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October. 2. bipunctaria; abundant on the cliffs, although their soil (indeed that 
of the whole island) is stiff clay, becoming only a little sandy in places. Bryophila 
glandifera ; at rest on the dockyard wall, but much less common than in previous 
years. Acronycta aceris; common at rest, principally in the Dockyard. Leucania 
straminea ; a wasted (but recognisable) specimen, at rest on a grass stem in a dry 
place. Nonagria fulva; rare, among reeds. N. typhe; pupa very common in 
stems of Typha latifolia growing on the cliffs. Heliophobus popularis ; not rare, on 
lighted windows in town. Mamestra abjecta ; one example, disturbed from among 
Atriplex, near Queenborough (last year I took four or five specimens of this species, 
by beating thatch). Mamestra anceps and Agrotis ravida; rather commonly beaten 
from thatch, along with scores of Triphena orbona and pronuba. Caradrina cubicu- 
laris, and other common Noctue. Noctua Dahlii; one poor specimen at sugar. 
Teniocampa gracilis; at sallow-bloom, not common. Orthosia lota, O macilenta, 
Anchocelis rufina, pistacina, lunosa, Cerastis vaccinii, spadicea, Scopelosoma satellitia, 
Xanthia cerago, silago, and ferruginea; all more or less plentiful at ivy-bloom, some 
being very abundant. Eremobia ochroleuca ; common on flower heads of Centaurea 
migra; also at sugar. Hecatera dysodea; rare, at rest and flying at dusk. Hpunda 
lutulenta, one; Calocampa exoleta, two; Xylina rhizolitha, two; and X. semibrunnea, 
rather freely, at ivy-bloom. Heliothis armigera; one example, on ivy-bloom, in 
October., I may remark that I have met with this species here on two previous 
occasions; in 1868, one flying along and settling on a fence; and in 1869, I took 
two, alas! ruined specimens out of a ditch, into which they had fallen while feeding 
at the flowers of Aster tripoliwm, which grew on the bank in abundance. Catocala 
nupta ; common, at sugar and rest. Hypena rostralis; in thatch and at ivy-bloom, 
very common. Herminia tarsipennalis ; rather common, beaten from hedges, and 
flying at dusk. Pyralis glaucinalis; in great abundance in the thatch of an out- 
house, a score or more being sometimes dislodged at each blow of the beating- 
stick. Aglossa cuprealis; one specimen at rest. Cledeobia angustalis; locally 
abundant in waste places. Acentropus niveus; abundant on an unfinished canal 
cutting near Sheerness, the brackish water of which is choked with Potamogeton 
pectinatus. Botys pandalis, a straggler in the Dockyard. Spilodes cinctalis ; not 
uncommon on the cliffs. Homeosoma binevella, sparingly, and Myelois eribrum, 
rather commonly on thistles. Crambus cerussellus; abundant in grassy waste 
places. C. falsellus ; very plentiful in the thatch of some out-houses near Minster. 
G. selasellus; a few on lighted windows in the town. Agdistes Bennettti ; rather 
sparingly among Statice limonium. 
Of Clisiocampa castrensis—usually abundant enough in the larva state on the 
sea-wall near Queenborough—I was able to find only a very few starved and 
stunted larvee, with which I could do nothing at all. Its scarcity during the past 
season Lam inclined to attribute to the cold north-east winds which prevailed dur- 
ing May and June, which, however, seemed not to affect in the least its despised 
and destructive congener, neustria.—JamEs J. WaLKER, 7, West Street, Blue Town, 
Sheerness, November 14th, 1871. 
Notes on an entomological visit to Braemar.—From about the 29th of July, I 
was for some weeks at Braemar, enjoying the hospitality of my kind friend Dr. 
Buchanan White, whose most agreeable company, with the charm of a new and 
excellent hunting ground, caused the time to pass very happily. Considering this 
