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caterpillars. A caterpillar of A. rubricata has just died full 

 fed. — [Rev.] A. H. Wratislaw ; School Hall, Bury St. 

 Edmunds, July 4, 1871. 



Xanthia gilvago, dtc, at Epping. — I caught a very fine 

 female Xanthia gilvago at sugar, on one of the lime trees, 

 last night. I was surprised to see it, as I do not think this 

 species has occurred before in the neighbourhood of London. 

 It is rather curious that I also took all the other British 

 XanthiaSj except aurago, viz., ferruginea, Silago, Citrago, 

 Cerago, and the pale variety (the Gilvago of Haworth). 

 A. lunosa swarmed, but, as usual, not one male in tweuty was 

 in good condition ; the tips of the wings appear to be worn 

 as soon as they fly. The females are very scarce. I have 

 only seen seven ; five of these I have in boxes to obtain 

 some eggs, if they will deposit them. I took one remark- 

 able female last night: it is very large, and the upper 

 wings are very deep red-brown, with scarcely any markings, 

 except a marginal row of black spots. Postscript. — Since I 

 wrote to you I have taken another fine specimen of Gilvago ; a 

 male. The first is a female. I also took Calocampa vetusta 

 and a very fine Aplecta occulta. It must be about twenty- 

 five years since I took two specimens of this moth ; the one 

 I caught is a female, and I have kept it alive to see if it will 

 deposit any eggs. I have not seen vetusta before for years. — 

 Henry Douhleday (in a letter to E. Newman, dated Septem- 

 ber 13, 1871); Epping. 



[Xanthia gilvago has also turned up at Hoddesdon, where 

 fifteen specimens have been taken by Mr. Horley, and 

 others. — Edward Newman.] 



Dianthcecia irregularis, Anticlea sinuata^ 8fc. — I do not 

 know whether you have been informed that Mr. Powles, of 

 Ipswich, took two D. irregularis sheltering on pines in the 

 crevices of the bark, in July last. Irregularis caterpillars 

 have not been so numerous as usual ; and at Tuddenham, in 

 the usual localities, were scarcely to be found. I have taken 

 only one caterpillar of Heliothis dipsaceus, of which moth 

 Rev. J. Mills and I both reared several specimens from 

 caterpillars taken last year. Mine were all seed-feeders, and 

 were fed along with the larva) of D. irregularis on the seeds 

 of Silene Olites ; but they also ate other seeds. But the 

 great capture of this year, in this neighbourhood, has been 



