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be local, but not uncommon. I obtained fifteen young larvae by beating, 

 and failing to rear these, I again beat for them about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. These latter, eleven in number, were nearly all full-grown, and 

 some had taken that beautiful pinkish-yellow tinge which these larvae 

 usually assume before pupation. I beat Cleora glabraria on 7th August, 

 near Bickleigh Vale. Larvae of Notodonta dromedarius were taken at 

 various stages of growth, from Aug. 7th to Sept. 16th. Those taken on 

 the former date were spinning up two days later ; the one on the latter date 

 was quite young. Last year I took a larva of this species on hazel. 

 Thecla hetulcB began to emerge on Aug. 10th. On Aug. l'2th I beat a fine 

 Tethea retusa, and the next day found a full-fed larva of Notodonta 

 dictceoides, together with larvae of Drepana falcula and D. lacertinaria on 

 birch. Zygana JilipendulcB was plentiful on the 18th, in a locality near 

 Plymouth, where we have once taken the variety in which the red colouring 

 is entirely replaced by cream-colour, but we only noticed the type this 

 year. On the 29th of August I took Tapinostola fulva in a meadow close 

 here (Reading says it only occurs in two localities in the district, viz., 

 Exeter and Teignmouth). On the 3rd of September I took one larva each 

 of Thyatira batis and Gnophria quadra (?). The latter died ; I could not 

 see that it ate any of the oak lichens with which I supplied it. Aspilates 

 citraria was plentiful by Whitsand Bay, near Plymouth, on the 4th ; and 

 larvae of Bombyx rubi swarmed. A fine larva of Acronycta alni was taken 

 on the 6th, and the next day one of Stauropus fagi on quince, both in the 

 immediate vicinity. I beat another alni larva on Sept. ilth, near Bick- 

 leigh Vale. The first A. alni prepared for pupation on Sept. 9th, the 

 second on the 15th, S. fagi on the 29th. During the autumn, larvae of 

 Notodonta camelina have been abundant ; those of Hylophila prasinana not 

 uncommon. Some of the other insects taken this autumn are Anchocelis 

 rufina, A. pistacina, Oporina croceago, Miselia oxyacanthcB, Xylina 

 petrijicata (one), Xanthia silago, X. ferruginea and Orthosia lota; while 

 0. macilenta, Cerastis spadicea, C. vaccinii, and Phlogophora meticulosa 

 swarmed at ivy. The latest record is two Pcecilocampa populi on Dec. 29th, 

 one of them reared from larva, the other captured at light. — F. J. Briggs ; 

 Fursdon, Egg Buckland, December 31st, 1890. 



Notes from the New Forest. — From the last week in February to the 

 first week in June I found the past season a very favourable one, for the 

 imagines of many species were much more abundant than usual, but the 

 continuous rains after the latter date seem to have caused a great many 

 disappointments in many parts of the country. The New Forest was 

 certainly not an exception, the dearth of many common species being very 

 marked. In July sugar was an absolute failure, and netting at dusk use- 

 less. Argynnis papJiia and Limenltis sibylla were not in anything like 

 their usual numbers, while the variety valesina was very infrequently 

 encountered. Not one specimen of Thecla quercus was observed, although 

 generally a plentiful species, and I failed to sight Apatura iris for the first 

 time in five years. Vanessa polychloros had not emerged, but three pupae 

 were discovered. On the heaths Selidosema ericetaria (plumaria) and 

 Gnophos obscuraria were taken sparingly, whilst Satyrus semele and Lyccena 

 agon were abundant. An expedition with Mr. H. Robson after Emydia 

 cribrum was unsuccessful ; either the insect was over, or we were not fortu- 

 nate enough to strike the right locality. Two specimens of Hyria auro- 

 raria turned up, and the males of Bombyx quercus were frequently met 



