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shire although I have seen a good many on the uplands of the 
south-eastern part of the country, and this year more than ever. 
I have no doubt it breeds there as I have seen numbers of young 
birds but other duties have prevented me searching the fields in 
that part for its nest and I have not found it at Cambridge.— 
Albert H. Waters. 
INSECTA. 
Cossus ligniperda. —A few days ago I happened to visit a willow 
about a mile from Cambridge, which was blown down during the 
recent severe gale, and found great numbers of these larvae in all 
stages of growth. One has since assumed a white apod form, 
distinctly segmented, which I conclude must be its hybernating 
garb. Can any reader tell me whether these larvae are easy to 
rear ?—E. Porter, Cambridge. 
Lepuioptera in the Hastings district during 1893.—I have done 
very little in this order during the year, most of my time being 
devoted to Coleoptera ; in May and June, I paid a few visits to 
the railway embankment at Hollington, about two miles from the 
town, and among others took the following; Anthochariscardamines 
males common ; Argynnis selene, A. euphrosyne , both common; 
Thanaos toges, Syricthus alveolus, both abundant ; I obtained some 
nice varieties of the latter including one of the rare var. lavatercc. 
Among the moths, Zygoenii trifotii occured in profusion and I 
secured some nice vars. of this including 5 in which the spots 
were united, forming a large blotch, while several intermediate 
forms occured ; it also varied in size, some being nearly twice 
the size of others. I managed to beat a few fine Chelonia villica 
from the undergrowth ; Euclidia glyphica was very common, E. 
mi less so ; Phytometra cenea turned up occasionally as also did 
Pyrausta purpuralis , Herbula cespitatis and many others. I only 
paid one evening visit to this locality and netted a long series of 
Acidalia subscericeata and a few Conchylis stramineana , etc. Sugar¬ 
ing in various woods in the district was decidely a failure, the 
only locality where I could obtain anything was the railway 
embankment on the beach, near St. Leonards ; in three or four 
visits, I took a large number of common Noctuae including : — 
Agrotis puta (abundant) A. suffusa, A. exclamationis, A. segelum, 
Miana furuncula (common) M. literosa , Hydroecia nictitans (some 
fine vars.) Apamia oculea (common and variable), Cerigo cytheiea 
Noctua rubi , Mamestra brassicce, Hyphema orbona, Hadinathalassinu 
H. chcnopodii Amphypyra tragopoginis , etc. On the cliffs, I netted 
Gnophos obscurata, Acidaliapromutaea. Eubolia bipunctaria , (abun¬ 
dant), Bryophila perla, Pterophorus trigonodactylus, etc. In St. 
Helens Woods, I netted a long series of the pretty Ephyra porata 
and many common things.—A. Ford, Glen Mount , Braybrooke 
Road , Hastings. 
