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the sides of mountain streams, and the stony ground at tho foot of Grayvol. F. 

 hrunneata was common, but exceedingly local. E. fasciaria flow rather freely at 

 night in tho neighbourhood of fir trees. L. oUvata was obtainable, both at rest 

 and flying by the loch side at night. 8. helgiaHa sat at rest among the heath by 

 day, and E. tenuiata was beaten from sallows. 



From the bark of a birch tree near Camachgouran we cut an empty pupa of 

 T. scoliceforme, — rather a tantalizing operation at best. 



The Bombycina were but sparingly represented : — E. russula, flying about 

 ferns and heather ; N. plantaginis, actively buzzing over the open heaths (one at a 

 height of 2,000 feet) ; and a fine brood of D. fascelina larvae marching out of the 

 eggs, and arrested in the act of separating to pursue their respective courses in 

 life, comprised about all our captures. 



8. turfosalis, which occured on marshy land near the loch, C. margaritellus, 

 common throughout the district, P. carlonariella, common among burnt heather, 

 and P. pinguinalis, at rest in the kitchen of our cottage, are worth of notice among 

 our lesser friends. 



The Micro-Lepidoptera must be reserved for another paper. — George B. Long- 

 STATF, New College, Oxford ; J. B. Blackbukn, Grassmeade, Wandsworth, S.W., 

 November, 1868. 



Notes on Lepidoptera at Ashford, Kent. — Choerocanvpa porcelUis, June 13th. 

 Euthemonia russula, not uncommon, June 12th and 13th. I obtained eggs which 

 hatched in ten days, and, feeding up rapidly, produced moths at the end of August. 

 Scoria dealhata ; this local insect was out in some numbers, and I had an oppor- 

 tunity of observing its habits, and seeing the females deposit their eggs on blades 

 of grass. They are very sluggish on the wing, but fly reluctantly in the sunshine, 

 and, after taking a short flight, would settle on a blade of grass ; then commence 

 sliding down in a series of grotesque jerks for about two-thirds of the distance, 

 when, bending the abdomen round, they deposited from two to six eggs in a row 

 on the edge of the concave side of the grass. They would then fly away and repeat 

 the process elsewhere, but when alarmed mounted high in the air and flew to a 

 considerable distance. I gathered several pieces of grass after seeing the eggs 

 laid on them. I believe they were most partial to Brachypodium sylvaticvm^ but it 

 seemed strange that when the young larvae were hatched, and I oflered them this 

 and other grasses, they would not feed. I oflered them Polygonum aviculare and 

 Lotus corniculatus and major, on which last they did well. I have some at the 

 present time about an inch long. The slow flight and conspicuous appearance of 

 this insect makes it an easy prey to birds. One just rising from the grass was 

 pounced upon and carried oflF by a bird. Stauropu^ fagi ; I found a splendid male 

 on a beech-tnink near Wye, on the 13th June, Notodonta cuculUna ; a fine female 

 on a leaf of sycamore on Westwell Downs, June 10th. She laid a batch of eggs on 

 the following day, which hatched in nine days. The larvae fed quickly on sycamore, 

 producing rather small moths in the beginning of August. — William R. Jeffrey, 

 Saflfron Walden, December 12th, 1868. 



Notes on Lepidoptera at Wicken Fen. — One or two hurried visits to this locality 

 in July last produced the following results : — Papilio Machaon ; rather common on 



