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watching them excavate the stems from the ends ; one, unfortunately, 

 being stung, died before it had finished; but the other, having bored far 

 enough in, reversed itself, sealing up the entrance with a fine web and 

 particles of the pith it had thrown out, and emerged the following season a 

 beautiful specimen. — T. B. Jefferis; Cirencester, Oct, 2, 1891. 



PhiBALAPTERYX LAPIDATA, &G., IN STIRLINGSHIRE. Ou Sept. 13th 



of last year I succeeded in getting five specimens of this rather local insect 

 on some marshy ground near Fintry, StirUngshire. This year I was 

 unfortunately prevented from visiting the locality until the 19th, whea 

 I went over the ground along with a friend. We found the moths fairly 

 plentiful, but nearly all in a more or less wasted condition. We will, 

 however, get a very fair series each from our captures. When at rest on 

 the rushes, P. lapidata bears a very striking resemblance to a large pug. 

 Amongst other things netted during the day were — Larentia ccesiata, 

 Chesias spartiata, Celana haworthii (in great abundance), Hydroecia nicti- 

 tans, Char mas (jraminis, Tapinostola fulva, &c. During the past season 

 I have taken in the same district — Emmelesia ericetata, Carsia imbiUata, 

 Agrotis lucernea, Plusla bractea, P.festuccB, &c. — E. C. EaaLEXON; Glas- 

 gow, Sept. 23, 1891. 



Notes from Rotherham, — The season up to the middle of September 

 has been, I think, one of the worst ever experienced in this district. 

 Sugar has to a very large extent been a failure; several nights the sugared 

 trees produced nothing at all, others a few solitary TriphcBna pronuba 

 came, and a few other common things ; two nights in late June were fairly 

 good, when Thyatira batis and T. derasa came freely. The weather during 

 the day seemed all you could wish, wind S.W. and a nice breeze promising 

 well; but as soon as the sun went down the wind dropped, and a heavy dew 

 came on, making it unpleasant to get about, and insects do not fly much when 

 there is a heavy dew. Larvae have also been very scarce, compared with 

 some years ; very irregular as to size, and for the most part badly " stung." 

 Out of forty-five TriphcBna fimhria, only nineteen produced pupa, and other 

 things were almost as bad. The best find this year was Xanthia citrago ; 

 after working for years for this insect, some seasons getting one or two only, 

 I this year, quite by accident as it were, stumbled across the larva in almost 

 any quantity. — John A. Young ; 85, Fitzwilliam Road, Rotherham. 



Sphinx convolvule at Ripon. — On Sept. 25th I had brought to me a 

 fine specimen of 8. convolvuli, found at rest in a garden in the centre of 

 the town. As far as I am aware, this is only the fourth appearance of 

 the species in this neighbourhood. — C. Chapman ; Museum, Park Street, 

 Ripon. 



Note on the Second Brood of Cidaria truncata. — At the end of 

 June I captured a female C. truncata (russata), and she deposited a small 

 batch of ova, which hatched July 20th. The larvae fed up rapidly on sallow, 

 and were all full-grown by the end of August. The first imago emerged on 

 the ISth September ; sixteen others followed, the last emerging on the 

 6th October. — Wm. Newman; 21, Russell Street, Darlington. 



Note on the Pairing op Amphipyra tragopogonis. — On Sunday 

 morning last (October 4th) a friend of mine found a pair of insects in cop., 

 which were brought to me for identification, and found to be Amphipyra 

 tragopogonis ; they remained coupled until noon on Monday. Some time 



