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A. Atropos. One larva near Broad- 
sfcairs, Kent. 
L. Oriseola. On the wing. 
L. Gonigera. Sugar. 
L. Straminea. Ditto. 
L. Phragmitidis. 
N. Fulva. 
N. Typhce. Larva and pupa in 
the stems of Typha Latifolia. 
M. Furuncula. Flying at dusk. 
N. C.-nigrum. Sugar. 
N. Rubi. Ditto. 
C. Difinis. Ditto. 
C. Afjinis. Ditto. 
A. Lunosa. Ditto. 
M. Maura. A pest. 
C. Nupta. Sugar. 
P. AEnca. 
E. Subfuluata. 
P. Glaucinalis. 
A. Colonella. 
P. Gentianana. Larvae. 
Howard Vaughan. — 14, Gainsford 
Street , Kentish Town, October 10th, 
1863. 
Notes from Devonport . — I send you 
herewith a few pages from my note- 
book for 1863. They have reference 
to the neighbourhood of Devonport ; 
and I have to add my testimony to 
that of many others, as to the scar- 
city of Rhopalocera this season. We 
have had a hue April and May, a 
very wet June, a hot July, and mo- 
derate August and September ; but 
notwithstanding, with the exception 
of the Geometrina, Lcpidoptera have 
been scarce. The only butterfly that 
I have noticed as plentiful was P. 
rapce, the August brood, of which 
species I never before saw such im- 
mense multitudes. In one cabbage 
field they were like a moving sheet 
of white. On the other hand, such 
species as M. athalia, V. cardui, T. 
quercais, V.Io, and G.Edusa, generally 
plentiful here, have not been repre- 
sented at all. Others were in greatly 
diminished numbers. 
As I before said, the Geometrina 
have been been very plentiful, whilst 
Sphinges, Bombyces, and Noctuce, as 
far as I can ascertain, have been 
below the average. 
I have taken several larvoe feeding 
on strange plants, as my list will 
shew, one on fig wort ; but whether 
G. scrophularice , or Verbasci, I could 
not distinguish. I think I may 
mention as a rather strange occur- 
rence, the appearing of G .chamomillce 
on the 3rd of this month. It went 
down in July, and has not been 
forced, but kept in a cool place. I 
have had great numbers before, but 
never had any emerge earlier than 
January, more usually they stood 
over till April or May. — J. S. 
Dell, Devonport. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NORTHERN 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
On Saturday, the 27th June, 1863, 
at the residence of Mr. N. Greening-, 
Warrington, the president of the 
society, who took the chair. 
Mr. Gregson exhibited a series of 
