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No. 85. 



JUNE 25tHj 1881, 



With Two Plates. 



Part XIX-, July (issued June 25) contains :— Obtaining Eggs from the Lepidoptera, 

 217. British Butterflies, with plate, 221, 229, 238. The .Mole by J. Osborne, 222. Rearing 

 Lepidoptera from the Egg, 225. The Pupae of Lepidoptera, with plate, by Joseph Anderson, 

 junr., 228, 235. Chichester and West Sussex Natural History and Microscopical Society, 

 229. The Hobby, 230. A Bad Season, 233. "How the Weasel Sleeps," by C. S.Gregson, 

 235. Natural History Diary, by J. W . Carter, 237. Notes, Captures, Exchanges, Cor- 

 respondence, &c. 



NOTES, CAPTURES, &C. 



Variety of Bugle. — It may interest some 

 of your readers to know that I discovered the 

 rare flesh coloured variety of the Common 

 Bugle (Ajuga reptans) growing near Burnham 

 Beeches, Buchs. — A. Davis, Junr., High 

 Street, Gt. Marlow, Bucks. 



Agrotis Precox. &c. — I have taken about 

 two dozen of the larvae of this fine insect 

 this afternoon on the Sandhills, at Crosby. 

 These larvae feed on the Swallow at night 

 and hide themselves beneath the surface of the 

 Sand during the day time, from whence they 

 have to be sought by raking about the food 



plant. They have a way of feeding which I 

 have not seen in any other larvae ; when 

 they commence eating they quickly nibble 

 through the leaf, (separating it from the 

 stem,) and then devour the rest while 

 holding it between their pro-legs. It is 

 amusing to see the speed with which they 

 bury themselves in the sand after being dis- 

 turbed during the day time. I have just 

 breed a fine specimen of Z. filipendulae the 

 cocoon of which I found about June 1st. Is 

 not this very early ? I saw a many of the 

 larvae not full fed yesterday. — John W. 

 Ellis. Liverpool. 



