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for a further description of the " bilberry form," as I must confess my 

 ignorance of it. — A. B. Farn ; Fairlawn, Stone, Greenhithe. 



I have not particularly noticed the difference in the times of emer- 

 gence between the bilberry and sallow forms of Hypsipetes sordidata 

 (= elutata), as they do not vary very much here, except on the moorlands, 

 where almost everything is later in its appearance. The most curious 

 thing about this species here is tbat sallow nearly always produces the 

 perfectly black variety, infuscata; and bilberry, especially on the moors, 

 beautifully marked varieties. In a wood close by, in which no bilberry 

 occurs, I annually take a goodly number of larvae, which always produce 

 the black form, and never any other. I hope this year to have larvae both 

 from bilberry and sallow, botb from the moors and woods, and will pay 

 attention to Mr. South's observations (Entom. 170). — A. E. Hall; 

 Norbury, Sheffield, May, 1890. 



Hepialus lupulinus in August. — On the 1st of August last, I took 

 a specimen of Hepialus lupulinus at Lyndhurst, Hants ; and another speci- 

 men of the same insect on the 17th of August at Broadstairs, Kent. Are 

 not these dates very late for this species ? The authorities give May and 

 June as the months for its appearance. I may add that both insects were 

 in good condition.— H. A. Hill ; 132, Haverstock Hill, N. W., May 4, 1890. 



Spilonota pauperana. — I had the pleasure of taking a pair of this 

 insect on the 23rd April ; from their condition I should say they had 

 recently emerged. I believe it is more than twenty years since this species 

 has been taken in the London district, and I know of none from elsewhere. I 

 beat them from rose, and I am sorry to say I failed to take more. S. pauperana 

 is evidently a very sluggish insect, as they made no attempt to fly when 

 beaten out. The locality is not open to the public, which must be my 

 excuse for not mentioning it. It is in the neighbourhood of the south of 

 London. — C. Fenn ; Evenden House, Burnt Ash Hill, Lee. 



Deilephila livornica near Manchester. — I have recently added to 

 my collection a fine specimen of D. livornica (lineata), kindly given to me 

 by Mr. Herbert Massey, who took the moth at rest in his garden in 

 Burnage, near Manchester, on June 15th, 1878. The rarity of the insect, 

 together with the fact of not recollecting any other record of its having been 

 taken in this locality, must be my apology for mentioning a capture made 

 twelve years ago. — B. H. Crabtree; The Acacias, Levenshulme, Man- 

 chester. [The capture of four other specimens in 1878 will be found 

 recorded as follows : — Knutsford, June 11th, Ent. Mo. Mag. xv. 72 ; 

 Glamorganshire, August, Entom. xi. 190 ; near Morpeth, August 18th, 

 Entom, xii. 18 ; near Hartlepool, July, Entom. xii. 19. — Ed,] 



The Pup^e of Htbocampa milhauseri and Cerura. — When I 

 wrote my note on H. milhauseri (Entom. 91), I was under the impression that 

 the pupa of Cerura was always rounded and dome-shaped in front, and though 

 I have no note on the subject, I believe as regards the British species this 

 impression is correct, and this is confirmed by an examination of the pupa of 

 bicuspis, the only British species of which I happen to have a living pupa, and 

 which is smoothly rounded in front ; but on examining a pupa of multiscripta, 

 a North-American species, I find that it has a keeled projection in front, that 

 is a very fair rougb blocking out of the special structure of milhauseri. From 

 tbo oral region there originates a ridge reaching forwards, then at a right 



