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of September I found two Bombyx Rubi caterpillars, and on 

 the 23rd another. I should imagine that they were very 

 nearly full grown ; and I fed them on bramble up till about 

 the 19th of October, when they one by one began to disap- 

 pear. To-day, on digging in the earth of my breeding-cage, 

 I came upon them all three, about half an inch under the 

 surface, curled up in a ring, and apparently quite alive and 

 well. I shall be very glad if you will tell me, through the 

 means of the ' Entomologist,'' if it is usual for this species 

 of caterpillar to hybernate, as, from your book, I understand 

 that they generally spin a large cocoon in the leaves of their 

 food-plant, and remain there till the following June. — Byron 

 Noel ; East Biidleigh, Budleigh Sallerton, South Devon ^ 

 October "I'd, 1871. 



Thera Jirmata in October. — I have lately captured three 

 specimens of Thera firmata, on October 23rd, 27th, and 

 November 15th respectively. Your work on 'British Moths' 

 mentions July as the time that the moth appears. — A. F. 

 Buxton; Rngby^ November 22, 1871. 



Two Larvae in One Cocoon. — I have bred a great quantity 

 of E. Lanestris this year, and have found three or four 

 instances of two larvae using the same cocoon. I opened one 

 and found that it had no partition of any kind inside. I just 

 mention this thinking it may interest you. — \_Rev.'\ A. C. 

 Hervey ; Colmer Rectory, Alton, October 26, 1871. 



Ereynobia ochroleuca near Weymouth. — On the 9th of 

 September last I captured a specimen of Eremobia ochro- 

 leuca on the Downs, near Weymouth, Dorset. This is not 

 one of the few localities mentioned in your work on 'British 

 Moths.' — A. F. Buxton; Rugby School, November 4, 1871. 



Aplasia ononaria at Folkestone. — 1 had the pleasure of 

 taking Aplasta ononaria (a fine female) here, on Monday 

 last. — William Purdey ; 15, Grove Terrace, Folkestone^ 

 June 23, 1871.— £". M. M., September, 1871. 



Lepidoptera in Ayrshire. — 1 may mention as I am writing 

 that I captured a fine specimen of Plusia Festucse, on the 

 night of the 30th June. Is not this an unusually early 

 appearance } 1 also took Thyatira Balis in the last week of 

 May; and the insect was very plentifid here in June. 

 Festucae was flying over the raspberry bushes when I 

 captured it. — Henry Anderson ; Cloncaird Castle, Maybole, 

 Ayrshire, August 7, 1871. 



