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are most easily reared, and when small in the feeding boxes make a 
slight noise like the scratching of a pin on paper, as they increase in 
size the sound more resembles the ticking of a watch. The larvae of 
Notodonta dromedarius were fairly plentiful on birch from 29th July to 
loth August. 1 took Sphinx ligustri and Chcerocampa elpenor at honey- 
suckle, at which flowers Plusia iota, CucullicL umbratica and Odonestis 
potatoria were numerous, and I also captured at honeysuckle three 
specimens of Xylophasia riirea var. combiista on one evening, and 
another on the next. Mr. C. G. Barrett, who has seen two of the 
insects, makes the following remarks : — “No. i. X. rurea yd,x. combust a, 
a beautiful dark specimen of this red form. No. 2. X. rurea var. com- 
busta, a curious specimen on account of the shape of its orbicular 
stigma.” Hadeiia de7itina, Apamea gemma, Leucania comma, L. pattens 
and many of the common Nocture swarmed on the flowers of the 
rhododendrons during the first week in July. On June 6th, the pupa 
of Acronycta atfii hatched, the larva having been brought me in Septem- 
ber last by a boy who found it when picking blackberries. Euctidia mi 
and E. gtyphica were fairly numerous, but although these moths are 
accounted common, I have not yet ever found them very abundant. 1 
took H. tenebrata {arbuti) in plenty, flying in the hottest sunshine from 
12 to 3 in the afternoon, about the middle of June. Many of the 
common Geometers did not show in great numbers owing no doubt to 
the weather — the “ Thorns ” have been more or less plentiful. C. 
etinguaria very common, Odontopera bidentata also. Besides these I took 
E. dotobraria , Setenia tunaria, En7iomos atniaria, erosaria and quercinara. 
In June, Core7nia designata was in plenty on the trunks of apple trees, and 
sparingly up to date (end of August), B. ge77Wiaria, T. turidata, G. 
papitio7iaria, E. porata, Asthe7ia bto77ieri, L. adustata, L. rivata, C. 
ribesiaria, C. sitaceaia, E. affinitata and E. decotorata. On 13th June 
I captured, flying ai dusk, a few specimens of M. unangulata, but 
never saw any except on that one evening. The EupithccicB are repre- 
sented as follows : — E. coronata, exiguaia, irriguata, virgaureata, 
scabiosata, obtongata and castigata ; and the Micros, by JV. swa77wier- 
da77ietta, H. 7ie77W7'etta, Cerosto77ia radiateiia (varieties), E, pseudospre- 
tetta, E. fenestretta, H. fabriciana, H. pflugiana, P. tripunctana, C. 
muscutana, H. cirsiana, D, sutphuretta, C. fiavicaput, G. ca77ipotitia7ia, 
L. tuzetta and very many others. The larvae of Pieris rupee have been 
more than usually abundant, and have caused damage to several garden 
flowers, particularly to the tropaeolums and mignonette (Newman men- 
tions this particularly), indeed larvae of all sorts have been by no means 
scarce. I have now some 400 to 500 feeding and have also a large 
number of pupae. — J. N. Still, Tiverton. August 2 Zth, 1891. 
Liverpoot. — This year has been pretty bad here, worse than last. The 
rain has spoilt everything. However, larvae have been fairly plentiful 
lately, especially Cuspidates, such as Notodonta dictcea, N ziczac, N 
dictceoides, N dro77iedarius , N. ca77ietina and Drepana fatcuta. Hetiothis 
margmata, too, has been fairly common on restharrow on the sandhills. 
I was in Simonswood Moss on Saturday, the 19th inst., and just at dusk, 
as we were leaving for the station, the place became alive with Cetcena 
haworthii, mostly in bad condition, as this species always seems to be. 
I had never seen it in a quantity before ; the specimens were obtained 
through laborious searching amongst the heather. If any one does not 
