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brooded; and that in the autumn brood (which live through the winter) 

 the border is white, but in the summer brood yellow. The same ob- 

 server however told me that in Switzerland, where it is very common, 

 he never saw a white-bordered specimen. It is very abundant in 

 Nova Scotia, as I was told by the Rev. H. Spencer Slight ; but all the 

 specimens have the wings bordered with yellow. T have been inform- 

 ed that about ten or twelve years ago, a flock was seen in such num- 

 bers as to cover a field at Charlton-Kings, near Cheltenham ; but the 

 observer, being an unscientific person, captured only a pair fi:om cu- 

 riosity. A single specimen was seen, but not taken, at Weston-on- 

 the-Green, Oxfordshire, in July of last year. — Frederick Holme ; C. 

 C, C, Oxford, March, 17, 1843. 



Note on the capture of Moths on the Blossoms of the Ivy, I send 

 you the names of a few moths taken from the blossoms of ivy near this 

 place, in the autumn of 1842. I believe there is nothing very rare in 

 the list, but I send it as a proof of the number of moths that may be 

 captured in this way, and also as affording me an opportunity of of- 

 fering a tribute of gratitude to ' The Entomologist,' to the plans recom- 

 mended in which work I am indebted for almost all the insects I have 

 taken. I anticipate an equally rich harvest from the blossoms of 

 the sallows, a resort also unknown here before ' The Entomologist ' 

 reached us. Some of your readers may perhaps be glad to learn that 

 a little later in the season the Noctuae also settle on the blossoms of 

 Buddlea globosa ; but as this is not a very common plant in gardens, 

 T fear the fact is not likely to be of general use. 



List of moths captured on the flowers of ivy in 1842; with the dates 

 of capture. 



Scopelosoma satellitia, Oct. 5, 12 Agrotis suffusa, Oct. 14, 15, 17, Nov. I 



Orthosia lunosa, Oct. 6 Glsea Vaccinii, Oct. 14, 17, 19, 27, 28, 31, 



Xylinasemibrunnea, Oct.7,10,14,Nov.l8 Nov. 1, 2, 4, 7, 18 



Orthosia pistacina, Oct. 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, Triphaena orhona, Oct. 14, 15, 17 

 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, Agrotis aequa, one male, Oct. 15 

 Nov. 1, 7, 18 Triphaena pronuha, Oct. 15 



Polia flavocincta, Oct. 8, 10 Miselia conspersa, Oct. 15 



Caradrina cubicularis, Oct. 8 Miselia Oxyacanthas, Oct. 15, 19, 20, 26, 



Amphipyra tetra, Oct. 8 27. 28, 29, 31, Nov. 4 



Orthosia macilenta, Oct. 10, 20, 31, Nov. Botys asinalis, Oct. 15 



1 , 2 Pterophorus pterodactylus, Oct. 1 5, No v. 1 8 



Euthalia miata, Oct. 10, 31, Nov. 7 Phlogophora meticulosa, Oct. 17, 31 



Xanthia aurago, Oct. 12, 26 Orthosia flavilinea, Oct. 20, Nov. 18 



Rhizolitha Lambda, Oct. 14, 28, Nov. 7 Chesias dilutata, Oct. 20, Nov. 7 

 - Roht. C. R. Jordan ; Teignmouth, March, 1843. 



