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Note on Hydrilla palustris. — The specimen of Hydrilla palustris taken in 

 Cambridgeshire, and referred to by Dr. Knaggs at p. 124 of this year's " Annual," 

 was exhibited at the Entom. Soc. on May 2nd, 1864 (vide Ent. Mon. Mag., vol. i, 

 p. 23), and was, as there stated, taken in Quy Fen on May 29th, 1862, by Mr. 

 Scholfield. The insect was disturbed from among some half dried grass which had 

 been cut a day or two, and flew pretty quickly. 



I was present and saw the capture made. — H. Jenner-Fust, Jun., Hill Court, 

 Berkeley, January 2nd, 1870. 



Lepidoptera captured at Ouestling in 1869. — Notwithstanding the unfavourable 

 season, I have met with about 20 species of "Macros," which I had not previously 

 found here. Some are generally reputed common, — as Anticlea badiata, Eubolia 

 msnsuraria, and Agrotis suffusa, — which I had often wondered I had not seen 

 before ; while a few have the reputation of being somewhat scarce, — as Nola 

 strigula and Ephyra orbicularia. 



In the following notes, the date given is the first day on which each species 

 was observed. 



The season began early, for, on January 28th, Eupithecia pumilata was found 

 dead in a breeding cage in the open air ; another specimen appeared on February 6th. 

 April 2nd, Tmniocampa miniosa, three, at sallows ; May 5th, Anticlea derivata, one 

 specimen in the Rectory garden ; 27th, Lithosia aureola, one specimen ; June 6th, 

 Diphthera Orion, one found at rest on an oak trunk, another bred a few days after 

 from a pupa, found, I believe, under moss ; July 9th, Halias quercana, one by 

 mothing, one by beating ; 10th, Calligenia miniata, this was in abundance, flying at 

 dusk ; 12th, Limacodes testudo, two specimens, one utterly spoiled in securing it ; 

 Nola strigula, by mothing ; 14tb, Dicranura furcula, Erastria fuscula, Pericallia 

 syringaria, and Tephrosia crepuscularia, one of each, by mothing (the species I 

 recorded last year as T. biundularia, should have been T. crepuscularia) ; 16th, 

 Phycis roborella, Rhodophcea consociella, and Rhodophcea advenella, several of each, by 

 mothing, and at liglit ; 21st, Odontia dentalis, one bred this day from larvae collected 

 on the beach, at Pett (misprinted last year, " beech at Pelt"), no more appeared 

 for more than a fortnight ; August 5th, Eupithecia subfulvata, one, at light ; 7th, 

 Liparis chrysorrlicea, a nice series, bred from larvae taken at Pett ; 9th, Cucullia 

 asteris, one, at light ; 10th, Clostera reclusa ; 13th, Platypteryx hamula, two this 

 evening, at light ; 16th, Agrotis puta, one, at light ; 17th, Ephyra orbicularia, three 

 specimens ; E. porata and E. punctaria have been abundant this year ; 26th, 

 Camptogravima fiuviata, $ , by mothing ; September 3rd, Acherontia Atropos, a 

 specimen of the brown variety of the larva was brought to me, which I sent to 

 Mr. Buckler to be figured ; 9th, Sphinx convolvuli, a few days after this, two were 

 seen in my garden, and continued to appear until October 8th, and one was seen so 

 late as the 15th of that month ; 22nd, Agrotis saucia, took five at different times at 

 sugar, and saw others : 24th, Noctua glareosa, by mothing. Several species which 

 have been common in other years, were either not seen at all, or were represented 

 by one or two specimens. — E. N. Bloomfield, Guestling Rectory, Hastings: 

 November 18th, 1869. 



He. Benjamin D. Walsh. — With sincere regret we have to announce the 

 death of this well-known American entomologist. Rumours of such an event 

 having taken place had been current in England for some weeks, but it was not 



