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covered in Guernsey, and Mr. E. D. Marquand has sent 

 both a larva and pupa from Alderney. 



Acherontia atropos (the Death's Head Moth) has been 

 also very abundant in all stages. A very curious dark variety 

 of the larva was brought to nie on August 10th. It differed 

 so greatly from all the other specimens I had seen that I at 

 first thought it must belong to another species. The striped 

 markings on the larva were very dark brown, and it had two 

 large snow-white patches on each side close to the head, 

 giving it a very peculiar appearance. Unfortunately it died 

 before changing into the pupa. I find that a description of 

 a similar variety is given by Morris in the fifth (1896) edition 

 of his " History of British Moths," and Mr. A. May men- 

 tions the finding of three specimens in Hayling Island in The 

 Entomologist for November. There is a preserved specimen 

 of this variety in the collection of British Moths and their 

 larvae presented by Lord Walsingham to the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington. 



Lithosia sericea has been bred by Mr. Baker from larva? 

 taken on the cliffs. 



Amongst the Noctuce, the Bev. F. E. Lowe has bred a 

 specimen of Dianthcecia capsincola on May oth, and several 

 of D. capsophila in June, from pupae taken under the Sea 

 Campion. He also bred a pair of Heliophus hispidus from 

 pupae dug up on the cliffs. The female laid eggs on Sep- 

 tember 24th which hatched out on October oth, and are now 

 nearly full grown. Another specimen of that great prize 

 Leucania vittelina was taken by the same gentleman on 

 September 20th. 



I have to record several additions to the list of the 

 Micro-Lepidoptera of Guernsey and Alderney. Cramhus 

 pinetelhis, a very pretty little moth, was captured by 

 Mrs. Boley at St. Martin's. Phygas birdella. a curious little 

 moth, with remarkably roughened antennae, and the curious 

 larva cases of Fnmea casta were found during the Society's 

 excursion to Alderney on July 4th. Gelechia instabilella, 

 which was taken near l'Eree in July is a very local species in 

 England, being found only in salt marshes. Its larvae form 

 blotches in the leaves of Atriplex portulacoides. 



Gnathoconus albo-marginatus, taken by Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, is a good addition to the list of Alderney Hemip- 

 tera. 



Two species of Coleoptera or beetles new to the Alderney 

 list have also been taken by Mr. Marquand, viz. : — Meloe 

 proscarabcens, a species of Oil Beetle, common in Guernsey, 



