 1895.— J. A. Clark, F.E.S., 57, Weston Park, Crouch End, 

 N. October 5th, 1906. 



OLEOPTERA. 



Lytta vesicatoria near Dover. — On July 14th last, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Ash, near Dover, I noticed, on an ash-tree, a large number 

 of Lytta vesicatoria, L., several being in cop. I boxed a few for friends, 

 bvit, on revisiting the spot on the 16th, fully prepared to take a number, 

 was very much surprised to find that they had all disappeared, and on 

 subsequent visits to the same place none were to be seen.- — V. Eric 

 Shaw, 20, Salisbury Road, Bexley, Kent. Aiu/iist Idth, 1906. 



CoLEOPTERA AT WooDBURY, Newbury. — I took a house at Woodbury, 

 near Newbury, for August, and although I did not do much collecting 

 during my stay, on account of social duties, etc., still, some nice species 

 were taken, which are, perhaps, worthy of record. Evening sweeping 

 was the most successful method of collecting. The best place about 

 proved to be some woods belonging to the Earl of Carnarvon, and, 

 having obtained permission to work them, some interesting species 

 were taken. The best was Anisotoma liicens. Fair, {oblomja, Brit, coll.), 

 of which a nice series, very variable in size, was taken. A. nigrita 

 was not uncommon, and the rare Trianthron nidrkeli was once swept, 



