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also an imago (female), during the last week in July or first 

 in August, The common Agrotes, — Tritici, Valligera, Cur- 

 soria, &c., — usually very plentiful on our coast, appeared in 

 very small numbers; probably the larvae may have perished 

 during the severe wet and frosty weather in May, and even 

 in June. — W. Maling ; St. Mar if s Terrace, Jesmond Road, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, September 18, 1871. 



Pieris Daplidice near Dover. — I saw a specimen of this rare 

 insect in the possession of a lad, Henry Neall, son of Mr. J. 

 S. Neall, of Croydon, who informed me that he took it on 

 August 25th, at St. Margaret's, about four miles from Dover, 

 as it was resting on a thistle-blossom. It was a male, and in 

 good condition. Should this prove to be a second report of 

 the same capture, you will, doubtless, be glad of the further 

 details I have been able to furnish you with. — \_Rev.'] Win. 

 Farren White ; Stonehouse Vicarage, Gloucestershire, Octo- 

 ber 20, 1871. 



Cerastis erythrocephala at Canterbury. — At the beginning 

 of October 1 took a fine female Erythrocephala near this 

 place; and this day, the 24th, I have just taken another in 

 the same locality ; but they are both very pale specimens, 

 quite unlike the six specimens which I took at the same 

 place in October, 1866. The latter were very dark brown on 

 the disk, and pale along the costa; those of this year, I 

 believe, are what is called Cerastis glabra. I have also 

 captured the finest varieties of Aurago I have ever seen; 

 some of them entirely red; others all of one colour, with the 

 band on the hind margin. Also some fine specimens of 

 X. semibrunnea and Croceago. — Geo. Parry; Church 

 Street, St. PauVs, Canterbury, October 24, 1871. 



Lateness of the Season (1871). — Though in the spring 

 months — in some particular localities, as has been recorded 

 in the ' Entomologist,' — certain species of Lepidoptera ap- 

 peared sooner than usual (though this was not the case 

 generally in the districts near the metropolis with which I 

 am acquainted), a considerable retardation has since occured. 

 Many species are a fortnight, or even three weeks, after time. 

 lt*was singular, too, that such species as Zeuzera ^sculi 

 and Sesia Cynipiformis (as 1 observed in Hyde Park) were 

 considerably delayed, though the larval habits, to a consider- 

 able extent, prevent the insect from being affected by changes 

 of temperature. — J. 11. S. Clifford. 



