XTE J1118+480 decline Dear Colleagues, We have further received two sets of time-series data from Lew Cook. Together with new observations at Kyoto (as reported by Uemura-san), we have obtained a mean rate of decline as 0.039 mag/d between May 18.5 and 20.8. This rate is remarkably larger than what have been observed during the present outbursting state. We have also received high-speed, high-precision CCD photometry data from Daisaku Nogami, observing at Calar Alto, during the ASCA-VSNET campaign. More detailed analysis of the time-series, including the superhump and QPO analysis, will be presented later by Uemura-san. Regards, Taichi Kato VSNET Collaboration team