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francillana. — Tranoderis macilipennef "Walk. ; from Nepticula oxyacan- 

 ihella.—G. W. Dale. 



Recent Additions to the Beitish List of Lepidoptera. — Mr. B. A. 

 Bower has prepared, and had printed, a label-list of all the recent 

 additions to our lepidopterous fauna. The compiler has asked us to 

 state that he will be happy to send a copy of this list to any one who 

 may want it, on receipt of an addressed and stamped (^d.) envelope. 

 His address is — Langley, Eltham Road, Lee. 



CAPTURES AND FIELD REPORTS. 



Note on Hybernia rupicapraria. — Acting on a hint given me by 

 ray friend and neighbour Mr. Woodforde, I have been taking pretty freely 

 during the past week the females of H. rvpicapraria. I have found both 

 sexes by lantern-light, sitting on hawthorn hedges, though of course the 

 females are far more difficult to see than the males. 1 find the former in- 

 creasingly abundant as the night gets older, and generally on the highest 

 twigs of the hedges, where they await, 1 suppose, the advances of their 

 suitors. But it strikes me as remarkable that, although I have several 

 times seen the two sexes within a foot or two of each other, I have not, so 

 far, seen any in cop. It may be that they pair late at night, viz. after ten 

 o'clock, up to which time I have been out on several occasions. Can any 

 of your correspondents give me information on this point? — (Rev.) Chas. F. 

 Thornewill; Calverhall Vicarage, Whitchurch, Salop, Feb. 14th, 1896. 



EuQONiA alniaria (tiltariaj, Hybernia defoliaria, &c. — Mr. 

 Garland's communications [ante, p. 66) as to the scarcity of Eugonia 

 alniaria itiliaria) in the Leytonstone district, is somewhat interesting to 

 me. I have done very little collecting for the past ten years, but intend to 

 make up in the future for my neglect in the past. In 1884 and 1885, 

 when living near George Lane Station (under two miles from Leytonstone 

 as the crow flies), I used to take this insect freely at indoor light, and 

 always regarded it as common. I also noted, as stated by Mr. Garland, the 

 exceeding abundance of Hybernia defoliaria in Epping Forest last Novem- 

 ber and December, though this was to be expected from the boundless pro- 

 fusion of the larvae in the preceding May and June. I then observed many 

 hawthorn bushes stripped of every vestige of a leaf, the bare twigs being 

 literally alive with larvae, chiefly those of H. defoliaria. Somewhat to my 

 surprise, I found a newly emerged male of H. defoliaria at Monk Wood 

 80 late as Jan. 2nd of this year. Perhaps I may be allowed to add that I 

 shall be glad to make the acquaintance of entomologists residing in this 

 neighbourhood, or anywhere around Epping Forest, with a view to joint 

 excursions during the coming season, &c., and shall esteem it a favour if 

 any such will call or write. — E. B. Bishop ; 7, Anton Street, Amhurst 

 Road, Hackney, March 4th, 1896. 



Variety of Lyc^na bellakgus (adonis). — Mr. R. M. Prideaux [antet 

 p. 91) mentions the capture of a white underside variety of Lyccena alexis 

 in the Isle of Wight. It may therefore be interesting to record the 

 capture, in September last, of what appears to be an exactly parallel form 

 of L. adonis on the South Downs near Eastbourne. The specimen, like 



