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Note on Hydrilla palustris.-The Bpecimen of Hydrilla palustris tak 
Cambndgeshire, and referred to by Dr. Kna,ggs at p. 124 of this year's "An, 
was exhibited at the Entom. Soc. on May 2nd, 1864 (vide Ent. Mon. Mag 
«\ ,« ?. r'' ^' ^^^"^ '*^^^'^' ^^'^^^'^ ^^ Q'^y F^^ ^'^ May 29th, 1862, i 
Scholfie d. The insect was disturbed from among some half dried grass whicl 
been cut a day or two, and flew pretty quickly. 
I was present and saw the capture made.-H. Jenner-Fust, Jun HiU C 
Berkeley, January 2nd, 1870. •> u v. 
Lepidoptera captured at Questling in 1869.-Notwithstanding the unfavou 
season, I have met with about 20 species of '^Macros," which I had not previ 
tound here. Some are generally reputed common,-as Anticlea hadiata En 
mensurar^a and Agrotis s«/usa,_which I had often wondered I had not 
before, while a few have the reputation of being somewhat scarce,-a3 
singula and Ephyra orlicularia. 
In the following notes, the date given is the first day on which each sp 
was observed. ^ 
The season began early, for, on January 28th, Eupithecia pumilata was f 
dead m a breeding cage in the open air ; another specimen appeared on February 
April 2nd,^ Ta^mocampa miniosa, three, at sallows ; May 5th, Antidea derivata 
specimen in the Rectory garden ; 27th, Lithosia aureola, one specimen ; June 
Diphthera Or^on, one found at rest on an oak trunk, another bred a few days , 
from a pupa found, I believe, under moss; July 9th, Halias .uercana, on. 
mothing one by beating; 10th, CalUgenia miniata, this was in abundance, flyi. 
dusk; I2th, Urnacodes testudo, two specimens, one utterly spoiled in securing 
Nola str^gula, by mothing; 14th, Dicranura furcula, Erastria fuscida pJa 
syr^ngar^a and Tephrosia crepuscularia, one of each, by mothing (the speci, 
recorded last year as T. Uundularia, should have been T. crep^^scularia) ■ 1 
Phyc^s roborella, Rhodopha^a consociella, and Rhodopha^a advenella, several of eaci 
mothing, and at light ; 21st. Odontia dentalis, one bred this day from larvas colle, 
on the beach, at Pett (misprinted last year, "beech at Pelt"), no more appe. 
for more than a fortnight; August 5th, Ertpithecia suhfulvata, one, at li^^ht • ' 
L^par^s chrysorrhcea, a nice series, bred from larvae taken at Pett; 9th Cucv 
asterrs, one, at light ; 10th, Clostera reclusa ; 13th, Platyptery. han^ula, ' t^o , 
evemng, at light; 16th, Agrotis puta, one, at light; I7th, Epkyra o.-licularia, tl 
specimens; E. porata and E. punctaria have been abundant this year- 2f 
Camptogra.^na fluviata, $, by mothing; September 3rd. AcT^erontia Mropo. 
specimen of the brown variety of the larva was brought to me, which I sent 
Mr. Buckler to be figured ; 9th. S^ W convolvuU, a few days after this, two w 
seen - -7 garden and continued to appear until October 8th, and one was seen 
late as the 15th of that month ; 22nd, Agrotis saucia, took five at different times 
sugar and saw others : 24th, Noctua glareosa, by mothing. Several species wh 
have been common in other years, were either not seen at all, or were represeni 
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Ma Ben.amin D. WALSH.-With sincere regret we have to announce t 
death of this well-known American entomologist. Rumours of such an eve 
having taken place had been current in England for some weeks, but it was n 
