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well near this, but, as usual, could not find another. This species 
always occurs singly with me. Larvae of Notodonta trepida crawling 
down oak trees to pupate, middle and end of July. Those of N. 
trimacula, beaten from oak at the end of August, full-fed. N. drome- 
darius and, of course, N. ca77ielina, fell frequently enough by beating 
birch. Dicra7iura furcula on sallows, A. {Cuspidia) leporma on birch, 
Tethea subtusa on aspen. Catocala pro77iissa larvae found in chinks of 
bark of oak, they are hard to find, being so much like the licheh cover- 
ing the tree. When taken it tumbles about exactly like the larvae of 
Ciicullia verbasci. Chceroca77tpa elpCTtor, Macroglossa bo77ibylifor77iis, 
De77ias coryli, Asphalia flavicor7iis and Geo77ietra papilio7iaria were very 
abundant in the larval state. Other larvae too numerous to mention 
occurred. I have just now found one larva of A7iticlea cucullaia on 
Galiu77i 77iollugo, and hope to get more. — W. Holland. Septe77iber nth. 
St. Afinds-on-Sea. — I have noticed that some insects are very early 
and others very late. Agrotis cursoria appeared on July 30th, the 
earliest date I have ever seen it. Depressaria 7ia7iatella, Pero7iea asper- 
sa7ia and some other August moths were all out in July. On the ist, 
on the banks of the Wyre, I took Eupoecilia vectisa7ia, and two-thirds 
were worn, although supposed to come out in August, and Sericoris 
littora7^a was not to be seen at all. I had a splendid day on the ist, 
we went to Poultin, the old capital of the Fylde, and then into a lane 
— a new one to me — and worked our way to Cleorleys and the banks of 
the Wyre, and took Gelechia 77nilmella. G. mstabiliella were plentiful, 
G. 77ioujfetella and several odd Gelechice., of which I do not yet know 
the names. KupcEcilia vectisana, Sericoris coTtchaTta, S. Iacu7ia7ia, S. 
urticaria, Sciaphila subjectana, Harpipteryx harpella, H. 7ie77iorella, 
Depressaria costosa, D. litu ella, Swa77i77terda77iia pyrella, Ebulea crocealis, 
Hydroca77ipa stagnalis, Botys fuscalis, Lithocolletis ulicicolella, three sorts 
of Coleophora, but I cannot name them. Cidaria fulvata, Larentia 
did)'77iata, Core77iia unideTitata, C. ferru^ata, Meld7iippe sociata, M. 
77ionta7iata, Hypsipetes elutata, Abraxas grossulariata, (E ie77iatophorus 
lithodactylus, Hesperia silvanus, Liparis ckrysorrhcea, etc., but very few 
butterflies, only one Satyrus titho7ui’^, a few Pieris napi and P. brassicce. 
It was a dull day, so perhaps that may account for it a little. I also got 
a few larvae of Dianthoecia cucubali in seed pods of red campion, and 
saw some larvae ot Eriogaster lanestris in quite an early stage (black) ; 
they evidently are very late. In the Christmas holidays I collected a 
number of thistle stems, with larvae of Ephippiphora scutulana in them, 
but have only succeeded in getting about a dozen out. — T. Baxter, St. 
Anne’s-on-Sea. August ^th, 1891. 
Tunbridge Wells. — I do not think any entomological reports have 
ever appeared from this beautifully wooded district, so send you a few 
notes of what I have taken this season at sugar and light. On the 
whole, I consider this season has been a fairly good one for sugar, 
certainly for quantity if not quality. The following insects I took at 
sugar and light in woods round this town : — Sphinx ligustri, Zeuzera 
CESCuli (2), Hepialus hectus, H. lupulmus, H. sylvinus, and H. hu77iuli 
(common), Lithosia complanula (several), Euthe77ionia russula ( g very 
common on Broadwater Forest at end of July), Chelonia caja and C. 
villica (common), Arctia fuliginosa, A. lubricipeda and A. 77ienthastri 
(very common). Liparis 77io7iacha (i d' on gas lamp), Uropteryx 
