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THE entomologist’s RECORD. 
Yet, at St. Anne’s-on-Sea (so near the latter place) the season has been 
everything that could be desired. My few excursions into Kent 
produced good results. The season at Reading, Freshwater and York 
has been remarkably good, and from Sligo come the same encouraging 
reports. Butterflies have not been over abundant, with the exception 
of the Fieridce^ Hesperia lineola^ H actceoji and paniscus^ which appear 
to have swarmed in their own particular localities. A record of that 
occasionally introduced visitor to our shores, Polyommaius virgaurcea 
may be found in the pages of the Ent. Record^ but there appears to 
be nothing else special, recorded. Among the Sphingidae, Sphinx 
convolvuli has occurred somewhat freely, also a few specimens of 
Acherontia atropos, and one Deilephela livornica recorded from 
Norwich ; whilst, among the Sesiidae, Sesia formicceformis^ S. viusci- 
for7nis and S. sphegiforjnis have occurred freely, each in its own 
favoured haunts, and A. scoliceformis has been bred from birch in 
Rannoch. Lithosia sericea {molybdeold) and L. caniola have occurred 
again, and a great take of Callimorpha hera is recorded. Lwiacodes 
testudo appears to have been more than usually common, whilst 
Messrs. Farren and Jones had rare sport with Macrogaster arimdinis 
{castanece). The yellow variety of ZygcBfia pilipendulce has been turned 
up in the Isle of Wight. The finding of eggs of Endro7uis versicolor 
in some numbers by Mr. Holland, closes the most important records 
of the Bombyces. Of the Cuspidatae, Staiiropus fagi (two broods) 
comes well to the front, having been fairly abundant both in the 
imago and larval stages. The larvae of the commoner Notodontce 
have been very abundant. But it is among the Noctu.^: that the 
greatest work has been done. Cy77iaiophora ocularis turned up m some 
numbers at Wicken, as also did Cuspidia strigosa in the same locality. 
Cuspidia alni larvae appear to have been common, whilst larvae of 
Vi77ii7iia 77ienyci7ithidis have been more abundant than of late years. 
The second brood of Vwiinia albovenosa w’as found in the Fens, the 
first brood having been excessively abundant. Leucania albipuncta has 
occurred as usual on the south east coast ; whilst ^Messrs. Bird, Bowles 
and Robinson are to be congratulated on showing us, at last, how to take 
No 7 iagria can7icB in some numbers. 7ieurica var. arundvieta and 
Leuca7iia brevilinea have been much scarcer than usual, but Mr. Mera 
is to be congratulated on having turned up No7iagria coficolor compara- 
tively near London. I understand that this species has occurred in 
about its usual abundance in the old locality, but a new home for the 
species may soon lead to some of us being able to get types for our 
collections. The rearing of Pachetra leucophcea by Dr. Chapman, from 
ova, obtained by Mr. Jeffrey from Kentish parents, leads me to point 
out that the parents came, if not from the same locality, from a very 
near one to that in which the species was reputed to have been taken 
some years ago. I took Ma77iestra abjecta in Wicken Fen, and the life- 
history of Apa77iea ophiogra77i7ua having been worked out by jMr. Battley, 
we may reasonably hope that our cabinets will soon be better supplied 
with this species. The rarer Caradrmidce appear to have been absent 
or overlooked as there is only the record of Mr. Hodges’ Guernsey 
specimens.^ The life-history of Agrotis lu7tigera has been worked out 
^ These I have now seen, and theyjare undoubted Caradrina superstes, H.-S., the 
rarest of all our species, both on the Continent and in Britain. 
