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Solidaginis, and Glarcosa. I have been collecting since the Spring of 

 1890 and never saw any of these before except one or two Glarcosa and 

 a few Sword-grasses in the Spring, never before in Autumn. On the 

 other hand I have not seen several species that used to occur freely, 

 such as C -nigrum, Basilinea, Tenebrosa, Orbona, and Rectilinea. The latter 

 was common last year and I worked hard for it this year but only got 

 five or six, and those of little use. I have only seen one Aglaia, and 

 one larva of 5. ftopuli. I have not seen any " Puss " larvae, and only 

 one " Fox " ; I could have taken hundreds on the same ground last 

 year. Stranger still I did not see a single Fox moth this summer, 

 nor did Mr. Mackie. — A. D. Connon, Pitcaple. 



Hybernia progemmaria in November.— On 16th November I 

 found a female H. progemmaria busily depositing its eggs on an iron 

 railing in front of a house in our road. No doubt the past most 

 peculiar summer, and long continuance of hot weather has induced 

 the poor thing to appear now instead of in spring. — B. W. Neave, 

 Brownswood Park, N. 



[It would be interesting to know if the eggs were impregnated, as 

 this would show that males also had emerged out of season. — 

 Ed. B.N.] 



Nyssia zonarIa. — In the " British Naturalist," Vol. II., p. 104, 

 Mr. Robson records a successful expedition on April nth, 1892, with 

 my brother, to Crosby, under Mr. Gregson's guidance, after Nyssia 

 zonaria. From specimens taken on that occasion my brother got eggs, 

 a few of which I tried to rear, the rest being turned away. The larvae 

 I fed upon Sallow, as they refused Yarrow and other plants. About 

 a dozen moths duly made their appearance the following March, but 

 some pupae laid over. From one of these, a female specimen emerged 

 on November 4th. I do not remember any previous Autumn record 

 even in confinement. — T. H. Briggs, Surrey House, Leatherhead, 

 November 6th, 1893. 



New Biological Magazine. — A new Quarterly Magazine, " The 

 Journal of Marine Zoology and Microscopy," edited by Mr. James 

 Hornell, of Jersey, made its first appearance in November. It calls 

 itself " A plainly worded Biological Quarterly," and taking the first 

 part as a sample, it fully bears out this sub-title. The whole of the 

 articles in the first part are most interesting reading, even to those 

 who know nothing of the creatures spoken of, and, while the sense 

 is never obscured by the use of unintelligfble words, they are strictly 

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 and I cordially recommend it to my readers. — John E. Robson, 

 Hartlepool. 



