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narrow streak along the costal margin. The whole of the wing is a 

 fairly bright olive green, with a faint show of grey shade on the inner 

 margin. The inferior wings are greenish with faint grey brown shades 

 along the inner margin. — W. H. Tugwell, Greenwich, 28th January, 

 1889. 



Forcing D. Galii. — I have been trying forcing some of my pupae 

 of D. galii, so far with fairly good results. I have 53 out all fine, only 

 very slight depression in two bodies, and one very slightly crumpled 

 wing, but not enough to spoil them as specimens. They came out at 

 long intervals, the first on Dec. 9th, and by one, two, or three to date. 

 I believe they are very delicate, both as larva and pupa, and that 

 there will not be a vast number bred out of the grand take of larvae 

 in 1888. I hear that great mortality has attended many collectors. I 

 turned out my last two boxes, when I hoped to find a large number 

 of pupae, but some 30 had died half changed, though fine, large, well- 

 fed larvae. Evidently the early cold of September paralysed them 

 completely. I believe the reason we do not get it always in England 

 is that the early cold and wet season settles them. — W. H. Tugwell, 

 Greenwich, Jan. 22nd, 1889. 



Plusia Ni. — I have an example of this insect, which I took my- 

 self off St. George's Church wall here, some eighteen years ago, but 

 as there was not a blade of green food within a mile, I never thought 

 it a British specimen, so it has remained among my odds and 

 ends ever since. I will have to look it up now. — C. S. Gregson. 



E. Cervinata. — Eubolia cervinata feeds on hollyhock, nay defoliates 

 it. In fact hollyhocks cannot be grown where it abounds. At one 

 locality I know in the Isle of Man, it seems to have given up feeding 

 on the mallow, growing on the shingle, and along the wall sides on a 

 footpath over a mile long, and to have gone " over the garden wall " 

 to the hollyhocks. — C. S. Gregson, Liverpool. 



The Mildness of the Season. — The season so far, appears to 

 me to be a peculiar one. Although as mild or milder than the year 

 1884, the appearance of insects, &c. do not agree. In fact, I have 

 not seen or heard of any insects having been seen yet. The snowdrops 

 bloomed on the same day as in 1884, and exactly at the same place, 

 but the hazel which flowered on January 13th, in 1884, has not yet 

 been seen in this neighbourhood, though diligently looked for. In 

 1884, Pilosaria appeared on the 16th January, and Leucophearia and 

 Progemmaria on the 20th. — J. W. Carter, Bradford, 20th Jan., 1889. 



