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stripe at each side. The hoy found twelve larvae, six of which he gave to 

 me. Mine produced the ordinary form, whilst from one of the six he kept 

 the above var. was obtained. I should add that the larvae were found at 

 the edge of Laxley Moor, about five miles from Sheffield. — J. Batty ; 

 65, Fawcett Street, Sheffield, September 22, 1890. 



Larva of Diloba ceruleocephala on Laurel. — In reference to 

 Mr. Butler's note on the food-plant of Diloba cceruleocephala (Entom. 327), 

 I may state that for the last three years I have taken plenty of the larvae of 

 this species off the laurel bushes in the college grounds. I tried feeding 

 them on whitethorn, but they seemed to prefer the laurel. It would be 

 interesting to know how these larvae manage to neutralize the hydrocyanic 

 acid contained in the leaves of their food-plant, and which is so fatal to 

 them in the perfect form. — D. H. S. Stewart; Radley College, Oxford. 



[In ' Weekly Entomologist,' i. p. 94 (1862), Rev. J. Hellins writes, 

 "D. cceruleocephala. A number of larvae once found on laurel."— E. A. F.J 



Hermaphrodite Trichiura crat^egi. — On the 26th August last, I 

 bred a distinctly hermaphrodite specimen of the above moth. The right 

 upper wing bears an exact resemblance in shape, colour, and markings to 

 that of an ordinary male, whilst the opposite wing has all the characteristics 

 of the female. The underwings are, unfortunately, very imperfectly deve- 

 loped, but it can be seen that they are identical with those of a male and 

 female respectively; as also are the antennae. I would also mention 

 that the left side of the body aud corresponding legs are brown, the 

 opposite side and legs being grey, and agree with the colours of the 

 respective sexes. — W. H. Jackson ; 4, Queen Anne Villas, Grove Road, 

 Walthamstow, September 24, 1890. 



Notes on the Season. — The following observations, in addition to 

 those which have already appeared in the ' Entomologist,' of the season 

 which is fast closing, may be of interest. The notes taken refer to parts of 

 North Somerset until the middle of June, and to the lower part of South 

 Wales until the end of September, with the exception of the latter part of 

 June on the Cotswolds. In January and February I frequently noticed 

 Phigalla pedaria (pilosaria) at rest and on gas-lamps in Bath. Noctuae, 

 frequenting the sallow bloom, were fairly abundant in different localities, 

 but not nearly so much so as the previous season. Tephrosia crepuscularia, 

 Anticlea badiata, and Selenia bilunaria were fairly abundant. Of the 

 Rhopalocera, Euchlo'e cardamines, Lycana icarus, and L. minima were 

 plentiful, the last named locally so. Larvae of the spring and early 

 summer feeding species were very abundant, notably Zygana jilipendula, 

 Bombyx neustria, Hybernia drfoliaria, Oporabia dilutata, Selenia bilunaria, 

 Crocallis cling uaria, Himera pennaria ; and the oak trees were completely 

 riddled by myriads of Tortrix viridana. On the Cotswolds, Lyccena icarus, 

 Argynnis euphrosyne, and Euchlo'e cardamines were common ; the last 

 named was observed on June 25th, the latest. In Wales I found species 

 very variable in numbers, tome of the commoner, as Xylophasia monoglypha, 

 A. lithoxylea, Triphana pronuba, Apamea didyma (oculea), PJUogophora 

 meticulosa (September), being very abundant ; whilst, on the other hand, 

 less common species were conspicuous by their absence. The second brood 

 of the Pieridae was extremely plentiful; also Lyccena icarus ; L. astrarche, 

 fairly so; Hesperia thaumas was common; and Argynnis paphia, Vanessa 

 io, and V. urticiB were in lair numbers; but I did not observe V. cardui. 



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