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Liyrra vesicatoria at CuicHester.—Several specimens of Jytta 
vesicatoria were noticed here during July. One of them in my 
possession deposited a quantity of eggs, which | sent to be reared by 
Mr. Guermonprez of Bognor.—In. 
SIREX GIGAS aT CHicHusTER.—One of these Giant Sawflies was 
taken in our neighbour’s (the Misses Jarman) conservatory on August 
13th last.—Ib. 
A Ramere ww a Mansrienp Woop.—October 7th being a splendid 
day, the sun shining with great force, a regular treat at this time of 
the year, I paid a visit to my favourite wood in quest of two species of 
Lepidoptera, Oporabia dilutata and Hibernia defoliaria, which generally 
occur in plenty with some good local forms, but I only took one of the 
latter and two of the former. When I visited the same wood in spring 
there were thousands of young larvee of the common species found in 
woods ; I did not trouble to collect any then, intending to get some 
later on, when nearer full grown to save trouble of feeding up. But 
on paying a visit later I did not get above a dozen larve, and most of 
these were stung. There had been a fortnight’s bad weather and very 
heavy rain storms, which had no doubt washed the young larve off 
their food plants. Cheimatophila hyemana was common, but late. 
T had not got very far into the wood when my attention was taken up: 
by the mad flight of two moths round the top of a birch tree, and I. 
saw at once that they were specimens of Brephos parthenias. They 
reminded me of the antics of moths flying around gas and electric 
lights at night. They were out of reach of the net, but suddenly one: 
made a nose dive to earth similar to an aeroplane, did not settle but 
again mounted up ard flew around the tree. Shortly after they both 
went away over the tops of the trees. One came down just out of 
reach but near enough to make sure that it was B. parthenias. The 
species is common in the wood in March and April, but in my sixty 
years of collecting this is the only occasion on which I have seen the 
species in Autumn.— Witt1am Daws, 39, Wood Street, Mansfield, Notts. 
GX{URRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 
The Annual Exhibition of Varieties promoted by the South 
London Entomological Society is usually a feature of the winter 
session and there has been for many years a large gathering of 
followers of the ‘‘net and pin.’ The Meeting will take place this. 
year on the evening of November 25th at 7 o'clock, and already 
promises of varied exhibits have been made. It is understood that 
the genus Peronea will be again to the fore, there will be a collection 
of butterflies made this year in the Pyrenees shown, a considerable 
number of forms of Huropean species and species closely allied from 
the Asiatic portion of the Palearctic Region -will be on view, some 
interesting items in the life-histories of insects found in the 8. of 
France this year, and numerous breeding results have also been 
promised. Visitors and friends are cordially invited to be present and 
the Council would be pleased to have exhibits from those who attend. 
The Mosquito Investigation Committee of the South-Hastern 
Union of Scientific Societies have just issued, with the assistance of a 
