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Melampyrum pratense, July and August ; E. isogramniata— this species has been 

 taken here, but not by myself ; I met with it, however, in Ti-entham Park Gardens, 

 Staffordshire, very commonly in buds of the ClemoMs vitalha, August ; E. castigata, 

 on Heath, Angelica sylvestris, and many other plants, September and October ; E. 

 trisignata, on seed-heads of Angelica sylvestris, September and October ; E. alhi- 

 punctata, also on seed-heads of Angelica ; E. valerianata, on flowers of Valeriana 

 officinalis, July ; E. pimpinellata, on seed of Pimpinella saxifraga, August and 

 September ; E. fraxinata — This species I take in the pupa state all through the 

 winter under moss and loose bark of ash ; E. nanata, on Heath, September and 

 October; E. suhnotata, on flowers and seeds of Chenopodium, August and Sep- 

 tember; E. vulgata, on Hawthorn and many other plants, August and September ; 

 E. dbsinthiata, on flowers and seeds of Senecio Jacohcea, September and October ; 

 E. minutata, on Heath, September and October ; E. assimilata, on Wild Hop, 

 August ; E. exiguata, on Hawthorn, September ; E. sohrinata, on Juniper, both 

 Irish and Chinese, May ; E. rectangulata, on Apple-flowers, April and May ; I also 

 take the pupa of this species under moss and loose bark of Apple, May and June. 

 Through the kind assistance of some friends, I have also bred E. lariciata, inV- 

 gaxvreata, campanulata, and tenuiata. — Geo. Baker, 47, Kedleston-street, Derby, 

 March IQth, 1868. 



Lithocolletis Bremiella on Orohus tuhei'osus. — On October 19th last, I found in a 

 lane several leaves of Orohus tuherosus mined by a Lithocolletis. From that time 

 until the snow and hard frost came on in December I continued to find them very 

 sparingly, and at that time, even, some of the larvae were not full-fed. The mines 

 were large, occupying sometimes the whole of the leaflet, and therefore found six 

 times as large as those in the leaflets of Vicia sepium growing close by, yet they 

 produced the same species {Lithocolletis Bremiella) this spring ; and the specimens 

 had not profited at all by their abundant supply of food, being precisely like, in 

 size as well as colour, those bred from the Vicia. 



1 have never taken the perfect insect at large, but think that it must be out 

 very late in the autumn, as there are young larvae almost in the middle of winter, 

 and many must, I think, be killed by the hard frost. This was the case with some 

 that I attempted to feed up in confinement. — C. G. B.a.rrett, Haslemere, Surrey, 

 April 28th, 1868. 



Lepidoptera swarming on rushes. — "The last fortnight in July we spent "at 

 " Lowestoft, when I went out mothing every night with a lantern, &n., to the low 

 " marshy ground just at the back of our lodgings. I set eighteen dozen insects, for 

 " they swarmed from nine to ten o'clock, so as to make the rushes (Juncus effu^us) 

 " look full of various coloured flowers. I could have taken hundreds every evening, 

 " for they sat perfectly still, extracting something from the heads of these rushes — 

 " then past flowering, and all I had to do was to make a selection, and box all I 

 " wished for." 



I hope you will be able to find a corner for the above extract from a letter 

 received from my late friend Mr. Skepper, of Bury, wishing, ere July comes, that 

 others may profit by it, if this is not an exceptional case. — E. N. Bloomfield, 

 Guestling Rectory, Hastings, May, 1868. 



